Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 July 14

14 July 2010

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Stories from 14 July 2010

Venezuela: Actress Carolina Riveros Wins Award in France

Written by Silvia Viñas · Quick Reads · Latin America

Côte d'Ivoire:3 Journalists Including Théophile Kouamouo Arrested for Posting Classified Documents on Coffee and Cocoa

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Macedonia: The Curse of ‘Bipartisanship’

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Veteran Macedonian bloggers express the widely held opinion among their compatriots who are not sympathizers of political parties about feeling hostage to a system without independent alternatives.

Borneo Colours is a website that links bloggers from Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan (Malaysia) and Kalimantan (Indonesia) which are all located in the island of Borneo. It's a platform for...

Poland: Realities of budget and taxes

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Brazil: High Index on Work Stress

Written by Debora Baldelli · Quick Reads · Latin America

Serbia: One Pair of Shoes, One Life

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe

Charged with genocide by the Hague Tribunal for the brutal deaths of more than 8000 Muslims in this Bosnian town on 11 July 1995, General Ratko Mladic has not been...

U.S.V.I.: Teen Killed

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival & Social Media

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Pantin Passes On

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Biscet Stays

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

Brazil: Afro-Brazilian Claims to Affirmative Action Denied

Written by Manuela Tenreiro · Latin America

After nearly a decade discussing the Racial Equality Statute, last month the Brazilian senate finally approved it. Out of the document are the most controversial demands from Afro-Brazilian movements: a...