Global Voices Online

Snowsquare.com, Scraps of Moscow and Russian Marketing Blog write about strange-looking ads that have appeared in Moscow and are part of the mobile phone provider MTS re-branding campaign.

Greg of Reflections on Ukraine shares his impressions of a book of stories by a Ukrainian author Irene Zabytko: “All of the stories are narrated by the central character, Luba, a Ukrainian in her early twenties of the post-WWII displaced persons (DP) group of immigrants who lives with her parents in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village and goes to a nearby university. Luba struggles in her desires to become an American woman while retaining her Ukrainian identity.”

Slovenia's president is fighting cancer and is a vegetarian, writes Michael of The Glory of Carniola. He also links to an interview with the president published by the Society for the Liberation of Animals.

Oscar Mota introduces (ES) readers of DesdeGuate.com to Blogs Chapines (ES), an aggregator and directory of Guatemalan blogs. Guatemala had been one of the few Latin American countries left without a directory.

Tim Muth says the eight day pro cycling race Vuelta a El Salvador is currently underway. Meanwhile, a cyclist named David is riding through Central America and blogging his journey at A Ride for the Climate.

Jacqueline Passey says she'll be setting up a blog for the Costa Rican NGO “El Puente” and asks her to help by linking to it, donating books, and helping with fundraising.

Maciej Ceglowski brings his ever-magical prose and lens to Torres Del Paine National Park in the Patagonia region of Chile.

An outing in the Belize countryside renews in Lee Vanderwalker “a sense of urgency in photographing old Belize before the cruise ships and big buck tourists “discover” that Belize is a safe and friendly country and come in and spoil everything.”

Fran J. Saavedra, writing from the Canary Islands, announces the first Podcast Marathon (ES), which will take place this Saturday with the goal of promoting more interaction between Spanish-speaking bloggers and podcasters. Likewise, Eduardo Arcos is seeking the participation of bloggers (ES) for a series on the upcoming presidential elections in Mexico.