Global Voices Online

Russia Blog - on Ivan the Terrible: “the Stalin of the 16th century.”

David McDuff of A Step At A Time (and Edward Lucas) - on Amnesty International's “report on Estonia which - almost incredibly - charges that country with “human rights abuses” allegedly committed against its Russian-speaking residents.”

Chillibean is blown away by South Africa's local talent, “This is yet another example of local talent that is easily as good as or even better than web design talent found in the more developed world.”

AfriGadget has a picture of a water buoy that has been converted into a water tank.

“What do We call the moment in which an active mass becomes inert because its size is no longer enough to sustain action/reaction?” Gil the Jenius explores the concept of critical mass in sociological terms.

Haiti Justice Blog refers to an article from the New York Times, which examines the ways in which the comfort of rich, developed countries “is, to a large extent the result of unfair extraction of wealth from poor countries; but more important, that wealthy countries could eliminate the worst forms of world poverty without making any real sacrifices.”

Venezuelan bloggers wish you a merry multimedia Christmas [ES]. This will definitely get a laugh out of you. You can get a behind-the-scenes look at how the video was put together here [ES].

Boz takes an early look at Guatemala's 2007 election.

Liz Henrey looks at some of the poetry and photography inspired by the death of Chilean ex-dictator, Augusto Pinochet.