Stories from 22 September 2006
Argentina: Night of the Pencils, 1976 – 2006
Jeff Barry introduces the 30th anniversary of Argentina's Night of the Pencils, “another sad but notable event from the most recent dictatorship in Argentina.” This year's remembrance was remarked by a controversy over Wikipedia's entry on the historical event. Eduaro Arcos has more detail on that controversy [ES] (make sure...
Argentina: Legislatura de la Ciudad
Robert Wright continues his virtual tour of Buenos Aires with a look at the city's legislature.
Bolivia: Patrimony and Common Good
Nick Buxton reflects on the meaning of “patrimony” and “common good” in his introduction to Bolivian anti-globalization social movement leader Oscar Olivera.
Colombia: An Optimistic Look at the ELN Talks
Adam Isacson posts a translation by Mariam Khokhar of Moritz Akerman's article from El Colombiano which takes a look at progress made in the negotiations with the ELN.
Venezuela: Elections and Education
Katy takes a photographic look at Hugo Chavez's reelection campaign while Oil Wars offers a photographic tour of new schools throughout the country.
Africa: African bloggers conference 2007
Following the heated debate about the Digital Citizen Indaba on Blogging, Mental Acrobatics has a practical suggestion: “So this is what i suggest. Clearly we have many African bloggers who have an opinion on what an African blogging conference should or should not have, should or should not do. We...
Ghana: International Media Summit
The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen…of Ghana attended the Africa's International Media Summit 2006, in Accra, Ghana.
East Africa: Swahili text-to-speech software released
My Africa informs us about a new Swahili text-to-speech software released by the Local Language Speech Technology Initiative (LLSTI).
China: listen to the movie producer
The latest movie “The City of Golden Armor” directed by Zhang Yi-Mou was released on September 20, but reporters had not been invited to the movie preview. Buchimifan in Bullog quotes the movie producer Mr Zhang Wei Ping's advice to the reporters: “if you criticise our movies, we won't let...
China: 2nd Chinese blogger conference
The 2nd Chinese blogger conference is going to take place on October 28-29 in Hanzhou, China. The latest schedule, speakers and sessions is now online; here is the details about “How to become a Web Support/Sticker Sponsor”.
China: How much are Chinese professors paid?
Shang Peijin in Shanghaiist summaries a discussion on Chinese BBS concerning how much are Chinese professors paid? The range is from US$500 to US$10,000 per month.
