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Peru: Adopting a Congressman

Sunday, September 21st, 2008 @ 09:20 UTC

by Juan Arellano

Countries:: Peru
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Politics
Languages:: Spanish

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An initiative created by a television host and newspaper columnist [es] was well-received by Peruvian bloggers and now many, such as El Paki [es] and El Morsa [es] are adopting a Congressman as a way of monitoring how they are spending their taxes.

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