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20 October 2006

Stories from 20 October 2006

Brazil: The Media Empire Bows to Blogs

There is something very different going on in the Brazilian media arena. It all started a week ago with a cover story published in the magazine Carta Capital, headlined: The...

Written by Jose Murilo
20 October 2006

Tahiti: Google Earth Shots

Tavana Daniel of Tahiti: Litterature is (Fr) happy google earth updated their aerial shots of Tahiti but laments that the picture was not taken on a sunny day. She provides...

Written by Alice Backer
20 October 2006

Cuba: Havana in photos and video

Flickr user silvertopixel has a series of lovely art photos of street life in Havana. And Lisetcruz posts a YouTube video with views of Havana's famous Malecón and a matching...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
20 October 2006

Bermuda: Green Day

Adjustah provides a roundup of the recent commentary from his fellow Bermudian bloggers, noting that today several of them are observing “Green Day” in protest of the preservation of the...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
20 October 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: Folk wisdom

Christopher Yee Mon dishes out some Trinidadian folk wisdom gleaned from his Auntie Kim. An example: “To Cool You Down in the Sun (Heat Stroke?): Drink Maryshutyuhdoor. Maryshutyuhdoor is the...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
20 October 2006

Uzbekistan: A New Tune?

At Registan.net, Bertrand reports that Uzbekistan's president is using a new explanation for last year's violence in Andijon and he discusses some of the possible explanations for this change.

Written by Nathan Hamm
20 October 2006

Mali: the music of Ali Farka Toure

Matsuli music remembers the great Malian musician, Ali Farka Toure: “Cancer claimed Ali Farka Toure's life earlier this year. I'm thankful we can continue to feel his presence in the...

Written by Ndesanjo Macha
20 October 2006

Gambia: President appoints new cabinet

Following the recent Presidential election, the President of the Republic of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, appoints his new cabinet. Home of the Mandinmories writes about the appointment: “There is not a...

Written by Ndesanjo Macha
20 October 2006

Armenia: Burglaries

Life in Armenia blogger Raffi K. says that there sppears to be a large number of burglaries in Yerevan.

Written by Nathan Hamm
20 October 2006

Kazakhstan: Brawl in Atyrau

A fight broke out between Turkish and Kazakh workers in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. The Atyrau Informant has photos and a brief report on what took place.

Written by Nathan Hamm
20 October 2006

Ecuador: Fear Campaigns

Alejandro Giacometti has a interesting comparison of fear tactics used in campaigning both in Ecuador and the United States. Colin Brayton translates an article about the “detention of the representative...

Written by David Sasaki
20 October 2006

El Salvador, Honduras: Island Dispute

Tim Muth links to some excellent resources to better understand the newest land dispute between El Salvador and Honduras, this time over the uninhabited island of Conejo in the Gulf...

Written by David Sasaki
20 October 2006

The Week that Was – Bolivian Blogs

Cartoon used by permission from artist Worries concerning a possible civil war in Bolivia have simmered for now. However, cartoon blogger (for a lack of a better term) Joaquin Cuevas...

Written by Eduardo Avila
20 October 2006

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