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17 February 2012

Bolivia: Conflict Over Road Through TIPNIS National Park Continues

Written by Pablo Andres Rivero · Environment, Indigenous

In October 2011 President Evo Morales signed off a law declaring the Indigenous Territory National Park Isiboro Sécure "untouchable", cancelling the road project that sought pass through its heart. However, the conflict has resurfaced.

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12 January 2012

Global Voices Aymara: Experiences in Translation in 2011

Written by Victoria Tinta · Translated by Eduardo Avila · Language, Citizen Media

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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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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1 January 2012

Global Voices Podcast: Brave New Year 2012

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Global Voices Podcast

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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7 December 2011

Latin America: Social Networks Bring Recognition to Primary Recyclers

Written by Gerardo Espindola · Translated by Betsy Galbreath · Environment, Technology & Internet

Using various social media, primary recyclers of Latin America, also known as pepenadores, cartoneros, buzos (waste pickers) or simply recyclers, have joined together in search of social inclusion and formal recognition of their work.

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20 October 2011

Bolivia: TIPNIS Indigenous Marchers Arrive in La Paz

Written by Eduardo Avila · Indigenous, Protest

The indigenous marchers of the TIPNIS reached their final destination of La Paz, Bolivia, where they were greeted as heroes by the city's residents. They still have hopes of meeting with the President and to get his commitment to halt the highway construction through their territory.

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16 October 2011

Bolivia: A Judicial Election Without Campaigning

Written by Eduardo Avila · Elections, Protest

For the first time in its history, Bolivian citizens will elect judges and magistrates to five different courts and tribunals. However, this election also prohibited public campaigning causing many to wonder for whom to vote. Some also feel that the election is set up to benefit the ruling party, and plan to vote null as a way to send a message.

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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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Bolivia: Police Repression of Indigenous Marchers in Yucumo

Written by Eduardo Avila · Environment, Indigenous

The Bolivian indigenous march against a planned highway reached a standstill with the blockade of pro-government groups in the town of Yucumo. On September 25, uniformed police officers launched tear gas at men, women and children, causing diverse nationwide reactions.

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Updates about Bolivia

24 February 2012

Spanish

Disabled Bolivians marching to demand higher government subsidies clashed with police on Thursday, February 23. Blogger Mario R. Durán [es] shares citizen photos of the clashes. On Twitter, netizens are using the hashtag #discapacitados [es] (”disabled”) to comment and report on the march.

• Silvia Viñas

21 February 2012

Spanish

A book gathering a detailed recount of the indigenous march in defense of the Indigenous Territory and National Park Isiboro Sécure (TIPNIS for its initials in Spanish) has been published in a digital format. Fundación Tierra [es] edited the book, titled “Indigenous March for the TIPNIS: The Struggle in defense of the territories,” and it is available as a free download [es] in its website.

• Pablo Andres Rivero

8 February 2012

English

Blogger Dario Kenner from Bolivia Diary interviewed indigenous leaders who are against and in favor of building a road through the Indigenous Territory and National Park Isiboro Sécuro (TIPNIS).

• Silvia Viñas

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

6 January 2012

Spanish

Website elSistema has issued a public apology [es] on their Facebook page after copyrighting blogger Pablo Rivero's posts that were originally published in his blog under a Creative Commons license. The site also removed the content. Pablo explains his position and shares his final comments on the incident in his blog [es].

• Silvia Viñas