Global Voices

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Mexico

A documentary, a ‘transmedia platform' and a humanitarian project: in ‘La Furgo-Nana' (”a Volkswagen Type II Bus from 1969″) Maria and Anton are driving through the Pan American highway from Tijuana, Mexico to Ushuaia, Argentina to “transform the difficult reality of Latin American children into a fascinating adventure you will not want to miss.” Follow their blog [es], and their Twitter and Facebook feeds as they open our eyes to children's rights violations and collect lullabies across the region.

Honduras

“Today I witnessed a scene right out of a Pablo Escobar film. There were at least ten guys just a block from my house standing guard at one of the houses known to be involved in narco-trafficking”: writes Blogging Honduras in a post that summarizes a ‘family fued' tied to drug trafficking. “And just as I am writing, two shots went off right outside my window. Time to moving further inside the house to avoid any stray bullets…”

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

The online publication El Punto Es reports about an incipient social movement in Puerto Rico [es] that is following the example set by protesters in Spain, who denounced unemployment, corruption, and called for the renewal of democratic ideals. Netizens can follow this new movement through @IndignAccion.

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

The non-profit Center for Investigative Journalism published an investigation [es] on the history and many problems that have surrounded the acquisition of the .pr domain.

North Korea

A Seoul-based aid organization, Good Friends, released an English version of its weekly report. According to North Korean defectors' testimonies, not a few North Korean women are forced into prostitution in order to make ends meet.

China

Haiti

Throwing Down the Water is concerned that “the historical houses of Haiti are mostly being left to rot, to fall into disrepair or - worse - to be lived in happily and well, until some landlord comes along and decides that a cement box would look better in their place and, with no law, organization or advocacy groups to stop him, comes in with sledgehammers and knocks down in one morning 120 years of history that is never going to be able to be replaced.”