Stories from 9 November 2005
Venezuela: Opposition and Law
Oil Wars tries to figure out if the opposition in Venezuela truly wants a better legal system or is just seeking complaints against Chavez.
El Salvador: Corruption and Donations
Marie uses her experience in El Salvador to think about corruption's affect on donations to development groups.
Colombia: 2006 Foreign Aid Outcome
Adam Isacson posts an English translation or an article he wrote in the Colombian daily, El Espectador about recently approved U.S. foreign-aid bill for 2006.
Trinidad and Tobago: Crime Debate
Taran Rampersad goes over the crime debate that took place in Trinidad and Tobago's Parliament.
Explosions Rock Jordanian Capital, Amman
Three explosions hit Jordanian capital Amman Wednesday night; one in Radisson SAS, the second in Hyatt Amman, and the third in Days Inn. For more on the explosions occuring in Amman: Aggregated news feeds from Jordanian blogosphere community, Jordan Planet; AP ; Flickr; MSM RSS; Technorati posts tagged with “Amman...
The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs
An event in Washington DC attracted a lot of attention in the Bolivian blogosphere during the past week. A lecture by former Bolivian President Gonzalo “Goni” Sanchez de Lozada was supposed to be the night’s main attraction. However, a group of U.S. activists presented the former Head of State with...
Cambodian Kids with Swords, Guns, and Poems
Last month Jinja captured this photo of these two Cambodian boys playing with toy guns in the streets of Phnom Penh. Even though Jinja played with guns as child, he thought these scenes were a little disturbing because the guns looked so real! A few days ago, Chlim01 is Bored...
Nigerian Blogs This Week
POST OF THE WEEK from Naija Jams discusses a recent 419 (scam) article that was floating around the blogosphere and online media. The article appears to have centered on a song by popular musician, Nkem Owoh. Jams was confused (as I am and probably you are) until he saw the...
Wikipedia: The Peruvian Faces Behind the Project
The following is an excerpt of an interview conducted by Juan Arellano with four Peruvian contributors to Wikipedia and translated by Eduardo Ávila. To read the entire interview in Spanish, please visit Juan’s blog. Juan Arellano – There seems to be very few Peruvian contributors to Wikipedia, do you agree?...
Peru, Chile: Alberto Fujimori's Arrest
Randy Paul and Western Hemisphere Policy Watch both go over former Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori's arrest in Chile. Boz says that Fujimori critics should remember their history while Juan Arellano has a valuable summary of what Peruvian bloggers are saying (ES) about the arrest.
Images From Indonesia: Hi, It Stop Working!
“Hi, It Stop Working” by Budi Sukmana A tuk-tuk driver in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, pushes his stalled vehicle and its passengers to safety during a sudden downpour. Note: We found this photograph because the photographer tagged this image with the “globalvoices” tag in Flickr, making it easy for us...
Travels in the Kurdish Blogosphere
Well it has been a busy week in the Kurdish Blogosphere. Perhaps the most startling is the infighting between the members of the group blog the Kurdistan Bloggers Union. Having been a prominent blog for over a year, KBU has spawned a forum and a news site, however lately disagreements...
Namibia: Men for Change
Vilho's World – Namibia reports on a scheme by the Council of Churches in Namibia which aims at changing the attitudes of men towards women and children abuse. It also hopes to “strengthen men's responsibility in their families and society at large. The group is to be called NAMEC (Namibian...
Sudan: Lords Resistance Army
Uganda-Can reports that Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will in future be challenged by southern Sudanese forces. Salva Kiir, Sudan's new Vice President has put dealing with the LRA as one of the top three priorites for rebuilding southern Sudan.
When the heat is on – run
Jewels in the Jungle adds his voice to the running commentary on the Paris riots in the blogosphere and wonders what would happen if the riots spread to Germany and possibly the rest of Europe – meanwhile he has his passport, airline ticket, clothes packed and car keys on the...
Western Journalism
Malawian blog afrika-aphukira criticises the reporting of Africa by Western journalists for failing to go beyond “the vivid portrayal of the problems” and “attempt an analysis of the contexts within which these problems occur, African problems are written about in a manner in a manner that portrays Africans as having...
state controlled journalists
Meskel Square wonders whether there is “somewhere in the developing world” a special school for training “journalist employed by state-controlled newspapers” who begin their day with “the “mass recitation of: “Government leader A met government leader B to discuss matters of mutual interest. Government leader B reaffirmed his commitment to...
Poetry for peace in Palestine
Kenyan poet, Mshairi celebrates “wisdom” over “darkness” in her poem “Yearning” dedicated to the family of the Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank who have donated his organs for use in Israel, in the hope of promoting peace.
Nigeria: Awayrians
Grandiose Parlour introduces Nigeria International, a documentary featuring the views of “the awayrians” ie foreigners and Nigerians at home and in theDiaspora. The documentary is a weekly magazine-style television programme to be broadcast around Nigeria, and around the world to Nigerians. It aims to provide a realistic and up-to-date view...
Kenya: Marathon
Mentalacrobatics celebrates Kenyan marathon runner, Paul Tergat who won this years New York Marathon on his first attempt.
More information on Abdolkarim Suleiman's detention
Our friend Elijah Zarwan writes from Cairo, where he's involved with a number of human rights efforts. He recently travelled to Alexandria to meet with Mohammed Morsi and Malek Moustafa, Egyptian bloggers who've been working hard to document the arrest and detention of Abdolkarim Suleiman. Elijah, Mohammed, Malek and an...
