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Featured Author: Marietta Le

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 @ 07:08 UTC

by David Sasaki

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Countries:: Hungary
Topics:: Ideas
Languages:: English
Special:: Blogger Profiles, GV Contributor Profiles

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Français:	Les auteurs de Global Voices : Marietta Le à Budapest
Español:	Autora destacada: Marietta Le
বাংলা:	নির্বাচিত গ্লোবাল ভয়েসেস লেখক: মারিয়েট্টা লে

As she explains in the above video, Marietta joined Global Voices after coming to the 2008 Global Voices Summit in Budapest to cover the event as a journalist for a local newspaper. A self-described technophile, Marietta likes how Global Voices uses technology to encourage dialog between distinct communities that often don't interact. Her latest posts about the Hungarian blogosphere look at recent protests against the Hungarian Guard, Budapest's gay pride parade, a law banning nightlife after 10 p.m. in Budapest's District VI, and a showdown between cyclists and drivers during a Critical Mass event.

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4 comments

Eduardo Avila

Nice to “meet” you, here’s hoping we can still collaborate on the Bolivia-Hungary post :)

# 2009-10-15 at 13:14 pm

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- Marietta Le
  
  Yepp, we have to remind the people of this very-very strange man. I had the chance to read into a book of Eduardo Rózsa-Flores last week…
  
  # 2009-10-15 at 22:57 pm
  
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Elena Ignatova

Marietta, I’m glad that you join GV, and this is a great interview. Really enjoying your posts about Hungary.

# 2009-10-15 at 18:23 pm

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- Marietta Le
  
  Wouldn’t have happened without your help :)
  
  # 2009-10-15 at 23:01 pm
  
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