Global Voices Online

Mexico-in-English is a weblog that regularly reviews websites about Mexico that are written in English.

As the Maoists plan the Maoists Mass Meeting in Khatamandu, United We Blog! has a post on power and bargain in Nepali politics.

Misha on the Karachi Anime Convention 2006 - “Anime, as opposed to popular opinion, is generally different from cartoons in that it has a very specific way of animation that sets it apart from, say Disney or Hannah-Barberah style animations. ” and links to an Orkut Community for Anime Lovers in Pakistan.

Josh of Hacking in Tegus introduces his readers to two Honduran websites (ES). Honduras News Daily (ES) reminds him of Digg and Newsvine because anyone can register and publish a news item. La Truchita (ES), on the other hand, is more like Craigslist where registered users can post items they would like to sale or trade.

In a rare English-language post, Guccio reveals his theory on Venezuela's foreign investment of surplus oil revenue. Noting that Chile invested its copper revenue surplus in foreign banks, he suggests, “if for Chile the best option were to save in a bank, it seems that for the Venezuela, the best option is to put that money in Bolivia.”

Paul of Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar writes about Victor Orban, an ultra-nationalist politician, and his recent interview with the Economist's Edward Lucas.

Romerican writes on a dilemma he was faced with after a brief encounter with a family of friendly Roma streetcleaners in Brasov, Romania.

Referring to the student protests that have engulfed Santiago, Fernando Flores says that he has always considered education to be the Achilles heel of Chile (ES). Grafica Rebelde has photos and video of the protests. Atina Chile reminds readers (ES) that there is an entire category on the education debate. The blogs “Educate Us” (ES) and “Free Education” (ES), as would be expected, are both commenting on the protests and students' demands. Isidro Beccar Varela laments the news that some protesting students have begun throwing stones in the streets (ES).

Keefieboy describing the customer service policy of the major telecommunication company in UAE: We're only a phone company and ISP, but we behave like a totalitarian dictator. We charge enormous fees for our services. We only give you half the Internet and criminalise access to the other half. We lie to you when things go wrong. We really do think you are stupid. We will never let you use VOIP until we can find a way to make you pay at least as much as you are paying now. So just give in and give us more money.