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Global Voices Aymara: Experiences in Translation in 2011

Some members of the Global Voices in Aymara translation team write about their experiences in 2011, which for them reached a milestone for growth in terms of the number of translators and articles translated. It was also the year where it became an official Lingua site and first indigenous site on Global Voices.

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Global Voices Podcast: Brave New Year 2012

In this edition of the podcast we take a look back over the year 2011, consider the similarities and differences between mainstream and new media journalism, learn about an inspiring Rising Voices meeting in Bolivia to support a diverse blogosphere. We also set off on a two-wheeled journey around the Internet!

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Latin America: Social Networks Bring Recognition to Primary Recyclers

Bolivia: TIPNIS Indigenous Marchers Arrive in La Paz 20 October 2011
Bolivia: A Judicial Election Without Campaigning 16 October 2011
Bolivia: Police Repression of Indigenous Marchers in Yucumo 26 September 2011
Bolivia: Police Block Indigenous Territory Anti-Highway March 22 September 2011
Bolivia: Child Workers Unionize 21 September 2011

Latest stories about Bolivia

11 January 2012

Global Voices in Dutch Looks Back on 2011

Written by Percy Balemans · Translated by Percy Balemans · Citizen Media

While the year 2012 is already well on its way, the translators of Global Voices in Dutch look back on 2011. Which posts stood out and what makes Global Voices so special?

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3 January 2012

Latin America, 2011: A Year Marked by Social Movements

Written by Silvia Viñas · Education, Environment

Citizens across the world took to the streets in 2011, and Latin America was no exception. In this post we look at the social movements that marked 2011 in South and Central America and how protests, vigils, marches and occupations were covered and analyzed through citizen media.

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26 September 2011

Bolivia: Mobilization in Support of Indigenous Marchers

Written by Eduardo Avila · Indigenous, Protest

In the past month, indigenous highway protest marchers in Bolivia have received widespread support from residents of cities on their route donating food and supplies, as well as from many Twitter users using the hashtag #TIPNIS.

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1 August 2011

Global Voices in Aymara: Preserving Indigenous Language Online

Written by Eduardo Avila · Blogger Profiles, Announcements

One of the newest Global Voices Lingua sites is also its first in an indigenous language, Aymara. This native language is spoken by more than 2 million people across the Andes, especially in Bolivia and Peru, where it is among the official languages.

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20 July 2011

Twitter and Latin American Presidents: Does It Make Them Closer to Us?

Written by Laura Schneider · Translated by Elizabeth Rivera · Governance, Technology

Twitter use among the presidents of Latin America is gaining momentum. Whether used as a form of press release, to communicate with citizens or to cheer for a soccer team, Twitter has established itself as a new tool for heads of state to interact in both their public and private lives.

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18 July 2011

Bolivia: New Road Threatens Indigenous Territory of Isiboro Sécure

Written by Eduardo Avila · Development, Environment

Bolivian President Evo Morales is under heavy criticism for his insistence in building a road that would pass through the Indigenous Territory and National Park of Isiboro Sécure, contradicting his international reputation as a defender of indigenous autonomous rights and environmental protection.

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Updates about Bolivia

8 February 2012

7 February 2012

Updates

Setty recommends the Institute of the Americas' English-language podcast series on energy in Latin America.

• Silvia Viñas

1 February 2012

Spanish

Members of the Chiquitano indigenous community in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, have created the Twitter account @monkoxbesiro [es] to promote the use of the Chiquitano (Bésiro) language in Bolivia.

• Silvia Viñas

31 January 2012

Spanish

Marchers in favor of a project to build a road that would go through the TIPNIS indigenous territory reached La Paz. Mario R. Duran from the blog Palabras Libres [es] reports that residents of El Alto and La Paz received the march with indifference.

• Silvia Viñas

24 January 2012

Spanish

The International Center for Arts of the Americas (ICCA) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has released a digital archive of 20th-century Latin American and Latino art, which, “is now available, free of charge, to the research and teaching community as well as to the public at large.” Culture magazine Ñ [es] briefly interviewed Mari Carmen Ramírez, the project's director.

• Silvia Viñas

19 January 2012

English

Last year we reported extensively on a march to protest a road that would go through the TIPNIS indigenous territory; on December 20, 2011, a group demanding the building of the road started their own march towards La Paz: “This pro-road march wants the law approved in October by President Evo Morales that strictly prohibited the road through the TIPNIS to be reversed” Dario Kenner explains in the blog Bolivia Diary.

• Silvia Viñas

17 January 2012

English

The 56 judges elected during the October 2011 judicial election in Bolivia were sworn in on January 3, 2012. Emily Achtenberg, from the NACLA blog Rebel Currents, writes about the election process and the obstacles the new judges will face.

• Silvia Viñas

Comments on "Bolivia"

Global Voices Aymara: Experiences in Translation in 2011

It is so amazing to have such a fantastic team of people working together to keep a language alive, and...
Great work GV Aymara. I am also happy to see Bolivia connecting with Zambia through GV work!
I was hoping you would see that comment, Gershom. Bolivia and Zambia are so far away from each other, yet...