3 August 2006

Stories from 3 August 2006

Jamaica: Unequal treatment

Gela watches two reports on Jamaican television about incidents involving members of the so-called underclass, and notes that in neither case was there any mention of the situation being investigated...

4 August 2006

Mongolia: Chingis-Mania

Thomo discusses the news that the city council of Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, is considering renaming the city in honor of Chingis Khan. He notes that the mania for naming things...

4 August 2006

Costa Rica: Class and the Internet

In a post titled “Information is Power” Cristian Cambronero cites statistics in Costa Rica which reveal that “42% of those to use the internet over the past 12 months belong...

4 August 2006

Armenia: Pots

Irina Petrosian writes on antique Armenian cookware and their specialized uses.

4 August 2006

Argentina: Cyber-Barrios

“Every neighborhood has its history, its legends, its news, its people, and also its own website,” says Blog Pasa en Buenos Aires in a post that links to the websites...

4 August 2006

Uzbekistan: Dadaxon Hasanov

The Long and Winding Road reports on the trial of an Uzbek musician who was arrested for performing a song about the violence in Andijon in May of 2005.

4 August 2006

Chile: No Cell Phone Day

FayerWayer is asking all readers to turn off their cell phones on September 27th (ES) to protest the poor quality of service providers.

4 August 2006

Peru: Fiestas Patrias

Este artículo también está disponible en español. The National Holidays (“fiestas patrias”) have passed and, with a new ruling government at the helm, let's briefly look at what some of...

3 August 2006

Reunion: 20% of Drivers Without License?

Pierrot Dupuy writes (Fr): “Close to 20% of Reunion drivers probably do not have a driver's license, according to [France's] national council of professional drivers’ driving school division. If this...

3 August 2006

Slovakia: Two Pravdas

Deleted By Tomorrow writes about Pravda.sk: “‘Slovakia's most widely read broadsheet,’ which means I wouldn’t touch it with a ten-feet pole, the daily newspaper Pravda was sold recently to the...

3 August 2006

Ukraine: Yanukovych for PM (2)

Adrian J. Erlinger of Leopolis cites a letter on the current political and economic situation in Ukraine: “Communists in the governmental coalition is the first irony of the current situation,...

3 August 2006

Ukraine: Yanukovych for PM (1)

Petro of Petro's Jotter describes how the shocking news of Victor Yanukovych's nomination as prime minister was met in Ukraine's capital: “Arriving at Maydan I see no one. Not a...

3 August 2006