Stories from 1 December 2005
Caribbean: “Why We Hate Homosexuals So Much”
Alien In The Caribbean digs deep to find the roots of homophobia in the Caribbean.
Nicaragua: La Purísima
¡Pura Vida! says that festivities for the holiday of La Purísima have already begun to take place.
El Salvador: International Law Enforcement Academy
Tim's El Salvador Blog covers yesterday's approval of an International Law Enforcement Academy, which will “use US personnel to provide training of police, judges and prosecutors from around Latin America.”
Brazil: World AIDS Day
Made in Brazil notes that this is the first World AIDS Day to specifically condemn racism's effect on the spread of AIDS.
Argentina: Economics
GoodAirs takes a look at Argentina's current economic status.
Trinidad and Tobago: 3canal
Caribbean Free Radio debuts the first 2006 single by musical group 3canal in podcast episode 37 while Sweet Trini reviews the 3canal album, “Jab, Jab, Say …”
Puerto Rico: First World Veneer?
Gil C. Schmidt wonders if Puerto Rico is a third world country with a first world veneer.
Bangladesh: Young Lawyers
Bangladesh: Young Lawyers
India: Living with HIV
India: Living with HIV
Israel: Peace and Tolerance
David say, the friendly soccer match between the joint Israeli-Palestinian soccer “peace team,” and Spanish team Barcelona, went ahead as planned, with Barcelona beating the Israpals 2-1. But the result was not important; the most important thing was the spirit of coexistence on display, a sentiment agreed with by most.
Iran: Iranian Blogsphere
Hoder suggests that there are over 700,000 blogs in Persian out there which doesn't include those hosted on international servers such as Google's blogspot etc.
Egypt: The Minorities in Egypt
Zeinobia say that there are other minorities than the Copts “Orthodox Christian Egyptian” that don't have its rights completely. In fact if you compare their conditions with the Copts conditions, we will find that Copts are much more fortunate than them. What are these minorities? Read more…
Pakistan: Changing equations
Pakistan: Changing equations
India: Arunachal Pradesh
India: Arunachal Pradesh
India: Surveying the disaster
India: Surveying the disaster
Iran: Thank you Mr. President
Pasdar (means guard or revolutionary guard) published Mr. Rezai's, former leader of Pasdaran (Revolutionary guards), letter to Iranian President. Rezai said that we now show the west we don't retreat on nuclear issues and he thanked Ahmadinejad for his policy regarding to western countries.(Link in Persian)
World Aids Day:
World AIDS Day – Pambazuka News roundup…”Also unmentioned is the role played by the capitalist mining industry which sequestered male miners in hostels, away from their wives and families for months or years on end, a situation that facilitated the spread of HIV/AIDS. Thus the dominant ideologies keep framing the...
World Aids Day:
World AIDS Day – Interview with Stephen Lewis in Pambazuka News……On World Aids Day 2005, UN Special Envoy for HIV/Aids in Africa Stephen Lewis - answering questions from Pambazuka News – adds his voice to those telling western leaders to keep their promises made on fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, warning...
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day – Human Rights Watch calls for increase protection of HIV/AIDS activists….AIDS activists around the world face frequent government repression and abuse and need substantially increased support and protections, said Human Rights Watch on World AIDS Day.”
World Aids Day:
World AIDS Day – Feminist African Sister – asks some serious questions about HIV/AIDS – We need the answers!
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day – MentalAcrobatics asks “How do you tackle AIDS as an African writer/writer who happens to be African/blogger of African origin/African blogger? “
