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29 December 2010

Latin America: 2010 in Review

Written by Silvia Viñas · Arts & Culture, Disaster

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile, a police strike in Ecuador and the Nobel Prize in Literature for Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa were some of the news bloggers and citizen media users reported and analyzed this year. Let's take a look at these and other stories the Latin American team covered in 2010.

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1 December 2010

Latin America & Cablegate: Analysis, Reactions & Questions

Written by Silvia Viñas · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Cables from United States embassies in several Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, including Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela and Honduras, have been released as part of WikiLeaks' "Cablegate". Bloggers in the region are analyzing the cables and what they mean to their individual countries and to Latin America as a whole.

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31 October 2010

Americas: Virtual Memorial for 72 Victims of Migrant Mass-Killing

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle · Arts & Culture, Human Rights

Over the last two months, renowned journalist Alma Guillermoprieto has led an online project in response to the mass killing of seventy-two migrants that took place in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas in August 2010. 72migrantes.com is a virtual memorial for the slayed migrants.

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8 September 2010

Getting to Know the Global Voices Latin America Team

Written by Eduardo Avila · Blogger Profiles, Announcements

The Global Voices Latin America team of volunteer authors has grown over the past three years. During this transition and the presentation of a new Regional Editor, Silvia Viñas, let's take a look at the diverse community of committed bloggers from this region.

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5 May 2010

Technology for Transparency, Civic Engagement and Accountability in Latin America

Written by Renata Avila · Technology for Transparency Network

Latin America has a long history of corruption, organized crime, and impunity. However, the region also has a mature civil society and dozens of technology projects that are poised to disrupt the status quo if they are able to attract more offline participation.

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2 May 2010

Honduras: 7 Journalists Killed and Others Threatened

Written by Luis Carlos Diaz · Freedom of Speech, Media & Journalism

7 Honduran journalists have been murdered in the past 40 days, which continues the concerns about the state of freedom of expression in the country. Many of the journalists have been outspoken critics of the 2009 coup that removed former President Mel Zelaya from office.

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17 February 2010

Honduras: Supporting Local Tourism

Written by Eduardo Avila · Travel, Citizen Media

Honduran blogger Guillermo Anderson is a big believer in how local tourism can help his country. He has friends who have made great sacrifices to build their small businesses and hopes that Hondurans can support this industry.

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30 January 2010

Haiti: Bloggers' Reactions to Regional Interventions

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Disaster, Governance

For more than two weeks, the governance of Haiti after the earthquake has been seriously questioned by Haitian bloggers. They are now discussing the reactions in the neighboring countries and islands of the Caribbean. Here is a review of the French-speaking posts dealing with this question.

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8 December 2009

Honduras: Lobo is President After Controversial Elections

Written by Leonidas Mejia · Elections, Governance

Shadowed by Manuel Zelaya’s force from presidential office by a military coup on June, conservative candidate Porfirio Lobo was elected President of Honduras on controversial elections.

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26 November 2009

Central America: Saying No to Violence Against Women

Written by Renata Avila · Human Rights, Citizen Media

Across Central America, online campaigns and activities to raise awareness about the issue of Violence Against Women are taking place across the region. Many of these efforts are attracting the interest and participation of bloggers who share their thoughts on this issue.

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Updates about Honduras

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

15 December 2011

English

As we reported earlier, Honduran journalists protested against violence in front of the presidential palace this week. Bloggings by boz adds that “protesters ended up clashing with police and military forces guarding the palace and were eventually dispersed with tear gas. President Lobo defended the actions of the security forces, insisting the protesters were not peaceful.”

• Silvia Viñas

14 December 2011

English

Honduras Daily reports on a protest held by journalists in Tegucigalpa on December 13: “The media personnel demanded a cease to the violence, and respect for the freedom of expression. ‘Justice! Justice! Justice!' journalists shouted as they marched toward the President’s home.”

• Silvia Viñas

5 December 2011

English

Honduras Culture and Politics asks, “So what is ‘Culture' in Honduras these days?” in a post that reviews the activities of the Ministry of Culture, Art, and Sports.

• Silvia Viñas

16 November 2011

English

The National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP for its initials in Spanish) has formed a new political party called Libre (short for Libertad y Refundación, “Freedom and Refoundation”). The blog Honduras Culture and Politics explains how the party was founded and provides an English translation of its declaration of principles.

• Silvia Viñas

15 November 2011

English

La Gringa's Blogicito summarizes several incidents that reveal police crime and corruption in Honduras.

• Silvia Viñas

8 November 2011

English

A guest blogger in La Gringa's Blogicito writes about poverty and crime in Honduras: “This rampant poverty, lack of education and lack opportunities drives some young people to become delinquents and gang members. They grow up to become thieves and killers. They grow up to believe the only way to get ahead is by going against the system and taking advantage of those who can be taken advantage of.”

• Silvia Viñas

2 November 2011

English

La Gringa's Blogcito updates readers on the alleged involvement of four police officers in the murder of two university students. La Gringa also writes briefly about Operation Lightning: “In a joint police-military operation, the country has been divided into 8 sections, each with a police and a military commander. According to Minister of Defense Marlon Pascua, foot and vehicle patrols will be performed along with police stops in higher crime areas.”

• Silvia Viñas

31 October 2011

English

Two university students were killed on October 22; La Gringa's Blogcito reports that four police suspected of killing the students were taken into custody but later “escaped”. “Even in this high profile case, it appears that police still attempted cover up and still felt free to intimidate reporters. What should also be clear to everyone is why citizens are afraid to report crimes or abuse or corruption on the part of the police”, she writes.

• Silvia Viñas

24 October 2011

English

‘La Gringa', from La Gringa's Blogcito, says her Facebook account was disabled because someone filed a complaint about her username ('La Gringa', her internet pseudonym) after she published a series of posts on crime in Honduras. She explains why she uses a pseudonym and points out that an online petition to restore her account has been set up at Change.org.

• Silvia Viñas

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