5 January 2011

Stories from 5 January 2011

El Salvador: Political Violence in Cabañas

Voices from El Salvador's Weblog reports: “Another wave of political violence swept through Cabañas, El Salvador over the Christmas Holiday […] The tension between the local civil society organizations that...

5 January 2011

Featured Translator: Adriana Gutiérrez

Let's meet a translator from Global Voices in Spanish: Adriana Gutiérrez. In this interview she tells us about her activities, how she got involved with the Lingua project and of course, about her beloved country: Venezuela.

5 January 2011

Paraguay: Government Enacts Law on Languages

E'a [es] reports that the Paraguayan government has enacted a Law on Languages. Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources explains that,”The law requires public institutions to use the Guarani language as...

5 January 2011

Zimbabwe: 2011 SMS Resolutions

2011 SMS resolutions in Zimbabwe: “This morning we asked our email and SMS subscribers “Whats your resolution about how you’ll get involved in making change happen in 2011′?” Of the...

5 January 2011

Kenya: Kenya Police Website Hacked

Kelvin reacts to news about the hacking of the Kenyan police website: “So, yeah. The Kenya police website was broken into. Twice. In a time-frame of a few days. It...

5 January 2011

China: Politics of the surrounding gaze

Xiao Mi from the China Media Project interviewed Hu Yong on the Chinese online culture of “surrounding gaze”, who explains why netizens believe that they can change the world by...

5 January 2011