Peru: “Iquitos needs fast Internet. Help!” · Global Voices
Silvia Viñas

Facebook campaign: “Iquitos needs fast Internet. HELP!” This photo, uploaded by Patricia Vela, has been shared over 600 times on Facebook.
Residents of Iquitos have launched a Facebook [es] and Twitter [es] campaign with the message “Iquitos needs fast Internet. Help!”. Netizens are invited [es] to share a photo with the campaign's message on Facebook, or tweet with the hashtag #SiIquitosTuvieraInternetVeloz [es] (“If Iquitos had fast Internet”). The campaign –which was started by Alan Lozano, an economist from Iquitos– tries to raise awareness about the need to improve the precarious Internet connection [es] available in Iquitos.