Global Voices Online

Chapinadas gives a Guatemalan-centric history of the marimba.

Mark in Mexico says that all hell broke loose once the striking Oaxacan teachers voted to return to their classrooms: : APPO has begun to lock down the city. There were the usual charges of vote manipulation to which a union spokesman replied, ‘If someone's going to level such charges, he'd better bring some proof.' My wife and children left by highway for safe haven in Puebla at 5:30 and as of 8:10 they were still stuck in traffic on the far northwest side of the city, in front of the Tec University. That's still about 5 miles short of Etla and the toll road to Puebla, usually a 20 minute trip, at most. I don't know yet if they're going to get out of the city or not.” Ana Maria Salazar discusse the Oaxaca conflict from the perspective of the federal government.

Leila Tanayeva reports on the screening of three documentaries on Central Asian music that recently took place in Prague.

The Armenian Odar shows how bad an Armenian traffic jam is.

Could this weekend's runoff election in Brazil be marred by corruption and e-fraud? Colin Brayton digs deep and offers his analysis.

El Agora, an NGO based in Córdoba, Argentina has organized a friendly photo competition that hopes to highlight the best practices of fellow NGO's, Social Movements, and the private and public sector throughout Argentina. The winning group will be awarded a video production demonstrating the organization's good work.

The official Buenos Aires city government blog summarizes the results of a recent survey on inequality between men and women in Argentina's capital city [ES]: “8 out of 10 Buenos Aires residents call their society very or somewhat ‘machista.' Furthermore, 70% think that women must do more to compete with men in the workplace … 59.5% of respondents did not put down the name of a single woman that they admire. Among those who did declare admiring a woman, only 73% could remember the name. The first on the list was Chilean President Michelle Bachelet followed by Madonna, Cristina Kirchner, and Elisa Carrió.” As always, more survey and poll numbers from around Latin America at Bloggings by Boz.

The beatroot writes about yet another political party about to appear on Poland's political scene.

Dykun posts a 2005 video from a wedding in the town of Pidhajtsi, Ternopil region of Ukraine.