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Eduardo Avila

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Regional Editor for Latin America and Spanish Language

I am a Bolivian-American who maintains the blog Barrio Flores, while living in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Currently, I am the Regional Editor for Latin America and the Spanish language editor for Global Voices.

I am the founder and director of the Voces Bolivianas project, which teaches the use of citizen media to underrepresented groups throughout Bolivia, with the help of a network of national bloggers.

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Latest posts by Eduardo Avila

14 August 2010

Peru: Protests in La Convención Over Export of Gas

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The export sale of natural gas from the Camisea project continues to cause social conflicts in Cusco, Peru. Local residents are demanding that a part of the production remains in the region at a reasonable price. Bloggers react to the news of the conflicts.


11 August 2010

Paraguay

After Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo announced that he has cancer, blogger Enrique Ramón Galeano observed that many local newspapers were already speculating on presidential succession [es].

Eduardo Avila

Honduras

Honduras Blogs [en/es] is a new bilingual community site to promote and collect information about the work of Honduran and ex-pat bloggers.

Eduardo Avila

Argentina

OLPC News notes that Argentine President Cristina Kirchner recently distributed approximately 2,000 XO computers to children in the province of La Rioja.

Eduardo Avila


10 August 2010

Venezuela: Promoting Folk Art Through Blogs

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The visibility of folk art in Venezuela has been given a boost due to efforts of artists who have been using blogs to promote their work and the work of their colleagues.


9 August 2010

Mexico

The Mexican politics blog Aguachile writes about a possible reconciliation between Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Cárdenas family.

Eduardo Avila


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