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Latin American Netizens Join Forces to Overcome Poverty

Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, Citizen Media, Development, Digital Activism

Regional organization TECHO is using Facebook [1] [es], Twitter [2] [es], Google Plus [3] and YouTube [4] [es] to raise awareness about poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean on October 17, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

A Google hangout, titled “Is poverty the principal limitation in the development of Latin America?”, will be held today, October 17, at 9:30 pm (GMT-4). You can follow the hangout on Twitter with the hashtag #TECHOhangout [5] [es]. More information on the TECHO website [6] and under the hashtag #NoMasPobreza [7] [es] (“no more poverty”).