18 August 2005

Stories from 18 August 2005

Guatemala: Negative Blog Coverage

DesdeGuate.com complains that when Guatemala is finally covered on BoingBoing, it's for gang violence and not the fact that they were chosen “best cultural tourist destination” by the BBC.

19 August 2005

Guatemala: Prison Deaths

El Canche writes about the recent prison deaths and gang fights in Escuintla as he gets ready to head back to Guatemala.

19 August 2005

Paraguay: Rumsfeld's Visit

Upside Down Blog has a long, thorough post on Donald Rumsfeld's visit to Paraguay and the reaction it generated throughout South America.

19 August 2005

Bolivia: Responding to Rumsfeld

Jim Shultz, responding to Donald Rumsfeld's accusations of Cuban and Venezuelan meddling in Bolivia, says what he believes to be the real foreign influences in modern Bolivian politics.

19 August 2005

Video Blogs & Cambodia

Eath Chhnon (otherwise known as “Village Girl“) is a Cambodian “video blogger” or vlogger. She grew up in a small village in Cambodia near Angkor Wat, one of country’s cultural...

19 August 2005

Cuba: Open Source Radio

Open Source Radio is looking for Cubans and/or Cuban Americans to discuss Cuba's underground economy on Monday's show.

19 August 2005

NDI Azeri Staring Contest

Former NDI-er and current Democracy Guy Tim Russo says that NDI is daring Azerbaijan's government to not let them observe upcoming parliamentary voting.

18 August 2005

What a difference a braid makes

Independent traveler Maria Argyropoulos gets a full head of African-style braids, and discovers something about cross-cultural perceptions during her travels in the continent.

18 August 2005