Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2006 January 23

23 January 2006

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Stories from 23 January 2006

Afghan Whispers

Written by Fred Petrossian · Eastern & Central Europe

There is a new Afghan blog which promotes peace and non violence in the world. In Afghan Peacemakers we read : The concept of non-violence as a method of change...

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This Week in Palestinian Blogs: Here's Tomorrow

Written by Shaden Abdulrahman · Middle East & North Africa

News of the blogosphere… It's Laila el-Haddad's birthday! She spent a day full of surprises with her son Yousuf. Sabbah is one of the finalists on Bloggies 2005 Weblog Awards....

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Zimbabwe–Great Lakes Blog Roundup

Written by Zimpundit · Sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe, the last of Africa's “big men” turns 82 late next month. Members of the ruling ZANU-PF have begun murmuring about ambitous plans for an extravagant birthday bash...

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The African women’s blogsphere this week

Written by Nish Matenjwa · Sub-Saharan Africa

Some Kenyan women bloggers have been blogging about the famine in Kenya where the government says 4 million people are in need of food aid. The inequalities and unequal distribution...

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An ordinary week in Bahrain

Written by Mahmood Al-Yousif · Middle East & North Africa

The weekly round-up of the Bahraini blogosphere where a week, for a change, seems quite ordinary!

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Around Cambodia with Digital Citizens

Written by Tharum Bun · Cambodia

A blackout in the United States in 2003 made history and news headline, but not at all in Cambodia. In Stung Treng, while composing an email in a community Internet...

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Updates from 23 January 2006

Eduardo Avila, watching CNN en Español, was disappointed with Morales' inaugural speech: “The historic and poignant moment was spoiled by the speech that had a stream of consciousness feel to it.” Jim Shultz says, “in a ceremony that hasn’t taken place since the conquest half a millenia ago, Bolivia´s first indiginous president was granted powers by the indian communities of the altiplano.” Patricia has a brightly colored photo set of the ceremony. Looking ahead, Nick Buxton writes, “I am acutely aware of the pressures Bolivia will be under both from outside (in particular multinationals and international financial institutions) but also those who have profited immensely from an “apartheid” system who won’t easily accept change.”

• David Sasaki

Argentina

Eduardo Acros wonders why the Argentine daily, El Clarín isn't giving recognition to Mariano Amartino (who blogs for El Clarín at Weblog Sobre Weblogs) for finding leaked screenshots of Internet Explorer 7 on a little-known tech website. Arcos notes that Argentina's other major daily, La Nacion, does in fact link to Mariano's post.

• David Sasaki

Guyana

Panamanian chef, Melissa De Leon has been selected as a finalist in the best Latin American weblog category of the “2006 Bloggies.” Other finalists in the Latin America category include Bestiaria, Motel de Moka, Ponchorama, and Guyana Gyal. Congratulations to all.

• David Sasaki

Peru

Un Lobo en Perú profiles Peruvian presidential candidate, Ollanta Humala whose popularity among registered voters has soared in recent months. Maxwell A. Cameron writes that Humala has been implicated in human rights abuses which took place in 1992.

• David Sasaki

Venezuela

Venepoetics translates an opinion piece by Oswaldo Barreto in which he expresses his bewilderment that fellow social activists around the world are coming to Venezuela in solidarity with Chávez while speaking out against tyranny. Katy adds on some sarcastic annotations to an O Globo introduction to the Forum. Solana Larsen writes that rumors are flying that Brazilian president, Lula da Silva will not be attending because a corruption scandal has made him “persona non grata.” Miguel Octavio, suprised by the size of the crowd, calls yesterday's opposition march, “quite succesful,” while Oil Wars asks, “is it just me or does anyone else notice [the opposition] holds rallies when they are sure there aren't going to be any elections anytime soon to burst the balloon of their absurd numbers?”

• David Sasaki

Updates

Africa Unchained points to a review of “African Renaissance: Roadmaps to the Challenge of Globalization” by Fantu Cheru….Africa’s dependence on foreign aid, he says, has done the opposite of its claimed mission, but in fact has been used to keep Africa’s people disempowered through the support of dictatorships and undemocratic regimes.”

• Sokari Ekine