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27 December 2005

Stories from 27 December 2005

Venezuela: Treatment of Jews

Responding to Alex Beech's post on governmental aggressions against Venezuela's Jewish community, former Ambassador of Venezuela to Israel, Milos Alcalay writes a letter noting the recent shift in stance taken...

Written by David Sasaki
28 December 2005

Cuba: Tolerance of Homosexuality

Leftside says a new exhibit in Cuba by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe signals an attitude shift in Cuban society regarding tolerance of homosexuality.

Written by David Sasaki
28 December 2005

Colombia: New Destructive Environmental Law

Adam Isacson dissects a new, controversial forestry law, which was passed through the Colombian Congress “without the congressmen who attended the session having seen the text they were to approve.”

Written by David Sasaki
28 December 2005

Costa Rica: Cell Phone Insurance a Hit

Costa Rica Blogs calls cell phone insurance a big success. JD Clark has the latest numbers from five major polls regarding the upcoming presidential elections. Former president, Oscar Arias looks...

Written by David Sasaki
28 December 2005

Chilean Cinema Trends

Chilean cinema has been growing and growing as years go by. The “Festival de cine de Valdivia” (ES), the best known Chilean festival of cinema, has taken place in the...

Written by Rosario Lizana
28 December 2005

Haiti: Election observers wanted

CaribPundit announces that the Haiti Democracy Project is looking to recruit international observers to witness Haiti's national elections, which are scheduled to begin on January 8, 2006.

Written by Georgia Popplewell
28 December 2005

Mexico: Interview with Javier Treviño

La versión original de este artículo está disponible en español. The following interview, conducted by Mexican contributing writer, Alan Flores, was translated by Linda Evarts. The interviewee, Javier Treviño Cantú,...

Written by alan flores
28 December 2005

Guyana: Wine not rum?

MediaCritic considers a senior government official's assertion that he favors red wine a slap in the face of the Guyanese rum industry.

Written by Georgia Popplewell
27 December 2005

Iranian Blogs & 2005

Iranian blogs continue its dynamic existence in 2005 and Persian language has become second most used language (After English Persian ties with French) in Blogosphere. Here we look at some...

Written by Fred Petrossian
27 December 2005

Puerto Rico: Statehood Status

While Ramaris Albert reports for the AP that “Puerto Rico Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá rejected a Bush administration report saying that Washington has the final word in defining the U.S....

Written by David Sasaki
27 December 2005

United Arab Emirates: Money Laundry

Billions of dollars are laundered in Dubai every year, through organised crime such as arms smuggling, drugs smuggling and prostitution, according to Dubai police, secretdubai says.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
27 December 2005

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