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July 4th, 2008

Americas: Region Celebrates Rescue of Betancourt and Other Hostages

Eduardo Avila · 01:47

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The entire Latin American region celebrated with the people of Colombia upon hearing the news that ex-Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages were rescued. In the operation named “Jaque,” Betancourt, 3 U.S. citizens and 11 members of the Colombian forces were freed after the rescue attempt. Bloggers from many countries throughout Latin America shared the excitement and wrote their own personal reflections. 2 comments · »»

May 4th, 2008

Bolivia: Autonomy Referendum Raises Questions

Eduardo Avila · 04:20

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Santa Cruz, Bolivia will head to the polls today in a department-wide referendum on a controversial autonomic statute, which would grant more administrative and economic powers to the state government. Not every Cruceño will participate, however, as many share the opinion of the central government that the referendum is illegal and unconstitutional. Bloggers, no matter where they stand on the statute, hope for no incidents of violence. 2 comments · »»

April 9th, 2008

Video on Flickr: An apple of dischord

Juliana Rincón Parra · 23:13

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Seventeen hours after its creation, the Flickr group "NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!!" already has more than 5475 members and 670 items. What is even more amazing is that another group, "We Say NO to Videos on Flickr", created 2 hours later, has more than double the number of members of the previously mentioned group, and both are composed of flickr users who oppose the idea of having video on the platform traditionally used for uploading pictures. On the other hand, the groups created for uploaded videos hardly have more than 30 members yet. What is the reason for this insatisfaction with Yahoo and Flickr's decision to make video uploading and viewing possible on their site? 6 comments · »»

March 10th, 2008

Bolivia: Twittbo Twitter Community

Eduardo Avila · 00:39

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The Bolivian community of Twitter users is growing slowly, but it received a big boost with the creation of the page TwittBo, which hopes to provide a little more publicity to this popular form of communication. In addition, a Facebook group has also been formed to gather the Bolivian twitter-ers. Here is a brief interview with the two founders of the site. 0 comments · »»

February 8th, 2008

Carnival: Videos from around the world

Juliana Rincón Parra · 22:22

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One way to know about a culture, is to see how they celebrate and why. Many countries share a common festival, the carnival, and each country gives a distinctive flavour to the celebration. Carnival usually takes place during the weeks prior to Lent in Catholic countries, and it's usually a time to revel, enjoy and feast before the 40 days of fasting and prayer in preparation of Easter begin. Citizen videos show us how carnival season was spent this year in Bolivia, French Guyana, Goa, India and Croatia. 1 comment · »»

February 4th, 2008

Bolivia: Collective Blog from the Diaspora

Eduardo Avila · 18:21

A new collective blog written by Bolivians abroad attempts to provide a look into the lives of Bolivians living far from home. As the blog states, "To live in two cultures is sometimes a choice, and it is sometimes “an accident.” This a translation of a post written by Karen Heredia from Blogs Bolivia. 1 comment · »»

February 1st, 2008

Bolivia: The Festival of Alasitas

Eduardo Avila · 23:53

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The festival of Alasitas features a diminuative and jolly character called Ekeko, who is said to bring abundance and prosperity. This event is based in the city of La Paz, but it's popularity has spread to other cities like El Alto. There, some new bloggers write about this custom, and how important it is to maintain these traditions from generation to generation. 2 comments · »»

DoGooder.tv: A video sharing site for NonProfits

Juliana Rincón Parra · 23:33

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DoGooder.tv is a website for videos with a cause. Through it, non-profit organizations can promote their cause for a specific audience: one that is already interested in hearing what they have to say, and figuring ways in which they can help out. 0 comments · »»

Links about Bolivia

August 16th, 2008

Cristina Quisbert blogs from the 13th International Book Fair being held in La Paz, Bolivia [es]. She notes that the Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera hopes that the ability to buy books is not the privilege of just a few.

August 10th, 2008

Mario Durán writes about his day covering the Recall Referendum in El Alto, Bolivia [es] for his citizen's newspaper Al Minuto where he took photos in 3 voting places, “I moved around on foot, bicycle, automobile, tricycle, what an odyssey.”

August 1st, 2008

July 31st, 2008

Camiri Digital [es] proudly writes about the use of the drink “el Poro” in Camiri, Bolivia, and its customs such as pouring the drink to your right.

July 19th, 2008

Mario Durán of Palabras Libres [es], who has been blogging for the past three years from El Alto, Bolivia, writes about how he started his personal blog and other projects.

July 11th, 2008

Dora Romero of Las Ideas Son Primero [es] is noticing many more pharmacies in the city of El Alto, Bolivia. She wonders whether long lines mean that more people are getting sick due to the cold weather or eating habits.

June 26th, 2008

Hugo Miranda saw firsthand the unveiling of Bolivia OS, the open software operating system and features ABI Word in the indigenous languages Quechua and Aymara.

June 24th, 2008

Miguel Centellas and Miguel Buitrago both write about the recent autonomy referendum in Tarija, Bolivia, which passed with approximately 80% in support.