5 April 2006

Stories from 5 April 2006

Mongolia: Protests

Luke Distelhorst has additional photos and reporting on the protests in Mongolia demanding the president's resignation and more favorable terms for Mongolia in a contract with Canada's Ivanhoe Mines.

6 April 2006

Bahamas: Hate

Nicolette Bethel traces the roots of some of the hatred she sees manifested in the behaviour of Bahamians to the island's history of slavery.

6 April 2006

Caribbean: Hurricane forecast

Linda Thompkins reports on a recent meeting held to discuss the 2006 hurricane season and its implications for the Caribbean. The hurricane season begins officially on June 1.

6 April 2006

The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs

Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB), the capitalized national airline, currently sits in the midst of a severe economic crisis, which may signal the end of the second longest running airline in...

6 April 2006

Jamaica: Debating PJ's proposal

Eon proposes a series of televised “reasonings” on the subject of the three pressing issues pinpointed by outgoing Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson as areas where the country's political...

6 April 2006

Tajikistan: Bright Future

“Tajik Boy” comments on US Ambassador to Tajikistan Richard Hoagland's remark that Tajikistan is a success story and says that he thinks the country has a bright future in store.

6 April 2006

Argentina: Wikipedia and Kirchner

Doug of All-Encompassingly points his readers to an article from the Argentine paper, La Nación about the recent virtual battle on Wikipedia to define President Néstor Kirchner. The Wikipedia page...

6 April 2006

Mexico: Pre-Colombian Prostitution

The bilingual blog TlacuiloPilo argues that prostitution has existed in Mexico for centuries, concluding that it is “as Mexican as chile, frijoles, or mitotes.”

6 April 2006

Slovenia: Bad Translation

Michael of The Glory of Carniola writes on the bad Slovenian-to-English translation and the mystery of one word's correct spelling: is it caffe, cafe, café or kafe?

5 April 2006

Hungary: Budapest Parking

Pestiside.hu writes about strange ways punishing Budapest parking violators: “Not only are some alleged offenders long since parked six feet under, many of the surviving motorists are claiming they no...

5 April 2006