Stories from 2 December 2010
Haiti: Election Karma
HaitiAnalysis.com and klauvice's posterous comment on the recently concluded Haitian elections.
Cuba: The Great Movie Escape
“The common people, who go without milk in their coffee every day, count the coins in their pockets; during the ten days of the Festival they can put aside the...
Trinidad & Tobago: Justice for Akiel
Plain Talk says that all these years later, the abuse and unsolved murder of a minor “is an indelible stain on our social conscience and will not be expunged without...
Cuba: UN Vote Not In Our Name
Generation Y “still can't believe that the Cuban delegation at the United Nations added its vote to a group of countries that include homosexuality as a crime under the law”,...
Africa: SABMiller, Schtop Tax Dodging
ActionAid published a report on Monday exposing how international corporations dodge millions in taxes all over Africa. The report found that SABMiller has avoided paying an estimated £20m in taxes. ActionAid has launched a campaign (‘Schtop’) to encourage more accountability and transparency.
Azerbaijan: Remembering the #EminAdnan campaign
With materials now released from Wikileaks showing behind the scenes pressure on the authorities in Azerbaijan to free imprisoned video blogging youth activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, Fatalin's Blog...
Fiji Water agrees to new tax and re-opens plant in Fiji
Fiji Water agreed to pay a new water resources tax and re-opened the doors to its bottling factory, bringing back 400 workers who had been laid off the day before. Fiji's government will be happy to receive the much needed revenue, but some bloggers ask if that money will ever be paid.
Singapore: Wikileaks and the “flabby old chap” comment
Apparently, Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew thinks North Korea leader Kim Jong-il is a “flabby old chap who prances around stadiums seeking adulation.” This was revealed through the uploaded documents on Wikileaks. What are the reactions of Singapore bloggers?
Azerbaijan: First Lady responds to mafia claims… on Twitter
With the latest revelations from Wikileaks including an alleged confidential cable from the U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, comparing the president to a mafia boss, and his dynasty to the...
Lusophone countries: anti-capitalist portal, ten months on
Diário Liberdade (Daily Freedom, pt/gz), an anti-capitalist portal serving left-wing activist groups in the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia and Portuguese-speaking countries, analyses its first ten months online.
Brazil: group linked to police ordered to defend agrarian reform
Vi O Mundo [pt] reports that an association linked to the police in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco has been ordered by prosecutors to reproduce 21 billboards with messages in...
China: The Shenzhen Bay Fringe Festival
Maryannodonnell from Shenzhen Noted has translated an article, In the name of Shenzhen Bay, about the upcoming Shenzhen bay Fringe Festival.
Taiwan: Blogger initiate “It gets better” campaign in Taiwan
Wikipedian, blogger, and gay right activist mingwangx vows to initiate “it gets better” campaign in Taiwan in his new post[zht]. He was shocked and saddened by yesterday's news about “two...
