Latest posts by David Sasaki from October, 2006
Mexico, USA, EU: Open Borders
Argentine-Spanish blogger Martin Varsavsky wonders if one day more Americans will be moving to Mexico than vice versa.
Latin America: Authors and Translators
Liz Henry just got back from the American Literary Translators Association conference (which she liveblogged) and introduces readers to some of the Latin American & Spanish-speaking authors and translators she met there.
Argentina, Brazil: Spreading Conversations
Argentine anglophone blogger Ana Toniolli has translated [ES] a piece by Global Voices Lusophone Editor Jose Murilo Junior into Spanish at Voces Latinas.
Mexico: Photos from 1974
Flickr user Dristis-Mudra has a gorgeous set of black and white photos from a 1974 trip to Mexico.
Peru: Oktoberfest in Lima
Alejandro introduces readers to the recent phenomenon of Oktoberfest in Lima, Peru: “Five years ago, a group of German expats living in Peru decided to celebrate the traditional Oktoberfest. Little did they know that this would turn into an event of such magnitude that in 2005, 10,000 revelers consumed over...
Mexico: Secretary of Gobernación
Ana Maria Salazar has an entertaining post introducing readers to potential candidates for the Secretary of Gobernación. This is the first post in a series on upcoming cabinet candidates.
El Salvador: Vegetarianism
Salvadoran blogger Ethel explains why she is not vegetarian.
Ecuador: Voting Problems are Universal
Ecuador Elige posts a recently uploaded video of voting in New York [ES] with the caption, “it goes to show that problems happen everywhere.
Paraguay: Bush Family and Troop Immunity
Adam Isacson gathers a confluence of unusual events surrounding the United States and Paraguay and asks what it all means. Here on Planet Earth asks the same questions.
Bolivia: Agrarian Reform
Wes Enzinna guest-blogs at Blog from Bolivia about Evo Morales’ land reform plan and the resistance it has met.
Venezuela: Interview with Alek Boyd
Daniel Duquenal interviews Alek Boyd, who left his career and political activism in the UK to follow Manuel Rosales’ opposition campaign and cover its daily progress at Vcrisis.
Argentina: Music: The Underwater Robot
Fernando Casale links to the can't-be-missed music video from the Argentine band El Robot Bajo El Agua.
Ecuador: YouTube and Second Round Elections
Cristian Espinosa shows how journalist Carlos Vera of Ecuavisa is taking advantage of YouTube [ES] to draw attention to video clips that might have been otherwise missed by voters in next month's second round elections. The first video [ES], which shows millionaire candidate Alvaro Noboa paying off a supporter run...
Argentina: Blogs and Marriage Proposals
Debby Novitz says that just eight hours after her blog was mentioned in the daily Clarín, she received “1700 hits, 4 marriage proposals, and many, many emails.”
Peru: El Señor de los Milagros
Klephblog explains the importance and history of Peru's El Señor de los Milagros: “There is, perhaps, nothing more Peruvian than The Lord of Miracles. For almost the whole month of October is devoted to this unique religious icon and it is venerated by Peruvians across the globe.”
Venezuela: Meaning of Security Council Vote
Caracas Chronicles on what the UN Security Council vote is really all about: “Those of us focused on Venezuelan affairs will tend to examine the UN Security Council election this week for clues about Chavez's international standing. Probably, though, the vote tells us more about the way the world's governments...
Ecuador: Fear Campaigns
Alejandro Giacometti has a interesting comparison of fear tactics used in campaigning both in Ecuador and the United States. Colin Brayton translates an article about the “detention of the representative in Ecuador of the Brazilian E-vote company, Santiago Murray, as part of an investigation into responsibilities for the failure of...
El Salvador, Honduras: Island Dispute
Tim Muth links to some excellent resources to better understand the newest land dispute between El Salvador and Honduras, this time over the uninhabited island of Conejo in the Gulf of Fonseca. Muth facetiously comments, “perhaps it is for just such disputes that El Salvador needs to have its high...
Argentina: History of Opera and Football
Some history today from Buenos Aires. The upcoming renovation of the downtown opera house, Teatro Colón has inspired Jeff Barry to to begin a series on the history of opera in Buenos Aires. eBlog, meanwhile, points out that today is the 30th anniversary since the debut of Diego Maradona [ES]...
Argentina: Mar del Plata's Beer Route
Jorge Gobbi took advantage of his time in Mar del Plata last weekend to do some local beer tasting. Speaking of Mar del Plata, Google Earth 3D wonder, Ezequiel Galotti recently released his latest modeling of the city's streets and buildings.
Mexico: English Language Weblogs Reviewed
Ellen Fields has been reviewing Latin America-focused weblogs in English for quite a while now. Here is a list of every blog she's reviewed so far.
