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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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5 January 2012

Central America: LibreBus Project Presents its Documentary

Written by Jenny Cascante Gonzalez · Ideas, Law

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.

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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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7 November 2011

Guatemala: Controversial General Elected President

Written by Renata Avila · Elections, Citizen Media

Presidential elections were peaceful but tense in Guatemala. School of the Americas alumni and retired General Otto Perez Molina is the elected President of Guatemala after a tight and highly polarized election, where a large percentage of voters abstained or voted blank.

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27 October 2011

Guatemala: Three Generals Finally Arrested and Indicted for Genocide

Written by Renata Avila · Human Rights, Indigenous

Guatemalan courts are set to face a challenge without precedent in the country: prosecuting genocide. After three decades of failed efforts to prosecute the Guatemalan Army, three generals stand accused of perpetrating genocide and other war crimes against the Maya Ixil people.

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20 October 2011

Videos: Central America Under Water

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Breaking News, Disaster

The tropical depression 12-E over Central America has brought torrential downpours and rains for days on end, causing flooding, closing roads and highways and displacing people. This post shows the effects of the rainfall through several Central American countries.

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1 October 2011

Global Voices Podcast 4: Together We Rise

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Global Voices Podcast

In this edition you’ll hear from blind Greek bloggers of Rising Voices, how Guatemalan citizen journalists are honing their skills for elections, and a preview of what's planned for the Arab Bloggers Summit co-hosted by Global Voices on October 3-6, 2011, in Tunisia.

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11 September 2011

Guatemala: Following the General Election

Written by Renata Avila · Elections, Technology

Today, September 11, 2011, Guatemalan citizens will elect local, municipal, legislative and executive authorities. Hundreds are working from early in the morning until midnight to make democracy a reality. Although Guatemalans living abroad cannot vote, thousands of people around the world will be closely following the event using new technologies.

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9 August 2011

Guatemala: Police Kill Peasant With Tear Gas Canister

Written by Renata Avila · Environment, Food

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.

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21 July 2011

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

Written by Renata Avila · Elections, Youth

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?

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Updates about Guatemala

12 January 2012

English

In a recent editorial, The Guatemala Times is critical of the country's mainstream media, who they say has “unleashed an increased and endless flow of bad press for President [Álvaro] Colom and his government since Otto Perez won the election.” Mike, in the blog Central American Politics, comments on the media coverage of President Colom and describes The Guatemala Times' stand as “courageous”.

• Silvia Viñas

27 December 2011

English

Bloggings by boz looks at youth unemployment in Latin America, concluding that “with growth projections decreased for 2011 and 2012, the current situation for youth unemployment is almost certainly getting worse. That could have major economic, political and social implications moving into 2012.”

• Silvia Viñas

12 December 2011

English

Guatemala Solidarity Network posts an article by Natasha Pizzey-Siegert entitled ‘The children of Guatemala are starving' where she writes that, “a slow, deep hunger has been building in Guatemala for decades. And now it’s destroying a generation.”

• Silvia Viñas

28 November 2011

Spanish

Mike shares Spanish-language documentary “Our Voice, Our Memory: The genocide in Guatemala,” which is available in full on YouTube. He adds: “The documentary […] uses survivor and expert testimony to explain the concept of genocide, demonstrating how the atrocities committed by the Guatemalan military against indigenous Maya communities satisfy the requirements of the international legal definition of genocide.”

• Silvia Viñas

22 November 2011

English

“According to official statistics, seven hundred women have been murdered so far this year in Guatemala (see here and here). According to CONAPREVI, 838 women were murdered in 2010. Therefore, if women continue to be killed at the same rate in November and December as they have been all year (an average of 70 per month), the number of victims this year will be nearly identically to last year's numbers (840).” Mike reports in Central American Politics.

• Silvia Viñas

26 October 2011

Spanish

Photojournalist James Rodríguez has published a photo essay on the conflict around the Canadian-owned Marlin gold mine. He highlights the bravery and persistence of anti-mining activist Diodora Hernandez, who “was shot point-blank on the right eye outside her home in the small community of San José Nueva Esperanza – only a few meters from a fence that delimits Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine.”

• Silvia Viñas

20 October 2011

English

Mike from Central American Politics links to English language blogs covering the damage caused by the heavy rains that have been falling on Central America for over one week.

• Silvia Viñas

18 October 2011

English

“Every year, thousands of migrants risk their lives on a treacherous journey toward el norte, facing violence, extortion, kidnapping and discrimination. However, female migrants face a heightened risk of exploitation in the form of sexual violence and trafficking at the hands of many groups: criminal gangs, corrupt officials, law enforcement, immigration or security forces and other migrants.” Amanda Tello reports in the blog Witness for Peace.

• Silvia Viñas

14 October 2011

Spanish

The blog Amo descubrir canciones [es] (”I love to discover songs”) reviews music from around the world, with a special focus on Latin America. The blog includes specials with songs by country [es], song covers [es], and songs recommended by readers [es]. The latter category includes a post on “Songs to recommend during a conversation in an elevator” [es].

• Silvia Viñas

7 October 2011

English

Rudy Girón says farewell to artist Efraín Recintos, “Guatemala’s most extraordinary and prolific artist” who passed away on October 2, 2011. She shares a slide show of his work.

• Silvia Viñas

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