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8 May 2012

May Day Videos: Marches, Demonstrations and Protests Around The World

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Governance, History

Through cities around the globe, people took to the streets to march and commemorate the International Workers' Day. Videos by The Real News take us on a tour of how the day was observed throughout the world.

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26 April 2012

Chile: Reasons to Protest Again

Written by Elizabeth Rivera · Translated by Elizabeth · Education, Protest

On April 25, 2012, students took over the streets again to protest for an inclusive and good quality public education after several months of "silence". Here we share some of the reasons they gave on Twitter for renewing their protests.

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13 April 2012

Internet Campaigns Invite Tourists to Visit Latin America

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Jon Lindsay Miles · Travel, Economics & Business

There are many web pages and blogs used to promote tourism in Latin America. We provide links to some of these pages here, and share a conversation with Global Voices author Jorge Gobbi, who is a specialist blogger on the subject of tourism.

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29 March 2012

Chile: Daniel Zamudio, Victim of a Brutal Hate Crime, Passes Away

Written by Elizabeth Rivera · Translated by Elizabeth · Law, Citizen Media

Daniel Zamudio, a young gay man, became the victim of a brutal attack on March 3. In this post we show some of the reactions from blogs, online news sites and Twitter since the news broke and until March 27, when his death was announced.

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28 March 2012

‘Mujeres Construyendo': Empowering Women, One Blog at a Time

Written by Silvia Vinas · Translated by Kathryn Morgan · Blogger Profiles

Mujeres Construyendo, the first platform for female bloggers in Spanish, wants to convert Hispanic women into creators of internet content. We talk to its founder, Claudia Calvin, about this growing community of bloggers.

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27 March 2012

Chile: Twitter Debates Therapeutic Abortion While the Senate Waits

Written by Elizabeth Rivera · Translated by Kieran Lonergan · Governance, Health

While the senate continues to postpone the debate over the legalization of therapeutic abortion, the exchanging of opinions has continued unabated in Chilean cyberspace, most noticeably following two televised debates on the subject.

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24 February 2012

Chile: Aysén Region and the Call for Decentralization

Written by Silvia Viñas · Development, Governance

Protests, road blocks, and clashes between protesters and police continue as citizens of Chile's Aysén region demand change. For many, the conflict in Aysén boils down to one problem affecting the whole country: centralism. Chilean bloggers weigh in on the issue.

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25 January 2012

Elizabeth Rivera, Global Voices Author and Translator

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Daniel 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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Updates about Chile

8 May 2012

Spanish

Diego Sazo in Ballotage [es] looks at the government's plan to make football stadiums in Chile safe. He argues that the plan tackles harmless expressions that are typical in Chilean football games (like bringing a bass drum to the stadium), and that the government should instead focus on root causes of violence, like a lack of opportunities, high inequality, and the limitations in the ‘Law on Violence in Stadiums.'

• Silvia Viñas

25 April 2012

Spanish

In online citizen newspaper El Martutino [es], Paula Pérez reports that every Saturday until May 26 citizens and various institutions will come together to clean graffiti from the walls of the historic quarter of Valparaíso, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Silvia Viñas

23 April 2012

Spanish

Enzo Abbagliati in his blog Cadaunadas [es] asks, “What is the relationship between promoting reading in Chile and municipal elections?” He says that two main tools that impact what and how much Chileans read depend on Municipalities: public libraries and municipal schools. Enzo asked three candidates for mayor of Providencia (a municipality in Santiago) to answer some questions regarding the commune's public library system for World Book Day. Candidate Javier Insulza [es] emailed his answers, while candidate Cristóbal Bellolio assured Enzo that promoting reading is one of his 10 priorities, but had not had the time to answer his questions.

• Silvia Viñas

13 April 2012

Spanish

During her visit to Cuba this week, for a meeting of the Union of Communist Youth, Chilean Student Federation leader Camila Vallejo declined an invitation to meet with acclaimed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez. Vallejo generated much controversy on Twitter when she told CNN that she saw this as neither “necessary nor relevant” to her trip to the island.

• Ellery Roberts Biddle

10 April 2012

English

“Breathless in Chile” is a short film that has been submitted to the 2012 Kayak Session Best Short Film of the Year Awards. Blogger Robert L. Funk says that the film “shows Chile at its best.” You can watch the five-minute film on Vimeo.

• Silvia Viñas

31 March 2012

Spanish

Chilean netizens were deeply moved by an open letter to Daniel Zamudio, a young gay man who died after a brutal beating, written by Felipe E. Mercado and published on Tumblr [es]. The letter, with more than one thousand notes on Tumblr, became a local Trending Topic on Twitter.

• Silvia Viñas

28 March 2012

Spanish

Ciudadano Inteligente, an organization that aims to make Chilean politics more transparent, has created a blog titled ‘El Vaso' [es] to inform and promote a discussion about technology and government transparency. Readers are invited to contribute [es] content.

• Silvia Viñas

16 March 2012

Spanish

Brittany Peterson and Kena Lorenzini [es] share photos of the first student protest of the school year in Santiago, Chile.

• Silvia Viñas

13 March 2012

Spanish

Ahni announces the upcoming Spanish edition of Intercontinental Cry [es], which will go live on March 31, 2012. “The main objective of IC Espanol is, of course, to provide Spanish readers with the same news that our English readers have come to expect from us; what I consider to be essential news on the global indigenous movement.” Find out about more languages on the IC Translation Project Facebook page.

• Silvia Viñas

12 March 2012

Spanish

Miguel Paz from Poderopedia announces the Civic Media Projects in Latin America panel at SXSW, which will take place today, March 12, at 3:30 Austin time. Yesica Guerra from Crónicas de Héroes (Hero Reports), Lu Ortiz of Nova Digital Mexico, Jorge Luis Sierra from Mi Panamá Transparente, and Miguel Paz will discuss how they “developed, designed, implemented and applied projects that use social media and digital technologies to attempt social change. “

• Silvia Viñas

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