Global Voices · Citizen media stories from April 2010

April, 2010

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Stories from April, 2010

8 April 2010

Costa Rica: Appetite-Enticing Culinary Blogs

Written by Jenny Cascante Gonzalez · Latin America

Costa Rican bloggers, ranging from amateur chefs to people simply passionate about food, are exploring the world of cuisine by presenting international and local dishes, accompanied by recipes and photos that are enticing the appetite of their readers.

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South Africa: On the murder of the leader of Afrikaner Resistance Movement

Written by Muhammad Karim · Sub-Saharan Africa

On the night of the 3rd of April 2010, the leader of the Afrikaans Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), an Afrikaner resistance movement, Eugene Terre'Blanche, was murdered. What do South Africa's digital citizens have to say about his death and the future of race relations in South Africa?

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Women's Rights In Pakistan

Written by Ambreen Salman · South Asia

Pakistani women are subject to increasing abuse and rights and opportunities are disappearing from them gradually. The absence of protection of law and lack of implementation of existing laws are worsening their plights. Pakistani bloggers discuss the situation.

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Japan: Call us social beings now!

Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

April 1st marks a new academic year for students and the first day of work for the young, new employees. To distinguish them from the students, who don’t pay taxes and have no civic responsibilities, those who work and contribute with their job to ‘society’ are referred to as ‘social people’ - shakaijin in Japanese.

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China: Most influential most-read blogger

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Being the world's most widely-read blogger seems to have made Han Han a candidate for the 2010 Time 100 list, though a certain amount of selection bias probably isn't hurting...

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Indonesia: Sumatra quake reporting with Twitter

Written by Carolina Rumuat · East Asia

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh and South Sumatra in Indonesia early Wednesday morning. GV author Carolina Rumuat gathers disaster reports and twitter reactions from Indonesia.

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Updates from April, 2010

22 April 2010

Haiti

A mainstream media news story which highlights “the problems posed by continued food aid to Haiti”, grabs the attention of Ellen in Haiti, who says: “The problem with the article is that it just talks about food aid….in Port au Prince. There is so much else in Haiti that needs to be done with the relief money, things that will have long-term benefits.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

“No time for distractions, in this election season”: Afra Raymond continues his quest to learn the lessons of Trinidad and Tobago's UDeCOTT fiasco.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago News Blog continues to report on the lead-up to the country's general elections on May 24, saying: “History was created at Charlie King Junction in Fyzabad when before a mammoth cheering crowd, the nation’s Opposition parties signed a historic ‘Declaration of Political Unity’, last night.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Jamaica

Litblogger Geoffrey Philp blogs about the 10th annual Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica, saying: “This year’s event will bring together an extraordinary mix of new and established writers from around the world for the most anticipated annual literary event in the Caribbean region.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Guyana

In honour of Earth Day, Guyana-Gyal wishes everyone “plastic-free…poo-free seas flinging up liquid diamonds”, while Survivein' Trinidad adds: “A little will certainly go a long way if we all make a conscious effort to take better care of the environment.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Morocco

The blog The View From Fez reports on the launch of the first Moroccan Gay online magazine, Mithly. “It's a brave move. Next month's issue will broach another taboo subject - that of the high level of suicides amongst Moroccan gays,” the blogger notes.

• Hisham Almiraat

Cuba

“It is true that we broadcast blindly and that we cannot read our readers’ replies or references, but at least we are reporting on the Island in 140 character fragments”: Generation Y says that the Cuban authorities “haven’t noticed that the technologies have turned every citizen into his or her own mass media.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco