Global Voices Online

Following the controversy about an ad in which the Spanish Olympic basketball team is shown forcibly slanting their eyes, Can a Jamaican take Cali? is convinced that Spain “has made a sport of racism!”, while Babalu wonders whether it is simply a case of “the Spanish have their own brand of humor, just as we Cubans have our own brand of humor that is not meant to offend, but those unfamiliar with our culture might construe as offensive.”

The Taiwan Chronicles urged people not to over-read the Spanish team's “Slanty-eyed photo” as racism.

Ger Clancy, aka The Irishman, is guestblogging at Sean's Russia Blog about the Russian football team's performance at Euro 2008 - here and here.

YakimaGulagLiteraryGazett reports
on the two Bosnia-related tragic accidents that have occurred recently.

Nicolaus Mills explains at Comment is Free why Britain hasn't seen the much-feared “‘tidal wave' of immigrants” from Bulgaria and Romania.

Café Turco notes that “some signs are starting to appear that Madrid may soon recognize Kosova as an Independent state.”

A Spanish photographer was injured after being hit by a Chilean policeman, while covering protests in the city of Valparaíso. Fernando Meza of Periodismo Globa [es] has the full story.

Cronica Cero [es] writes about the warm reception received by the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa during his visit to the king and prince in Spain.