11 January 2006

Stories from 11 January 2006

Peru: Election Analysis

Fabiola Bazo calls Ricardo Uceda's article, “Peru’s election: a second leap into the void?” an “astute analysis.”

12 January 2006

Latin America, Spain: First Book Dedicated to Blogs

Dialógica calls (ES) “Blog. La conversación en internet que está revolucionando medios, empresas y ciudadanos” (“Blog. The online conversation that is revolutionizing media, businesses, and citizens”), the “first book dedicated...

12 January 2006

Venezuela: Wikipedia Page on Chavez

Taking aim at perceived partiality of the Wikipedia page on Hugo Chavez, Aleksander Boyd pastes an email conversation between himself and Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales beginning in March of 2004....

12 January 2006

Venezuela: DJ Neutrino

GlowMain highlights the career of (ES) Venezuelan DJ, Neutrino who made his name in the underground party scene of Caracas during the late 90's. An mp3 of a live set...

12 January 2006

The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs

Este artículo también está disponible en español en Blogs de Bolivia “Do it yourself! Now you don't have to wait until January 22! End the uncomfortable suspense created by the...

12 January 2006

Sticky Songs

Fernando Casale, an Argentine journalist and Editor-in-Chief of USERS, has done music lovers a great favor by putting together a free collection of Creative Commons-licensed songs by independent musicians from...

12 January 2006

Lebanon: Protecting the devil

It is quite insulting to hear a joint Saudi-Syrian statement on “Syrian-Lebanese relations” in the absence of Lebanon. It is also amazing that Abdullah is suggesting a new penal code:...

11 January 2006

Singapore: Debater Talks Debate

Singaporean student debater Shaun Lee posts some observations on his blog Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc on how the dissolution of Asian confidence after the economic and political crises of...

11 January 2006

SA: Zuma backs anti-corruption

The Fish Bowl points to a report in the South Africa press that Jacob Zuma is backing Mbeki's anti-corruption stance. Is that ambition or is that amibition?

11 January 2006