Global Voices · Citizen media stories from October 2009

October, 2009

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Stories from October, 2009

3 October 2009

Brazil: Honduran crisis triggers international relations debate

Written by Roger Franchini · Latin America

The Honduran crisis reached the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. In addition to newspapers and TV networks, Brazilian bloggers were triggered to discuss on international politics in South America.

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Indonesia: Thousands still trapped under rubble

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

More than 3,000 people are still trapped under rubble days after a 7.6-magnitude quake struck Indonesia. Indonesian bloggers are reacting to the latest earthquake disaster which killed at least 1,000 people in the country.

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2 October 2009

Asia and Oceania: Videos of Natural Disaster Aftermath

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · East Asia, Oceania

Citizen uploaded videos of the flooding, earthquakes and tsunamis that in less than a week, have struck several different countries in Oceania, East and Southeast Asia.

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Puerto Rico: A Crisis with Many Names

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Latin America

This has been a very difficult week in Puerto Rico: The governor Luis Fortuño layed-off nearly 17,000 government employees. After the announcement, people immediately mobilized. Comments and analysis on the precarious political, social and economic situation that Puerto Rico is enduring have flooded the blogosphere.

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Guinea: Outrage, Grief After Brutal Massacre

Written by Claire Ulrich · Sub-Saharan Africa

Still under tight police surveillance, Guinea ended several days of official mourning today for those killed in the sudden and shocking massacre of opposition protesters by soldiers on Monday.

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Japan: Reactions to Tokyo's Olympic Bid (Part One)

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

What does the Japanese blogosphere and Twitterverse have to say about Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Olympics? Part One introduces some reactions before the announcements at the bid ceremony on October 2nd.

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Updates from October, 2009

21 October 2009

Bermuda

“The critical mass of tourism facilities continues its tailspin of decline. The Government may spin all it wants, but the facts are dismal”: Vexed Bermoothes says Bermuda is feeling the economic squeeze.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Colombia

In Square Eyes blog, a Colombian blog about TV, movies and shows, they bring us the trailer of Bagatelle, the winner of the National Documentary Award. Bagatelle shows the day to day happenings in the judicial system where petty criminals are brought to justice.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Vietnam

The Fish Egg Tree uploads pictures of the recent flooding in Kon Tum, Vietnam. The flooding was caused by Typhoon Ketsana.

• Mong Palatino

Singapore

Liau Chuan Yi and Norvin Cha write how and why social divide in Singapore seems inevitable.

• Mong Palatino

Russia

Belatedly, a mock review of the preparations for president Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Belgrade - at Belgraded: “He already was in Serbia once last year, but this time there’s a lot more fuss about his visit, presumably because we need to suck up to the East at least as much as we did to the West.”

• Veronica Khokhlova