Global Voices Online

Csikszereda Musings writes about the region he lives in and his vision of “a more federal Romania.”

Thank god it's Friday. Time for some relaxing Trova to wind down for the weekend. Fortunately Creative Commons Peru has posted all of the tracks from Pedro Novoa's latest album “La Estación.”

Commemorating International Women's Day in Bolivia, Leny Olivera guest-posts on Blog from Bolivia to profile three Cochabamba women: Maura—mother, wife, cook, business-woman; Sara—wife, mother, vendor; and Alicia—mother, drink vendor.

Commemorating International Women's Day in Bolivia, Leny Olivera guest-posts on Blog from Bolivia to profile three Cochabamba women: Maura—mother, wife, cook, business-woman; Sara—wife, mother, vendor; and Alicia—mother, drink vendor.

Andres Duque finds yet another Latin American police investigator who tries to explain a homicide as “promiscuous homosexuality.”

Robert Wright heads down to his local supermarket and compares costs on basic foodstuffs from March 2002 to March 2007. Take a look for yourself and find out why neither he nor Felisa Miceli are smiling.

Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar writes about the town of Pecs, which has been chosen to be one of the 2010 European Capitals of Culture: “In most other countries, this would be a source of minor pride; in Hungary, of course, the award has caused all manner of back-stabbing, accusations and general, good old-fashioned jealousy from the other wannabes.”

Itching for Eestimaa corrects Itar-Tass news agency and quotes Pravda.

Penelope Anthias on “how the new political map of Latin America is influencing Peru’s integration into transnational markets and what this tells us about the opportunities and challenges facing developing countries when interacting in the global economy.”