Global Voices · Citizen media stories from March 2010

March, 2010

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Stories from March, 2010

24 March 2010

El Salvador: 30th Anniversary of Assassination of Oscar Romero

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

Each year on March 24, the people of El Salvador and around the world commemorate the life of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated 30 years ago for his outspoken criticisms of the repressive government.

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China: Official Nudity

Written by Don Weinland · East Asia

A township government in Sichuan Province is being called “China’s first completely nude government” after township officials issued salary and expenditure information online. The reference to nudity recently found in...

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Armenia-Azerbaijan: BBC Azeri Facebook Diary

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

As part of the BBC Superpower Season, the BBC's Azeri service approached Global Voices Online's Caucasus editor to participate in its own reflection on the power of the Internet. What follows is a version in English

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Ukraine: Tons of Fish Die; Fishing Enthusiasts Start Grassroots Campaign

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Hundreds of tons of fish were trapped and crushed to death by the ice, after Ukrainian authorities abruptly lowered the level of water in the Kyiv Reservoir. A group of Ukrainian fishing enthusiasts reacted by launching a grassroots campaign to ensure that further damage is avoided and the government takes steps to restore the ecosystem of the reservoir.

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Chile: President Piñera's Unsold Shares in LAN Airlines

Written by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera made a campaign promise to sell all of his shares in LAN Airlines by the time he took office on March 11, 2010, something he has yet to fulfill.

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23 March 2010

Is Russia an Enemy of Internet?

Written by Gregory Asmolov · Eastern & Central Europe

The degree of freedom on the Russian Internet is an issue for debates. Some put Russia on the same list of "Internet enemies" with China and Iran. Others strongly oppose this kind of generalization and claim that Russian Internet is the most liberal and unrestricted public sphere in the country.

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Updates from March, 2010

29 March 2010

Ghana

Gayle writes about Ghana Travel & Living Guide: “If you want to buy the guide for the current price of US$8.15 you have 4 more days to do so! It's not scary. It's not difficult.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Ghana

Diversity is one of the reasons Fiona likes Ghana: “We realised during the afternoon that there were ten nationalities represented - African, Middle Eastern, European, North American, Asian and Australasian.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Russia

Latest developments in Moscow: 3G networks have been turned off due to high traffic, Openspace reported [RUS]; bloggers call for blood donations [RUS].

• Alexey Sidorenko

Uzbekistan

Tajik and Uzbek officials traded barbs during the security conference in Dushanbe. The argument concerned freight train shipments for Tajikistan that have been stalled on Uzbek territory, but as neweurasia’s Dushanbe explains, the real reason is the Roghun dam project.

• Adil Nurmakov