GlobalVoices in Learn more »

13 October 2008

Daily archive · 4 posts

Stories from 13 October 2008

Southeast Asia: Views on U.S. elections and politics

U.S. elections matter to many people in Southeast Asia. Both U.S. presidential candidates are popular in the region. McCain was a former Navy pilot during the Vietnam War while a very young Obama lived in Jakarta for five years.

Video posts
USA: Homeland Guantanamo

Read this post.

A new interactive online game by human rights organization Breakthrough uses video to illustrate the injustices many documented and undocumented immigrants face in detention centers across the United States. In "Homeland Guantanamo", players assume the role of a journalist trying to get more information on real life detainee who has died in custody.

Caribbean: Remembering Alton Ellis

Read this post.

Jamaican musician Alton Ellis, the "godfather of rocksteady", died on Friday 10 October, 2008. Jamaican bloggers look back at his career and pay tribute to a musical legend.

Angola: Little reaction so far to the “Angolagate” scandal trial

The elite French politicians accused of violating a ban on selling arms to Angola at the height of the country's 1990s civil war are in the dock with the opening of the Angolagate trial in Paris a week ago today. Despite the scandal's size, media and bloggers remain silent about it.

World regions

Countries

Languages