Iria Puyosa
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I blog in No suma cero (Non Zero Sum Game http://www.nosumacero.org/ in Spanish) about ICTs for development, cyberactivism, social media, and social networks.
My professional interests include public opinion trends, environmental scanning, issues management, Internet and alternative media, social networks, community development and social capital.
Currently, I´m chief editor for HablaVenezuela http://hablavenezuela.com/, a collaborative news portal that integrates social media sources and citizen journalism.
Latest posts by Iria Puyosa
9 February 2010
Venezuela: The Interrupted Hunger Strike of Franklin Brito
Venezuelan farmer Franklin Brito had been on a hunger strike, when he was taken to a military hospital against his will, while the government is questioning his mental state. His family is calling for his release and say that the label was placed on him because of his opposition to the government.
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9 July 2007
Venezuela: Roger Santodomingo's Resignation from Noticiero Digital
Venezuelan journalist Roger Santodomingo felt the need to resign from his post as an editor with Noticiero Digital due to threats on his family. The site's forum was a place of personal attacks from often extreme points of view. Santodomingo's resignation caused quite a stir among Venezuelan bloggers, who see these threats as further restrictions on freedom of expression, while others question the purpose of anonymous fora, which may not contribute to constructive discussion.
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2 December 2006
20 November 2006
Venezuela
Eight recent polls on Venezuela’s elections are summarized by Reste@dos [ES]. The post includes the numbers from the Welsch / Observatorio Hannah Arendt released yesterday, as well as poll numbers from Datanálisis, Hinterlaces, Evans & McDonough, Consultores 21, IVAD, CECA, Keller, and Penn, Schoen & Berland. Main points from the analyses of this collection of polls are: 1) Chávez is ahead, 2) Chávez is losing support, 3) Rosales is gaining support, 4) Chávez is more likely to win but for a very small margin.
12 November 2006
Venezuelan Oil is Red
During the last week, Venezuelan’s main topic of political conversation has been the new, fully red, fully chavista, PDVSA. The President of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, Rafael Ramírez, called...
I have just had some news about Iaiá, from Alcinéia. She did another jump at...