Eduardo Avila · July, 2008

Latest posts by Eduardo Avila from July, 2008

Bolivia: The Custom of El Poro

Camiri Digital [es] proudly writes about the use of the drink “el Poro” in Camiri, Bolivia, and its customs such as pouring the drink to your right.

31 July 2008

Paraguay: Breaking Cycle of Corruption

Liam of Políticamente Incorrecto [es] writes that the new Paraguayan government's biggest challenge is to break the cycle of corruption and “that the corrupt has become someone to be imitated,...

27 July 2008

Costa Rica: Indigenous Communities in the Media

Alejandro Vargas Johannsen publishes a list of recommendations created by students from the Costa Rica University for communicators in how they write about indigenous communities without negative stereotypes [es] and...

24 July 2008

Colombia: Continued Support for Suso

Catalina Restrepo of Cosas del Alma [es] updates readers on the continued efforts by members of the ConVerGentes blogging community in Medellín, Colombia in support of Suso, a local resident...

23 July 2008

Dominican Republic: Tires as Toys

Children in the Dominican Republic can be seen playing with tires for a lack of other toys. Reynaldo Brito of Imagenes Dominicanas [es] writes about his experiences in the Herrera...

22 July 2008

El Salvador: A Visit to El Mozote

Tim Muth recently visite the site of El Mozote in El Salvador, which had been the site of a massacre during that country's civil war. He writes, “intellectually I knew...

21 July 2008

Costa Rica: Towards a Lay State

Sergio from La Foto Salio Movida [es] believes that Costa Rica should become a lay state, which “would help us improve the political and social maturity….and that this would not...

21 July 2008

Bolivia: Blogging from El Alto

Mario Durán of Palabras Libres [es], who has been blogging for the past three years from El Alto, Bolivia, writes about how he started his personal blog and other projects.

19 July 2008

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