Stories from 3 January 2006
Bolivia: “Latin America's New Socialism”
Miguel Centellas and Jim Shultz joined economist, Jeffrey Sachs to discuss “Latin America’s New Socialism” on Radio Open Source. The show has amassed an impressive amount of comments from bloggers and readers all over. Eduardo Ávila has a thorough look back at the top ten Bolivia stories of 2005.
World: Holiday Food Recipes
Melissa, a chef from Panama – whose blog, Cooking Diva is recommended only if are not hungry – had the excellent idea of hosting a New Year's international recipe swap amongst food bloggers. Feel free to salivate over the submissions. Countries represented include Oman, Italy, Spain, Canada, India, England, France,...
Venezuela: Caracas is Not a Coastal City
Oil Wars has an interesting and well-photographed geography lesson on Caracas and the mountain chain that separates it from the sea.
Cuba, Venezuela: Bloggers Interviewed
Aleksander Boyd of Vcrisis and George of The Real Cuba were both interviewed on Clandestine Radio durring the week between Christmas and New Years. The audio interview is available for download. http://www.clandestineradio.com/gcw/gcw_060102.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS
Human Rights, Non Violence Library & Christmas
Cheraghyekhamoush (Turned off lights) talks about Ahmadinejad’s, recent proposition to Europeans about human rights. According to Iranian President, whose government is under pressure for human rights abuses, Iran can send delegation to European countries to report about human rights including political prisoners, women’s rights and so on in European countries....
Egypt: Egypt Resists a new UN Human Rights Council
UN Human Rights Council is proposed to replace the existing 53-member Human Rights Commission, which has been criticized for routinely granting membership to governments with questionable rights records, including Cuba, Libya, Sudan and Zimbabwe. US ambassador to the United Nationas John Bolton said he hopes to block the worst human...
Iraq: One billion dollars a week
Raed Jarrar says, at a time when the US army is spending more than ONE BILLION DOLLARS every single week in Iraq alone, the United States government doesn’t have enough money to go ahead with basic development and infrastructure projects. The billions of dollars wasted by the war adminstration should...
Jordan: The end of media as we know it. Now toot!
They flipped the switch and the toot went live. How they toot it? They spend the day plowing through a diverse list of blogs representing a sample of the most interesting blogs they find in Arabia. Then, they share with us the most interesting ideas, posts, and conversations of the...
Caribbean: MIDS and other Caribbean afflictions
Writing from Trinidad, Taran Rampersad weighs in on the global challenges faced by the Caribbean.
India: Politics of Reservation
India: Politics of Reservation
India: Haves and the Tomatoes
India: Haves and the Tomatoes
Bangladesh: Telecom
Bangladesh: Telecom
Nepal: Maoist Violence
Nepal: Maoist Violence
Pakistan: Police Matters
Pakistan: Police Matters
Pakistan: Get it to work!
Pakistan: Get it to work!
Caribbean: Island Maps
Island Tips has added to its site a number of Caribbean maps based on the Google Maps API marked with sites of interest. The list currently includes maps of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Grenada, Montserrat and Puerto Rico.
Cambodia: Wasting Our Time
A sex tourist posts a question on the Cambodian Ministry of Interior website's forum for asking the best places to find prostitutes and the going hourly rate in the country. The response: “We could arrest and lock up a sex tourist like you, if you may show up in Cambodia...
Malaysia: Bad Robot
A Malaysian-made robot is standing in a Kuala Lumpur light rail station delivering information about malaria. Kenny Sia is shocked by where the makers decided to place the LCD screen.
Malaysia: BRIC, IRIC and Other Creatures
Competitive Malaysia discusses U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs’ listing of eleven countries it believes are poised to follow Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) as global players. The East Asian countries on the list are Indonesia, South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam…but not Malaysia?
Myanmar: Missing Portrait
Burma Digest explains why a portrait of General Aung San, Myanmar's national hero and father of opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi, no longer appears on the country's currency, the kyat.
Philippines: Social Divides
Notes from the Peanut Gallery reflects on the persistence of class divisions among Filipinos, even those abroad: “To a great extent, Filipinos abroad welcome each other. But sadly, in my observation, after a few weeks or months of open arms, many Filipinos revert to the nastiness in their bones. Like...
