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October, 2009

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Stories from October, 2009

16 October 2009

Puerto Rico: Reflections on the National Strike

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Latin America

On October 15, thousands of Puerto Ricans flooded the streets to protest the government's lay-off of around 17,000 government employees. Flows of information, opinions, videos and images traveled through the Puerto Rican blogosphere and twittersphere like lightning. Here are some of their reflections.

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Cuba: Journalism Prize Winner Denied Permission to Leave Cuba

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Yoani Sánchez, Cuban blogger writing in Generacion Y blog, was once again denied permission to leave the island nation of Cuba to go receive the 2009 Maria Moors Cabot journalism award. In a video, she asks immigration officials about her travel bans.

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Botswana: Monitoring Elections Using Blogs, SMS and Twitter

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Parliamentary and council representative elections are taking place in Botswana today, October 16, 2009. A number of journalists are using new media tools to report and monitor the elections.

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Israel:Blog Action Day for the Environment

Written by Maya Norton · Middle East & North Africa

On Blog Action Day, October 15, Israeli bloggers were already looking ahead to October 24 when environmental organizations, activists, and bloggers too, are planning a day of climate change protest across the Middle East.

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Posts in Portuguese on Blog Action Day ‘09

Written by Diego Casaes · Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

Portuguese-speaking bloggers from various countries have joined global bloggers on Blog Action Day to reach readers and raise awareness of climate change.

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Global Health: Can Condoms Combat Climate Change?

Written by Juhie Bhatia · North America

As scientists and policymakers search for high-tech ways to fight climate change, a proposed low-tech solution is creating controversy -- contraception. A look at the debate as part of Blog Action Day, which focuses this year on climate change.

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Updates from October, 2009

26 October 2009

Trinidad & Tobago

“When it comes to race in politics, Trinidad and Tobago has a colourful past”: Taran Rampersad thinks it's time for a change.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Tongue very much in cheek, This Beach Called Life is pleased that the Queen of England is coming to Trinidad, since the Minister of Works, “fearing his ass would be highlighted in the international press…announced how, after years of looking, his Ministry suddenly found out what was blocking the drains of Port of Spain and it would be cleaned before the Queen arrives.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Cuba's Generation Y feels like a nomad in cyberspace, but is confident that “one day my blog will be found on a server on this Island and, believe me, it will not be because it has performed an ideological pirouette.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bermuda

Vexed Bermoothes says that Bermuda's draft freedom of information law “is a rather opaque transparency law. It also misses a singular opportunity to protect whistleblowers…”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Saint Lucia

“In the Caribbean you’re more likely to wake up one day in summer and find it snowing than find a writer or poet who believes that the way to get ahead in the book trade and the literary field is to look to the governments for support”: St. Lucia-based Caribbean Book Blog takes a look at the state of the regional publishing industry.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Nepal

Ujjwal Acharya at The Radiant Star comments on the recent political deadlock between the Maoists and the other political parties of Nepal: “if Maoists decide to launch a nationwide movement against the government, it could be a bad decision. If they fail… Then what next?”

• Rezwan

Bhutan

“The malignant hypocrisy hangs in the air when a rich official’s wife ill-treats her maidservant, who is only a child, while her husband attends international conferences and speaks to people about GNH (gross national happiness). It happens in Bhutan,” reports Di at On The Job blog.

• Rezwan