Global Voices · Citizen media stories from November 2011

November, 2011

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Stories from November, 2011

8 November 2011

Liberia: To Vote or Not to Vote?

Written by Counselor Track · Sub-Saharan Africa

As the clock was ticking toward Liberia's scheduled November 8 presidential run-off, a cloud of doubt and uncertainty seemed to be engulfing the process. To vote or not to vote, that is the question that Liberian voters had to deal with before today's vote.

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7 November 2011

Guatemala: Controversial General Elected President

Written by Renata Avila · Latin America

Presidential elections were peaceful but tense in Guatemala. School of the Americas alumni and retired General Otto Perez Molina is the elected President of Guatemala after a tight and highly polarized election, where a large percentage of voters abstained or voted blank.

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6 November 2011

Africa: An African Voice Telling the African Story

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

'Africa: What’s Your Story?' is a citizen media project that seeks to highlight the common problems that the people of Africa share, as well as promote transparency and accountability. Asif Sheikh, the CEO and co-founder of A24 Media, talks to Global Voices about the project.

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Egypt: All Set for Parliamentary Elections 2011

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Voting for Egypt's parliamentary elections begins on November 29. Get up to date with the process and some of the issues netizens are discussing about the country's first elections since the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak.

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Bahrain: Reports of Military Personnel Tortured, Imprisoned, and Killed by Regime

Written by Mona Kareem · Middle East & North Africa

Bahraini Twitter users joined hands to draw attention to the cases of scores of military personnel - soldiers and policemen - detained, tortured and said to be killed by the regime, since pro-democracy protests started in the country on February 14. Here is a collection of tweets which tell us more about their cases.

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5 November 2011

Costa Rica: Viral Campaign Says Country is Run by Clowns

Written by Oscar Howell · Latin America

In Costa Rica a viral video that portrays politicians as clowns has been released to protest a new tax bill. As some question the validity of such a campaign, others defend the right to use social media as a tool for political activism.

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Updates from November, 2011

19 November 2011

Singapore

Government Social Media Directory allows the public to search for social media initiatives by Singapore government agencies.

• Mong Palatino

East Timor

An online petition opposes the plan of the East Timor government to obtain foreign loans next year. East Timor is urged to learn from the mistakes of other developing countries whose economies were crippled by huge foreign debt.

• Mong Palatino

Thailand

Suluck Lamubol writes about the impact of the Thailand flooding disaster to the country's higher education system. Aside from damages in facilities, many schools are postponing the start of the new school semester.

• Mong Palatino

18 November 2011

Philippines

United States State Secretary Hillary Clinton's November 15-16 visit to the Philippine capital Manila was met with protests against the ‘continuing U.S. stranglehold over the Philippine economy, military, politics and foreign relations.'

• Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Pakistan

Pakistani blogger Rebz discusses about the merits and demerits of the new SMS filtration step taken by the Pakistan Telecom Authority.

• Rezwan

Trinidad & Tobago

Jumbie's Watch “adds his voice” to that of a Trinidadian father who was not allowed to stay in the hospital overnight with his sick son, saying of the powers-that-be: “They find ways of justifying any and everything without referencing policy and behaviour against some higher guiding principle, or logic.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

“The love of the mother for her child is unconditional — according to Cubans — as are the child’s feeling toward its mother”, says Regina Cano, but notes that “in more than an insignificant percentage of instances nowadays, this image is broken and the pieces of the picture go flying.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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