Global Voices · Citizen media stories from January 2010

January, 2010

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Stories from January, 2010

26 January 2010

Syria: Netizens Discuss SourceForge Ban

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

A day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a free and open Internet, Syrian users noticed they could no longer access open-source software community SourceForge. Bloggers react to the block.

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Haiti: Youth Step It Up for Earthquake Relief

Written by Juhie Bhatia · North America, Caribbean

As Haiti's government raised the confirmed earthquake death toll to 150,000 earlier this week, there is particular concern for the well-being of the country's most vulnerable - its young people. But youth within and outside of Haiti are contributing to efforts to raise aid and awareness.

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Graffiti and Urban Art: Voices from Latin American Streets III

Written by Issa Villarreal · Latin America

Graffiti and urban art on the streets of Latin America is celebrated on the Internet by artists and fans alike. This is the third in a 3-part series on this movement across the region.

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Hungary: The Invisible Marsh

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

Marietta Le reports on the story of one of Hungary's most successful citizen campaigns, whose goal is to save an endangered marsh by preventing an allegedly illegal expansion of a shopping center.

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25 January 2010

Costa Rica: Charges of Plagiarism in Presidential Campaign

Written by Luis Diego Molina · Latin America

With the Costa Rican presidential campaign well underway, many bloggers are noticing that some of the candidates' campaign ads and campaign proposals appear to be too familiar.

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Chile: Modern Day Human Rights for the Mapuche

Written by Nike Jung · Latin America

The Museum of Memory in Chile documents human rights abuses during the Pinochet dictatorship. During its inauguration, 2 Mapuche women interrupted President Bachelet's speech, reminding the country that there are still present-day concerns for human rights in their indigenous community.

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Updates from January, 2010

29 January 2010

India

Nilanjana at Akhond of Swat attended the Jaipur Literature Festival and wrote a series of articles on the festival.

• Rezwan

Poland

“Poland and Haiti – who would have thought…?” Raf Uzar writes about “the most intriguing group of people among Poland’s huge diaspora” - the “Poles of Haiti.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

AskYakutia.com explains “how to dress in Yakutia in the middle of winter.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Hungary

Hungarian Spectrum writes about nationalism, assimilation, open borders, Hungary's minorities and the Hungarian diaspora in the neighboring countries.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Peru

Periodismo en Línea points us to a two day old video by NicoRios, a Chilean tourist stranded in Aguas Calientes. In the video he shows how they wait for the helicopters to arrive and explains how they were running out of food and stores have drastically increased prices for food and water. Today the Chilean Government sent a presidential plane to pick up 70 Chilean tourists who were already in Cusco.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Russia

Russian writer Evgeny Popov decided to create his new book using online input from readers of his blog. The author publishes every chapter of the book [RUS] online with several questions at the end. The readers' answers and feedback shape the next chapter. Popov plans to publish the book along with the most interesting comments from other bloggers.

• Vadim Isakov