Stories about Colombia from June, 2008
Colombia: Conclusions from Blogger Gathering
Campus Comunicativo [es] writes about the recent Colombian blogger gathering and provides some conclusions from the event, such as the need to find ways to make blogs profitable through e-marketing and third-party financing.
Colombia: The struggles of Barrancabermeja documentary
This nine part documentary created by Taline Haytayan of her experience as part of the Peace Brigades International organization in the strife ridden Barrancabermeja region of Colombia captured my attention throughout. It follows the Feminine Popular Organization (OFP) group which works together to prevent violence against women and violent conflict...
Colombia: Film Soundtrack Available on Creative Commons License
Critically-acclaimed Colombian film Perro Come Perro (Dog Eat Dog) has provided its soundtrack to the public on a Creative Commons license writes Caro Botero of equinoXio.
Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Colombia: Duppies
“The silk cotton tree…is traditionally associated with duppies and jumbies, spirits who inhabit its vast, buttressed trunk, and who exact their revenge on anyone foolish enough to take an axe to the tree, or otherwise inflict damage”: Trinidadian blogger Nicholas Laughlin is a duppy for a day.
Bangladesh: Making History
Mash from Bangladesh on why Obama becoming a nominee is a historic event.
Colombia: Children in Caldas to Receive XO Laptops
Greg Yohn of OLPC News writes about the latest announcement by the governor of the Colombian region of Caldas that 65,000 children will be receiving the XO laptops.
