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25 January 2012

Elizabeth Rivera, Global Voices Author and Translator

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Dan Cooper · Blogger Profiles

In this interview, Elizabeth Rivera, Global Voices author and translator, tells us a little bit about her life and the motives that drive her to voluntarily collaborate with Global Voices. She also discusses the Chilean student movement and other current events.

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21 January 2012

A Guide to Crowdsourcing in Latin America

Written by Silvia Vinas · Translated by L. Finch · Technology & Internet, Citizen Media

Crowdsourcing allows anyone with an Internet connection to generate useful content for the masses. In Latin America, numerous crowdsourcing projects have arisen that respond to the needs and emergencies that the continent is facing. Jacinto Lajas on Periodismo Ciudadano presents examples of these initiatives in the region.

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20 January 2012

Chile: Discrimination, Media Ethics, and the Case of #InesPerez

Written by Silvia Viñas · Labor, Citizen Media

Inés Pérez, a resident of a gated community that prohibits domestic workers to enter by foot, quickly became the subject of online scorn after an interview on Chilean television. When it transpired that her quote was taken out of context, the discussion instead turned to a debate on journalism ethics.

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15 January 2012

Video Highlights: Activism, Freedom of Speech, Identity and Culture

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Breaking News, Freedom of Speech

A selection of Global Voices' recent and interesting stories including video from Middle East and North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, Western, Eastern and Central Europe, East Asia and Latin America, selected by Juliana Rincón Parra.

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3 January 2012

Chile: Wildfire in Torres del Paine Shocks Netizens

Written by Elizabeth Rivera · Translated by Elizabeth Rivera · Disaster, Environment

A massive fire in national park Torres del Paine has shocked Chilean netizens, who have expressed their concerns, anger, sadness and hope that it will soon be controlled. "Torres del Paine" and #salvemostorresdelpaine have been used to inform and comment this disaster on Twitter.

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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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Updates about Chile

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

According to a report by NGO Activa, sexual crimes increased by 19.1% in Chile in 2011. A post in Activa’s site Ciudad Global [es] says there is a rate of 9.8 rapes per day in Chile.

• Silvia Viñas

30 January 2012

Spanish

In El Quinto Poder [es], Marcelo Aliaga writes about OpenStreetMap (OSM), “a free editable map of the whole world,” and the OSM community in Chile. He invites Chileans to participate and stay informed through the local blog. [es]

• Silvia Viñas

27 January 2012

Spanish

Roberto Carreño recommends [es] 15 Chilean songs released during 2011.

• Silvia Viñas

24 January 2012

Spanish

Digital communication and social network consultant Paloma Baytelman [es] explains crowd funding in her personal blog. She shares the experience of “Pewen Collector” [es], a mobile game inspired by the Mapuche indigenous people that was financed using a crowd funding platform.

• Silvia Viñas

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

18 January 2012

Spanish

Several Latin American blogs like SitioCero [es], alt1040 [es], and Sentidos Comunes [es] have joined the online protests against U.S. anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. Some are speaking out against similar local laws, like the bloggers behind the Mexican blog network Indie Weblogs [es]. Popular series and film site Cuevana.tv is also participating [es].

• Silvia Viñas

Comments on "Chile"

Latin America, 2011: A Year Marked by Social Movements

Excellent point on the Chilean protests -- too many news organizations led with the confrontations, when the key story was...

Paula, Thank you for reading and sharing the article. Can't wait for the day people are judged for their actions...
We also have the Servant Problem Elizabeth !!! only its the case with foreign maids, migrant workers ...
Thanks for this post Elizabeth! Brazil is not different. Here is a link shared in our group, for an interesting...