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27 January 2012

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Video Highlights: Music, Indigenous Initiatives, Indignation and Wonder

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

15 January 2012

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

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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.

5 January 2012

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Central America: LibreBus Project Presents its Documentary

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During May of 2011, the LibreBus collective project traveled by bus across the streets of five different Central America countries looking to share their knowledge with enthusiasts of open culture. Now, a documentary showing the different interactions that took place during the tour is available online.

9 August 2011

Guatemala: Police Kill Peasant With Tear Gas Canister

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Indigenous peasants living on lands claimed by landowners in Guatemala are often violently evicted from their homes by policemen and soldiers. Last week, 31-year-old Sergio de León was killed when a policeman fired a tear gas canister at his chest during an eviction.

21 July 2011

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Guatemala's DipuKids: A New Generation of Candidates for Congress

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A new generation of Guatemalan politicians under 30, dubbed the 'Dipukids', are causing controversy. Well educated and well travelled, many from the country's upper class - can they truly represent the people who may be electing them?

10 July 2011

Argentine Songwriter Facundo Cabral Murdered in Guatemala

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On Saturday July 9 the renowned songwriter Facundo Cabral, whose career was characterised by songs that acted as a vehicle for his messages, was murdered in Guatemala. Moved by his death, many expressed their condolences, memories and emotions on social networks.

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