Stories from 8 December 2007
Brazil: On winning YouTube short film contest
Rodrigo Savazoni [pt] takes the opportunity of a Brazilian short film winning the YouTube Project:Direct to talk about the changes brought by new technologies to movie making: “I can only see the bright side of it. Because nobody will stop watching good movies and a lot more people have started...
Blogger Kareem Amer awarded by RSF & Fondation de France
The jailed Egyptian bloggerKareem Nabeel Sulaiman was awarded this year's Human Rights Prize in the category “Cyber-dissident” by Reporters without Borders (RSF) and “Fondation de France“.
Trinidad & Tobago: Making Sorrel
“Sorrel…is traditionally used to make one of Trinidad and Tobago's most beloved national Christmas drinks,” writes My Chutney Garden, as she guides us through the sorrel-brewing process.
Jamaica: Ten Dollar “Wine”
“Yes, these nine to eleven grade young girls are selling their bodies and sexual favours for as cheap as JM$10 (approximately US$0.14)!”: Stunner's Afflictions says “something needs to be done for this trend to stop”.
Jamaica: Conversation with Mervyn Morris
Geoffrey Philp interviews Jamaican writer and professor Mervyn Morris.
Guyana: Kaieteur Falls
“If there is anything to see in this country, it is this waterfall”: Mark Hejinian makes a trip to Guyana's Kaieteur Falls.
Cuba: Apology
Uncommon Sense posts an update on the Cuban church attack: “Archbishop Dionisio García Ibáñez of Santiago de Cuba says…that he had met with Caridad Diego, head of the communist party's religious affairs department, and that apologies had been made.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Human Technology
“The Internet is rock steady in its necessity to the human race. But…the fact that we are human means that some things will always remain the same”: Caribbean Public Relations blogs about the importance of transparency in cyber-relationships.
Bermuda: Animal Farm?
A Limey in Bermuda likens the island's political situation to George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Barbados: Crime and Punishment
“Most countries in the Caribbean region have had a long experience of peace with other nations; however, we find that we are increasingly ‘at war’ amongst ourselves”: Living in Barbados examines the reasons behind the region's spiraling crime rate.
Barbados: Turtles
“Each time I walk over the Chamberlain Bridge…I glance over the side, hoping to catch sight of a hawksbill turtle paddling about in the waters below”: Gallimaufry considers going swimming with the turtles.
Bahamas: Religion and Violence
The current crime wave in the Bahamas has many people citing a need “to turn to God” – Nicolette Bethel refers to studies which suggest that “the higher the religiosity of any society, the more violent that society is.”
Lusosphere: Are you hetero?
Earlier this week, Global Voices published an article about an advertising campaign in Guatemala which had raised a few eyebrows among local bloggers. More or less at the same time of this publication, some other bloggers in Portugal were celebrating a victory: the day on which a beer company gave...
Out of Africa
“Africa needs not only better leaders, human rights, respect for others. It needs a freer Europe, to be more respected by the West and… globalization”. David Dinis talks about the summit that will gather the 7-nation European Union and the 53-member African Union this Saturday in Lisbon at O Insubmisso...
Cambodia: BabyVox Concert
Darachan is looking forward to a concert by Korean girl band BabyVox.
Cambodia: Blog Training For People with Disabilities
A blog training session is being organized for people living with disabilities in Cambodia.
Japan: Washington Post on the Japanese Blogosphere
An article in the Washington Post describes Japanese bloggers as the “humble giants of the web”, a characterization which blogger Adamu at Mutant Frog Travelogue blasts for its inaccuracies and stereotypes. He writes: “this dichotomy of Japan as meek navel gazers and Americans as gung-ho self-branding showoffs is totally false”,...
Russia, France: Charmed by Putin?
Russian bloggers discuss Nicolas Sarkozy's congratulatory phone call to Vladimir Putin, following the Dec. 2 parliamentary election in Russia.
