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19 December 2009

Daily archive · 5 posts

Stories from 19 December 2009

Russia: Yegor Gaidar, Russia's Economic Reformer, Dies at 53

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Yegor Gaidar, a Russian economist and politician who initiated the 1992 "shock therapy" reforms, died in Moscow on Dec. 16 at the age of 53. Russian bloggers' responses serve as a vivid reflection of how divided people still are on Gaidar's legacy and on the direction the country has taken since the demise of the Soviet Union.

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Colombia: Twenty Years After Assassination of Luis Carlos Galán

Written by Catalina Restrepo · Latin America

Twenty years after the assassination of former Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán, a documentary is filmed where the son of Pablo Escobar meets the children of his victims, which includes Galán.

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American Petitioner in China

Written by Andy Yee · East Asia, North America

Julie Harms, an American and a Harvard graduate, hit the news as she becomes one of the few, or perhaps the first, foreign petitioner in China. Her case was a...

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Podcast: Interview with Sudanese Drima

Written by David Sasaki · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Sudanese Drima is the pseudonym for Global Voices' Malaysia-based Sudanese author. In this ten-minute interview we discuss how social media is affecting Islam, the Darfur conflict, and issues of Afro-Arab identity in South East Asia.

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Russian Rock Star Talks About His Social Network

Written by Gregory Asmolov · Russia

Ikra.tv is a pioneer of music social networks in Russia. It currently consists of about 6,500 members and offers various forms of communications for fans including blogs, forums and different options to share music, pictures and videos.

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Updates from 19 December 2009

Azerbaijan

Following a previous post from Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines on European concerns with the situation of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan, and especially following the imprisonment of video blogging youth activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, the blog comments on remarks made by the country's Minister of Education. The blog says that accusations of foreign countries “brainwashing” Azeri youth studying abroad are simplistic and overlooking the obvious. Students are simply “learning, teaching and exploring…”

• Onnik Krikorian

Honduras

Nacer en Honduras [es] shares Christmas music from Honduras, including an album by the group The Speeds, which released the Christmas album in 1969.

• Eduardo Avila

Chile

Centros Chilenos [es] released a statement calling for right to vote for those Chileans living abroad.

• Eduardo Avila

Bolivia

With the end of 2009 fast approaching, Carlos Gustavo Machicado of Guccio's [es] takes a look back at some of the economic and environmental issues in Bolivia, including noting the fact that the country's deforestation rate is 20 times the global average.

• Eduardo Avila

Armenia

Ianyan hosts a guest post responding to nationalist perceptions of identity, culture and language. The entry concludes that all nations and ethnic groups absorb other influences, benefiting from such a reality greatly while also evolving into something with their own unique peculiarities.

• Onnik Krikorian

Guatemala

La Papila Gustativa [es] is a blog that has been reviewing a wide variety of restaurants in Guatemala City.

• Eduardo Avila

Japan

The pacifist association called Peace Picture Books [ja, en] published online their last story titled Evil & Punishment: psychology of punishment [en].
On the same website it`s possible to read picture books by different illustrators.

• Scilla Alecci

Russia

There are 42 million Internet users (29,6% of total population) in Russia according to the latest Public Opinion Foundation research [Google Translation ENG]. This is 2 million more compared to the Summer of 2009. Daily Internet audience in Russia accounts for 23,9 million.

• Alexey Sidorenko