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Andrea Arzaba

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Interested in environment and development, culture and travelling are some of her passions as well. Andrea has worked as a journalist for different publications such as LACVOX UNICEF'S Latin American Blog, 8-80a and Adrede Universidad Iberoamericana Newspapers and for the North American publication Dispatches International. Andrea was chosen as a Mexican delegate for the World Youth Congress in Canada (2008), Clinton Glotal Initiative in Austin, Texas (2009), People to People’s Peace Camp in Jordan (2009) and for the International Day of Peace at the UN headquarters in NYC (2009), among many others. During the last year Andrea has been tracking climate change negotiations at the UNFCCC processes, as well as being a blogger on Water and Development for the EJC.

Andrea is studying her last semester of a BA in Communications at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Some of her personal websites:

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Latest posts by Andrea Arzaba

14 February 2012

Mexico: PEN Protesta! International Writers Protest in Solidarity With Mexican Colleagues

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On January 29, 2012, PEN International, the world’s oldest international literary and human rights organization, held an event in Mexico City called PEN Protesta! to show international solidarity with Mexican writers, poets and journalists, and to demand free press and freedom of expression in Mexico.

17 January 2012

Mexico: Netizens Mobilize for the Tarahumara Indigenous People

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Netizens organized food drives for the Tarahumara indigenous people of Chihuahua after a video, reporting the alleged suicide of 50 natives to avoid starvation, spread online. Although there is insufficient evidence to prove the suicides, the alarming state of malnutrition and poverty among the Tarahumara indigenous is a reality.

9 January 2012

COP17: Young Trackers Share Final Thoughts on Climate Change Talks

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Adopt a Negotiator Project trackers updated their blogs daily during the two weeks of climate change talks at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, COP17, held from November 28 to December 9, 2011, in South Africa. In this post we share some of their conclusions.

11 November 2011

Mexico: Netizens React to Death of Interior Secretary

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Fernando Blake Mora, Mexico’s Interior Minister, died today -November 11- in a helicopter crash. Twitter users immediately began discussing the accident, and in a few hours #BlakeMora and 'Secretario de Gobernación' became worldwide trending topics.

17 September 2011

CIVICUS: Reflections on the Power of Civil Society

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For three days several civil society representatives met in Montreal for the CIVICUS World Assembly. The subjects were diverse: from civil movements, social equality, and the effects of new technologies, to climate justice. Here are some blog posts that covered the assembly.

15 August 2011

Mexico: Celebrating Cantinflas' 100th Birthday

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This August, Mexico celebrates one hundred years of the birth of comedian Mario Moreno, better known as Cantinflas. Considered a comedy icon, Cantinflas made his audience reflect on the contrast between the poor and the rich in a unique way.

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