Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 May 04

4 May 2010

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Stories from 4 May 2010

Ecuador: Social Groups March in Celebration of Labor Day

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

Like many countries around the world, Ecuadorians commemorated International Worker's Day on May 1st. This day has historically been a day where workers in the country have pushed for better working conditions, ever since it was officially made a national holiday in 1915.

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South Africa:2010 FIFA World Cup theme song raises interesting views

Written by Richard Wanjohi · Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America

As is the norm with any major tournament especially the World Cup, the 2010 World Cup has its song out approximately a month to the event. The song features world renowned Latino female singer Shakira along with South Africa’s own Freshly Ground. The song has raised interesting views from bloggers.

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Pakistan: Internet and the challenge of language

Written by Ivan Sigal · Pakistan

This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. Pakistan today would seem primed for rapid growth in internet use. The country has had explosive growth of...

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Brazil: Internet use for accountability, transparency and civic engagement: What is civil society doing?

Written by Manuella Ribeiro · Latin America

Brazil's Technology for Transparency movement is young - all four case studies we reviewed were launched in the past year. Cultural, technical, and financing obstacles abound, but a soon-to-be-implemented Freedom of Information Law may help automate much of the time-consuming work.

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Paraguay: State of Emergency to Fight EPP Guerrilla Group

Written by Belen Bogado · Latin America

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo declared a 30-day State of Emergency to combat the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP), who have been behind many kidnappings and killings around the country.

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Updates from 4 May 2010

Uganda

Sokari links to published reports on the Call Uganda prayer meetings: “The rhetoric was as expected and The Call founder, Lou Engles’ press release last week that he was not anti-homosexual were simply untrue. Behind the Mask reported on Engle’s who claimed the West were using “Ugandan NGO’s to promote homosexuality.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

StartUps Nigeria discusses online classifieds in Nigeria: “While we think that some of these sites are tapping into the shortcomings of the leading classifieds sites, Craigslist and Kijiji (perhaps some are copying Craigslist), we wonder how they hope to make money.”

• Ndesanjo Macha