Spanish trade routes helped the exchange of ideas and influences between the colonies in America and Asia. Milkphish visits Mexico and finds things that originated in the Philippines.
[...] From Global Voices: things in Mexico that originated in the Philippines (coconuts, nipa, tuba, cock fighting, ceviche, the Philippine mango, tamarind, rambutan, acacia trees, papayas…) . From Rebecca MacKinnon, doyenne of Global Voices: videos of the heckling of Chinese President Hu; the Washington Note on the rather incongruous use of the word democracy several times in President’s Hu’s speech. Go Figure on China being the fall guy for global economic trends. [...]
Blogger 'stwartmendez' from La Tinta del Ocio [es] highlights the success of Costa Rican cyclist Andrey Amador who is participating in Giro d'Italia, the Tour of Italy cycling race. Amador came in third in the twelfth stage and first in the fourteenth stage. The blogger attributes this success to the athlete's discipline and wishes other national athletes would emulate his attitude.
The event ‘Conectándonos' Ecuador (”Getting connected Ecuador”), co-organized by Rising Voices and the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja [es] (UTPL for its initials in Spanish) will kick off tomorrow, May 24. You can follow the event on Twitter through the hashtag #ConECU. Furthermore, a roundtable [es] will be live-streamed tomorrow.
Photojournalist Heriberto Castro maintains a beautiful blog dedicated to one of his passions: dance. The blog En la Punta del Pie[es] includes his stunning images and information on dance events.
The digital magazine 80 Grados -an important space for in-depth and alternative journalism and scholarly essays- has launched a funding campaign [es] to support its continued commitment and sustain its publication.
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