Global Voices · Citizen media stories from June 2011

June, 2011

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Stories from June, 2011

13 June 2011

Brazil: Rio Wears Red in Support of Firefighters

Written by Saulo Valley · Translated by Sara Moreira · Latin America

Since mid-April, a movement started by a group of military firefighters from Rio de Janeiro demanding for better working conditions had been gaining increasing support. With the occupation of the headquarters by thousands of demonstrators last week, which lead to a shock reaction by police forces, Rio wore red in solidarity with the firefighters.

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12 June 2011

Turkey: Twitter Reactions on Election Day

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Turkey held its general elections today for 550 seats in the Grand National Assembly. Following are some of the reactions that are emerging online as the first results are being announced.

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Zimbabwe: What is Next?

Written by Madalitso Mwando · Sub-Saharan Africa

As Zimbabwe heads for possible polls later this year, netizens have taken to the Internet to express their views on politics, violence and the economy that would not see the light of day in the country's traditional media space.

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11 June 2011

Moldova: Diplomatic Controversy Marks Russia Day

Written by Diana Lungu · Eastern & Central Europe

The official diplomatic celebrations preceding Russia Day in Moldova have sparked controversies that verge on a diplomatic scandal. Diana Lungu reports on the details of the scandal and translates reactions of some of the Moldovan bloggers.

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Featured Translator: Fabienne Der Hagopian

Written by Claire Ulrich · Translated by Claire Ulrich · Western Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

Fabienne Der Hagopian is a volunteer translator for Global Voices in French. Being of Armenian descent, she has translated into French many posts about the Caucasus, but is also passionate about the world at large. Fabienne reflects on her experience as a volunteer translator.

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Macedonia: Protests Against Police Brutality/Murder Cover-Up Spread

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Macedonians have been protesting for 5 days online and offline in Skopje, urging the authorities to "solve" the murder of a young man by a police officer who served as a high-ranking official's bodyguard. On Friday, youth from other cities - Bitola, Strumica, Kochani - took to the streets, too.

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Updates from June, 2011

24 June 2011

Uruguay

Mauricio Milano from Montevideo Blogger [es] tweeted [es] and updated the official Facebook [es] feed for TEDx Montevideo [es], which was held on June 22. In his personal blog he writes about his experience ‘backstage'.

• Silvia Viñas

Mexico

Paula Gonzalo, in Periodismo Ciudadano [es], writes about Wikinarco.com [es], a crowdmapping initiative where citizens can report illegal activities related to drug trafficking in Mexico.

• Silvia Viñas

Paraguay

Yluux posts a photo essay [es] of the Ovecha Rague ('sheep fur' in guaraní) festival in San Miguel, Paraguay. The festival includes artistic performances, craft fairs, an exposition of products made out of sheep's wool and more.

• Silvia Viñas

Jamaica

As news spreads that reggae icon Buju Banton has been sentenced to 10 years in jail on drug charges, Jamaica Salt comments: “10 years is indeed a long time…but he’s reported to have took the news calmly and he was lucky in a way as the judge threw out an extra gun charge. So it could have been worse.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

North Korea

Libyan and Syrian cases are significant to North Korea's possible change by exhibiting how quickly ruthless totalitarian regimes can become unstable in the face of resistance, wrote Joshua from the One Free Korea.

• Lee Yoo Eun

23 June 2011

Czech Republic

Luboš Motl of The Reference Frame writes about the current economic situation in Greece and how it affects (or doesn't affect) other countries: “All the hysteria is man-made and unjustifiable by the real data. The Greek default will be just a formality because in practice, it has occurred a long time ago.” As a side note, the blogger mentions Greece's “angry” reaction to the statue of Alexander the Great, which has recently been erected in Skopje, Macedonia.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

In Moscow's Shadows writes about Rodric Braithwaite's Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-89, a “new study of the Soviet war on Afghanistan.” OpenDemocracy.net published exclusive excerpts from the book in April - here and here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Brazil: Communities in Rio Blame Olympics for Evictions

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Interesting read. Thanks for sharing!
Great article that addressed the matter concisely and with appropriate supplemental material.