Stories from December, 2005
Bulgaria: Phantom Faucet
Nomad Notes reports on a phantom faucet that has siphoned off 5,000 euros of state funds in Bulgaria.
Cayman Islands: The Blue Dragon Trail
OddBlog announces the arrival of the Blue Dragon Trail, a series of 15 giant iguana sculptures “released” throughout Grand Cayman to raise awareness of the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme. The Grand Cayman Blue Iguana is the most endangered iguana in the world — it's estimated that there are as few...
Armenia: Linux in Armenia
Onnik Krikorian has more on localized Linux in the Caucasus, noting that open source software often ends up costing more in developing countries than does proprietary software because of piracy (with a nod to our very own Ethan Zuckerman).
Panama: Christmas in Panama
Don Ray is a big fan of Christmas in Panama. Check out that table of food and you might find yourself there next year.
Mexico: The Zapatista Podcast
Anarchogeek notes that “everybody's favorite revolutionary social movement,” the Zapatistas of Southern Mexico, now have their own podcast. Also noted: “It's a good radio program to learn from because the speakers don't rush through their words like most latino commercial radio, but speak slowly, deliberately, focusing on their words because...
Venezuela: Media Cover Up?
Following up on Alex Beech's post on anti-Semitism in Venzuela, Miguel Octavio wonders why he had such a difficult time finding the quote from Chavez. Checking Google's cache, he finally dug it up in a page from El Nacional, which had been deleted.
Latin America: Pan-American Literary Blog
El Boomeran(g) (ES) is a new group blog by eight critics and writers spread across Latin America and Spain. Sponsored by media conglomerate Grupo PRISA (owners of Spain's largest daily El Pais), the site is divided by: 1.) novels in progress 2.) criticism 3.) the “chronicle” and 4.) a forum.
Argentina: Novelist Manuel Puig
Jeff Barry celebrates what would have been Argentinean novelist, Manuel Puig's 73rd birthday by picking up his most well-known novel, The Kiss of the Spider Woman. Barry also notes that Puig‘s translator, Suzanne Jill Levine is one of the best and that Puig himself wrote a novel in English which...
About blogging in Morocco
Although blogging in Morocco is a new “fashion”, it is spreading with a high speed among Moroccans from all ages and different activities. You have the Doctor , the politic , the student, the antropologist,..etc. And if in other Arab countries blogging is mostly in Arabic, Morrocan bloggers happen to...
Blog Buzz From South Asia
Blog Buzz From South Asia
Bahamas: The Hawaiian model
Andrew Allen suggests that the Bahamas take a look at Hawaii's tourism development model.
Anguilla: A traditional wedding
Bob Green's Anguilla News has photos and a brief report on a traditional 1940s Anguillan wedding recently reenacted at a local church.
India: Divine Shopping
India: Divine Shopping
India: Are you a Muslim?
India: Are you a Muslim?
Sri Lanka: Troubles
Sri Lanka: Troubles
Bangladesh: Fundamentalism
Bangladesh: Fundamentalism
Nepal: Supreme Court
Nepal: Supreme Court
Travels in the Kurdish Blogosphere
Happy Holidays from the Kurdish section of the blogosphere! The Kurdistan Bloggers Union writes about security cameras being installed in the Southeast of Turkey to monitor the Kurdish population there. There is also an interesting post (and comment dialouge) about hyphenated-ethnicity and a posted book review of a new book...
Caribbean: R.I.P. Kerry Packer
Ryan Naraine and Richard Jobity remember Kerry Packer, the Australian media baron whose controversial World Series Cricket tournament was a key factor in the development of West Indies cricket. Packer, who died on December 27, was also the inspiration for a famous calypso by the Mighty Sparrow.
Central Asia: Year in Review
neweurasia takes a look at 2005 in Central Asia, declaring China the all-around winner in the region.
Azerbaijan: Lin.az
Blogrel reports on the Azeri government's decision to use Linux as part of a new education initiative to improve technology skills amongst students.