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4 April 2006

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Stories from 4 April 2006

Chilean Inexplicable Traditions

Written by Rosario Lizana · Latin America

Photo by nstark This is your first day in university. You feel all the expectations in your skin. You feel proud of your self because you passed the national test,...

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US Dollars, Human Rights & War

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Mehrangize Kar US based human rights activist, lawyer & blogger discusses a hot issue: US 75 million dollar help to promote democracy in Iran. She does not believe that US...

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Troll causes Sri Lankan blog riot

Written by Mahangu · South Asia

Troll causes Sri Lankan blog riot

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Asking the Blogosphere: Is the media telling the real story on Iraq?

Written by Rebecca MacKinnon · Middle East & North Africa

Is the media telling the truth about Iraq? Do you have an opinion on this issue? How does the nature, quality, and content of media coverage of the Iraq war ultimately impact...

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DRC: Public Transportation and Free Speech Tribulations

Written by Alice Backer · Sub-Saharan Africa

Daily links don't do all discussions justice. Here are translations of eloquent quotes posted in the last two weeks on two such issues by D.R of Congo blogger Tony Katombe....

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This Week in Palestinian Blogs: They Bloom Again!

Written by Shaden Abdulrahman · Middle East & North Africa

From the soul unfolds itself : In 1976, Israeli policy of expropriating Palestinian land in northern Israel to build Jewish settlements provoked Palestinian residents in the Galilee town of Sakhnin...

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Updates from 4 April 2006

El Salvador

Tim Muth documents a December court judgement which rewarded a McDonald's franchisee $24 million in damages from the “Golden Arches,” noting that “some will view it as a sign that El Salvador's legal system is not ready to protect the rights of foreign investors. Others will view it as a story of a successful fight against a rapacious multinational corporation.” Commenters say that the San Salvador-based McDonalds was famously bad.

• David Sasaki

Venezuela

Daniel Duquenal says that the Venezuelan documentary, “La Lista” is starting to get the attention it deserves. Both Duquenal and Miguel Octavio have reviews of the film.

• David Sasaki

Peru

Andrés Duque announces two planned protests in Lima against recent anti-homosexual statements by the mother of presidential candidate Ollanta Humala.

• David Sasaki

Guatemala

Oscar Mota notes that April first (ES) is April Fool's Day in much of the world, unlike Latin America where “Día de los Inocentes” falls on December 28th. Several fictitious stories were mistakenly submitted to the Digg-like Spanish aggregator, Menéame.

• David Sasaki

China

Boz criticizes the special coverage by the BBC, arguing that they are “falling into the usual memes about Latin America,” including a biased view of Latin Americans' reactions to increasing Chinese influence. Investment Opportunities in Argentina believes that China will soon invest heavily in Argentina. Georgina, writing from Havana, says (ES) that China is selling locomotives to Cuba while Havana Journal writes about the 300,000 refrigerators being shipped over by the Chinese company, Haier of eastern Shandong province. Finally, Perú Político says (ES) that Peruvian textile manufacturing cannot keep pace with China's low wages.

• David Sasaki

Cuba

At Perspectivas en Movimiento, Marie-Dominique Bertuccioli (es) counters the United States' “Plan to Assist a free Cuba” with her own “Plan to Assist with Democratic Transition”. Among her proposals to the US: “Free healthcare for all children so as to reduce infant mortality to the level of Cuba” and “Evacuation of Guantánamo, so as to improve the country's image as well as relations with Cuba”.

• Georgia Popplewell

Grenada

“Not much gets prepared in our kitchen without a bit of nutmeg being added,” writes Francine over at The Pan Collective in a post which celebrates the versatility of Grenada's signature crop while lamenting its devastation by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

• Georgia Popplewell