Sara Moreira · November, 2012

Latest posts by Sara Moreira from November, 2012

Mozambican Newspaper Wins Innovation Grant to Develop a “Citizen Desk”

  28 November 2012

Global Voices partner in Mozambique, @Verdade newspaper, is one of the winners of the African News Innovation Challenge, ICFJ announced today, November 28, 2012. The innovation grant will be used to implement a “Citizen Desk” in partnership with Sourcefabric: “a tool that allows news organisations to create a mobile-optimised platform for...

Brazilian Guarani Community Denounces ‘Poisoned’ River

  21 November 2012

A video showing the contamination of the Ypo'i river, near the settlement of an indigenous Guarani community, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, has been circulating on the web. The Guarani, struggling for their land, “believe it was deliberate and ‘not an accident’”, Survival International reports.

Night Clashes Overshadow Portugal's Largely Peaceful General Strike

  16 November 2012

The general strike of November 14, 2012, in Portugal once again brought people against austerity to the streets across the country. The real motivations for the demonstrations however, were ignored by mainstream media, as by the end of an intense day of peaceful marches and sit-ins, confrontations between police and protesters turned the violence into top news.

Guinea-Bissau: International Arrest Warrant Against Blogger

  14 November 2012

The most visible face of Guinea-Bissau's blogosphere, António Aly Silva, wrote [pt] that he is being accused of “the crime of incitement to war” and that an international arrest warrant was issued against him by the regime in power since the coup of April 2012. In an interview [pt] for...

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Demands Better Sanitation

  12 November 2012

The initiative Sanitation is Basic, launched by the nonprofit organisation Meu Rio, has served as a slogan for the increase in online campaigns owing to popular online pressure created by citizens and social movements in Rio. According to the organisation, "half the population in Rio de Janeiro is still without mains water and sewerage."

Guinea-Bissau: Chinese Loggers near Buba River

  8 November 2012

The minutes of a youth and citizenship meeting held in October 2012 in Guinea-Bissau mentions [pt] the “massive logging of pau de sangue” woodtrees (Pterocarpus violaceus Vog.) by Chinese companies in the region. The post stresses the lack of information and “the silence of local and national authorities”. Novas da Guiné...

Reading Suggestions on Brazil in English

  7 November 2012

Deep Brazil blog, from the journalist Regina Scharf, provides valuable resources about Brazil in the English language. She recently published one more list of books in English related to Brazil, its culture and people, and earlier this year she published a Brazil Blog List featuring 60 websites about the country...

Portugal: An Open Letter to Germany

  5 November 2012

Portuguese economist and researcher José Maria Castro Caldas published an open letter to the citizens of Germany on the website of the Initiative for a Citizen Audit of the public debt. The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel will be on an official visit to Portugal on November 12, 2012.

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2013
MarBanned Music and Missing Voices in Angola
JanNobel Peacemaker Ramos Horta's Mission to Guinea Bissau
2012
DecTransparency in Extractive Mega Projects in Mozambique | Political crisis in São Tomé and Principe
NovBrazil: Rio de Janeiro Demands Better Sanitation
OctPortugal: Citizen Digital Activism
| Brazil: The Cry of Resistance of the Guarani Kaiowá
SepPortugal: Citizen Digital Activism | Brazil: Media, Citizenship, and Public Policies Under Debate | Brazil: Threat to the Autonomy of Indigenous Lands
AugGuinea-Bissau: Women, Citizenship and “Mandjuandades”
MayMozambique: President Rejects Social Networks | Cape Verde: Encouraging Storytelling and Creative Writing
AprGuinea-Bissau: Coup d'etat and the Angolan military misson
MarBrazil: “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
FebBrazil: Quilombo Community in Bahia About to Be Evicted | Portugal: Web Users Debate Portuguese Private Copying Bill
JanPortugal: State Radio Silenced after Angola Opinion Piece
2011
DecOnline Highlights from the Portuguese-Speaking World in 2011
NovEast Timor: Building One Country Out of Many Languages
OctPortugal: Vídeos e Fotos do 15 de Outubro | Portugal: Democracy Takes to the Streets on October 15
JulPortugal: “Junk” National Debt Rating Provokes Online Demonstrations | Guinea-Bissau: International Day of the African Child
JunEquatorial Guinea: A Language that Ignores Human Rights
MayPortugal: Adrift, With a Bailout in the Works
FebA declaration of love to the Portuguese language, in all its variations | Angola: Mass Evictions Displace Thousands
JanPortugal: Reflections on Egypt
2010
NovGuinea Bissau: Dictatorship of Consensus and Aly's Temptation for Accusations | Brazil: Eradicating the Indigenous Guarani Kaiowa
JunPortugal: A Tribute in Unison to Saramago