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Don't ever lose your wallet in Poland, especially if it contains your bank card - that's the lesson gleaned from expat Wendy Lady of The Poland Diaries. After reading about...
In the followup to the government sanctioned raid on the standard newspaper on thursday March 2nd, kenyan blogger/journalist John Kamau gives a detailed piece showing John Michuki's background, thus giving...
When Unrest Stirs, Bloggers Are Already in Place.
In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
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Colombian bloggers have so far said very little about Sunday's congressional elections, but Boz did update his readers on El Salvador and Colombia throughout the day. Sergio Méndez of Bogotá is amazed by the 60% abstention rate (ES) and describes President Uribe as, “despite all his rhetoric, more and more like [Venezuelan President] Chavez.” Professor Matthew Shugart offers his analysis on the tenuous alliance of independent parties that has been dubbed, “Uribismo” after President Álvaro Uribe. Shugart's rundown also has a handy breakdown of the post-electoral Senate.
Early this morning, Tim Muth posted the initial results of yesterday's election in El Salvador: “Across the country, ARENA appears to have won 33 seats in the National Assembly versus 32 seats for the FMLN.” He then posts that in the San Salvador mayoral race Violeta Menjivar trails Rodrigo Samayoa by just 15 votes. Susan Dunlop wrote her own observations of election day.
Jim Shultz speculates on the probability that Bolivia will not renew its often-criticized lending agreement with the International Monetary Fund. A commenter on Miguel Buitrago's weblog links to the full report by Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director at the Center for Economic Policy Research, on the issue.
Fernando Casale can't stop listening to the new EP of Argentine indie group, Turpentine. You can listen to it yourself as all seven tracks are available for download.
Oaxaca Dockters describe Son Jarocho, a type of folk music with roots in Veracruz. Two other posts document the music with photography.
LJ user macsim_by links to photos from a rock concert “Solidarni z Bialorusia” (”Solidarity With Belarus”) that was held in Warsaw Sunday.
LJ users aliaksei and belnetmon share their impressions (RUS) and photos of the opposition candidate Milinkevich's meeting with the voters in Minsk on Sunday: two to three thousand people of all ages showed up, including some agents provocateurs and undercover KGB men; the music was blaring so that no one could hear the candidate speaking. LJ user aptymist (BEL) also links to some pictures from the meeting. A man with a video camera on aliaksei's last photo is, most likely, a KGB agent filming the meeting's participants.
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...