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May, 2010

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Stories from May, 2010

21 May 2010

USA: Hemp History Week, Saving Plant and Planet

Written by Bernardo Parrella · North America

In tough economic times, why would anyone ban industrial farming of a highly profitable and useful plant that requires almost no pesticides?

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Cuba: Monitoring Arrests

Written by Susannah Vila · Latin America

Ever since the February, 2010 death of Orlando Zapato Tamayo, the first Cuban hunger striker to perish in 40 years, the situation in the island appears to have become even more tense.

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Puerto Rico: Violent Confrontation With Demonstrators

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Latin America

Last night, as the governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño held a political fundraiser at the Sheraton Hotel in San Juan, students and supporters clashed with special police forces who arrived to quash a demonstration in the lobby.

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Kyrgyzstan: Bloggers seek stability amidst a frenzy of rallies

Written by Chris Rickleton · Central Asia & Caucasus

“People of Kyrgyzstan, regain consciousness!” - such was the cry issued by Kyrgyzstani Kloop blogger Kadam [kyrg/eng] on May 15. His country descended into a cataclysmic cycle of rallies and...

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Puerto Rico: The University Protest seen through Online Video

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · North America, Latin America

The University of Puerto Rico's month long protest against budget cuts is still going strong. Through online video the students hunkered down inside the Rio Piedras campus keep the information flow active.

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South Africa: Build up to the World Cup

Written by Muhammad Karim · Sub-Saharan Africa

With 20 days left to the the greatest spectacle showcasing the “beautiful game” in South Africa, there has been a lot of preparation going on behind the scenes and a lot of talk in the South African blogosphere on various issues surrounding the World Cup.

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Updates from May, 2010

26 May 2010

“Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior plans to disallow the BlackBerry Messenger service < " tweets Sultan Al Qassemi, from the UAE.

Chile

In the city of Arica, Chile, blogger Tomás Bradanovic says “we should listen to the tourist [es],” because he has been receiving emails from tourists visiting and who have plenty of suggestions on how to improve visitor services, including providing vegetarian options, improved web presence for the hotels in the area, and impartial tourist information.

• Eduardo Avila

Bolivia

Miguel Centellas of the blog Pronto* writes about some of the issues behind the transition to departmental autonomies and the conflict that some of the new governors are having with the central government.

• Eduardo Avila

Costa Rica

Dean Córnito in his blog Switzerland in Central America [es] does not, like many other Costa Ricans, expresses his outrage for the 100% salary increase for incoming Congressional deputies. Instead, he tells his readers why they should vote for him during the next elections so that he, too, can have such a high salary for doing little work.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Latvia

Arnis Balcus posts photos from the May 9 celebrations in Riga and writes: “In Latvia 9 May is more than just a victory celebration, it is also an expression of collective identity for local Russians.”

• Veronica Khokhlova