Eduardo Avila · June, 2008

Latest posts by Eduardo Avila from June, 2008

Mexico: Suburb Satellite City

Ciudad Satélite was “the first American-style planned suburb in Mexico” during the 1940s and 50s. Mario of Candyland posts a video of one of the first commercials promoting this new...

11 June 2008

Argentina: Comparing Evita and Riquelme

Juan Pablo Meneses of Cronicas Argentinas [es] compares the Boca Junior footballer Juan Roman Riquelme and the famous first lady Eva Perón, saying both are the people's representatives and both...

10 June 2008

Peru: 10Blog Conference in Lima

Sandro Medina Tovar of Letra Suelta [es] publicizes the conference 10Blog, which will be held on Thursday, June 12 in Lima, Peru. The conference will provide speakers on various topics...

9 June 2008

Ecuador: Presidential Visit to Loja

INKer [es] writes about and post photos of the recent visit by Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa to the province of Loja. Correa visited the local television station Ecotel and was...

8 June 2008

Honduras: Accident at Tegucigalpa Airport

Aaron Ortiz of Pensieve writes about the recent accident of a TACA airline jet that crashed at the international airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He also describes his experience landing at...

3 June 2008

Blogger of the Week: Rebekah Heacock

Global Voices author for Uganda, Rebekah Heacock spent two weeks in the capital city Kampala back in 2006, and decided that she needed to return for a longer period of time. When she did, she also began to blog and it played a large role in her time abroad, "Blogging in Uganda grounded me in a way that few other things did. It was a familiar act that took place in an unfamiliar world, and it was a way for me to process what I was seeing and how I was living."

1 June 2008

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