15 January 2009

Stories from 15 January 2009

Bolivia: Convincing Others to Vote “No” on New Constitution

  15 January 2009

Bolivians will head to the polls on January 25 to decide whether or not to approve the draft of the new Constitution. With ten days go, early polling indicates that the "Yes" side will emerge victorious, partly because it has the full weight of the national government. However, the opposition, led by the governors of 4 states, as well as some other unlikely opponents, are doing everything they can to convince others to vote "No."

Peru: Changing Indigenous Last Names to Avoid Discrimination

  15 January 2009

In Peru, some citizens see the necessity to change their last names, especially those that are typically indigenous, such as from “Quispe” to “Quimper,” as a way to avoid discrimination [es]. Eland Vera compares this to the practice by some movie stars in the United States who have done the...

Chile: Wine from the Itata Valley

  15 January 2009

Contenidos Locales [es] introduces us to Susana Navarrete, who writes, “There is nothing like Chilean wine,”and adds information about the Itata Valley in the Bío Bío region of Chile where the wine is produced.

Dominican Republic: Far Behind Other Latin American Countries

  15 January 2009

Even though the Dominican government is implementing 536 informational technology training centers across the country for those citizens who have little knowledge of computers, Joan Guerrero writes that the country is still far behind other Latin American countries according to a recent study [es].