Kelley Johnson · April, 2014

Latest posts by Kelley Johnson from April, 2014

Protesting in Venezuela Will Require Authorization

  29 April 2014

(All links are in Spanish otherwise noted as [en] for English) As the protests [en] in Venezuela draw upon 100 continuous days of demonstrations, the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice's recent verdict rules that the right to protest “is not an absolute right.” In order to carry out any type of demonstration, one needs to...

Sexy Monday: Between Sexual Expression and Censorship

  27 April 2014

(All links are in Spanish) David Troya writes for Gkillcity about the Ecuadorian Superintendence of Communication's sanction on the newspaper Extra for its cover picture of model Claudia Hurtado and headline: “Start the week off right with your hot and sexy Monday. Damn, what a hot babe!” Troya reflects:  If...

Venezuela: Conclusions on the Dialogue

  25 April 2014

(Links in Spanish are signaled as [es]) Daniel Lara Farías, @DLaraF [es], writes [es] on Infociudadanos about the dialogue [es] between the government and the opposition. He launches criticism against the president of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello (links added).  Due to Diosdado's lack of credibility within the fraction of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...

Cycling to Save Archeological Heritage

  23 April 2014

(Links are in English, otherwise noted [es] for Spanish) How can two apparently very distinct interests, such as cycling and archeology, come together? Nils Castro shares his experience in an article [es] as a guest blogger on Lima Milenaria.  Niles mentions that even though he had already created the Facebook group...

Will there be a Popular Consultation for Yasuní?

  21 April 2014

(All links are in Spanish, otherwise noted as [en] for English) Following the president's decision last year to exploit the oil fields in Parque Nacional Yasuní [en] [Yasuní National Park] an oppositional movement began and became quickly organized. It started carrying out marches for collecting signatures in order to hold a popular consultation regarding...