Latest posts by Sara Moreira from August, 2010
East Timor: Narrowing the Digital Divide in Images
Steve Song shares a set of photos from field work on a project that intends to narrow the gap in access to communications in East Timor – Dili Village Telco.
Angola: Armament Compared with Brazil and Israel
Every week the Em angola blog posts some figures about the country. This week, on war and violence, Gabriel Toueg makes a comparison between Angola, Brazil and Israel, concerning both...
Brazil: Scholar Blog on Citizen Media
Brazilian blog Mídia Cidadã [Citizen Media, pt] is the support platform for an academic research on “citizen communication and socio-cultural transformations” which intends to foster “the role of networked virtual...
East Timor: (Un)Dignified Sculptures of Women in Shangai World Expo 2010
In response to recent statements by a Timorese deputy, who reportedly implied that the statues of naked women at the Timor Leste Pavillion in Shanghai World Expo 2010 are not...
Brazil: Competition Turns Blogs into Books
The idea is to turn the best Brazilian blogs to books, and the competition [pt] is open until September 12th. The participants can vote and apply through fifteen different categories,...
Guinea Bissau: Videos about Water Scarcity
Blog Novas da Guiné Bissau shares the video Bafatá Misti Iagu (Bafatá Wants Water) [pt], describing a project that promotes the access to water for 22.000 people in the city of...
Cape Verde: Debates on Youth and Politics Happening in Portugal
There is a group of Cape Verdean citizens who occasionally organize meetings in Lisbon to discuss the relations between youth and politics, as Suzano Costa explains in a video [pt] republished...
Portugal: Online Conversation on Poliamory
PolyPortugal blog [pt] is an online community that discusses poliamory in Portugal and supports sexual diversity in general.
Sao Tome & Principe: Revolt Against Water Diverted from Hospital
In the past few months, a heated discussion animated the blogosphere of Sao Tome and Principe, on a public health problem that apparently has already been solved. Until last week, there was no water running from the taps of Ayres de Menezes Hospital, but its director now assures that the issue has been taken care of.
Mozambique: Discussing Culture of Work in Africa
The statement that was made by the billionaire Mo Ibrahim, during his recent visit to Mozambique, saying that “Africans don't have a culture of work”, drew a response from Rui...
Angola: Hard Days for Freedom of Press
Isabel Bordalo, a portuguese journalist working in Angola, in her blog, says that the press in that country is going through hard days [pt]. She refers to an episode that...
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2013
Mar – Banned Music and Missing Voices in Angola
Jan – Nobel Peacemaker Ramos Horta's Mission to Guinea Bissau
2012
Dec – Transparency in Extractive Mega Projects in Mozambique | Political crisis in São Tomé and Principe
Nov – Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Demands Better Sanitation
Oct – Portugal: Citizen Digital Activism
| Brazil: The Cry of Resistance of the Guarani Kaiowá
Sep – Portugal: Citizen Digital Activism | Brazil: Media, Citizenship, and Public Policies Under Debate | Brazil: Threat to the Autonomy of Indigenous Lands
Aug – Guinea-Bissau: Women, Citizenship and “Mandjuandades”
May – Mozambique: President Rejects Social Networks | Cape Verde: Encouraging Storytelling and Creative Writing
Apr – Guinea-Bissau: Coup d'etat and the Angolan military misson
Mar – Brazil: “Kilombos”, Stories of Slaves Bridging Three Continents | Guinea-Bissau: Constitutional Limits on the Presidential Elections | Portugal: Subversive Priest's “Homily” to General Strike on YouTube | Brazil: Mihoko Satou, a Bridge-Blogger After the Japan Earthquake | Brazil: Navy Surrounds Quilombo Community Slated for Eviction
Feb – Brazil: Quilombo Community in Bahia About to Be Evicted | Portugal: Web Users Debate Portuguese Private Copying Bill
Jan – Portugal: State Radio Silenced after Angola Opinion Piece
2011
Dec – Online Highlights from the Portuguese-Speaking World in 2011
Nov – East Timor: Building One Country Out of Many Languages
Oct – Portugal: Vídeos e Fotos do 15 de Outubro | Portugal: Democracy Takes to the Streets on October 15
Jul – Portugal: “Junk” National Debt Rating Provokes Online Demonstrations | Guinea-Bissau: International Day of the African Child
Jun – Equatorial Guinea: A Language that Ignores Human Rights
May – Portugal: Adrift, With a Bailout in the Works
Feb – A declaration of love to the Portuguese language, in all its variations | Angola: Mass Evictions Displace Thousands
Jan – Portugal: Reflections on Egypt
2010
Nov – Guinea Bissau: Dictatorship of Consensus and Aly's Temptation for Accusations | Brazil: Eradicating the Indigenous Guarani Kaiowa
Jun – Portugal: A Tribute in Unison to Saramago
