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		<title>Peru: Iron Maiden in Lima Set for March 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Arellano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the visit of British heavy metal band Iron Maiden has been confirmed for Lima on March 26, 2009, bloggers, who are big fans like Slayer_X [es] and Idioteca [es] are buzzing about it. Javier Lishner from Rock Around the Blog [es] rounds up a series of opinions of intolerant fans against other styles [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that the visit of British heavy metal band Iron Maiden has been confirmed for Lima on March 26, 2009, bloggers, who are big fans like <a href="http://www.slayerx.org/2008/11/28/iron-maiden-en-peru-marzo-2009/"><em>Slayer_X [es]</em></a> and <a href="http://blog.almadark.com/2008/12/11/precio-de-las-entradas-para-iron-maiden-en-el-peru-estadio-nacional-marzo-2009/"><em>Idioteca [es]</em></a> are buzzing about it. Javier Lishner from <em>Rock Around the Blog [es]</em> <a href="http://javierlishner.blogspot.com/2008/12/propsito-de-iron-maiden-en-el-per-el_10.html">rounds up a series of opinions</a> of intolerant fans against other styles of music and their followers, like &#8220;Chicheros&#8221; and &#8220;Salseros.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Peru: APEC Summit an Opportunity for the Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Arellano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum will attract 21 member countries to Lima, Peru, which will have the opportunity to put on display its recent economic accomplishments, investment opportunities, as well as its tourism potential.  Many Peruvian bloggers are excited about this showcase opportunity, in spite of the logistical nightmares such a large gathering might produce.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On November 22-23, the annual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia-Pacific_Economic_Cooperation">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)</a> Forum will take place in Lima, Peru. The leaders of 21 countries or &#8220;member economies&#8221; will arrive to Peru accompanied by a team, often impressive in size.  For example, the Chinese delegation includes more than 120 persons. There is a general consensus that this meeting is very important for Peru. In addition to demonstrating that the country is a worthwhile tourist destination, there are many commercial, <a href="http://www.elcomercio.com.pe/edicionimpresa/Html/2008-11-17/el-peru-podria-atraer-us100-mil-millones-inversiones.html">investment [es] </a>, and business agreements to be reached. In the preparation for the forum, there have been a series of preparatory meetings at various levels involving businesspeople and working groups involving ministers. </p>
<p>Obviously not everything is so optimistic, as many people are anticipating long delays due to <a href="http://actualidaddelperu.blogspot.com/2008/11/apec-extraordinarias-medidas-de.html">security precautions [es]</a> that are being taken. Some areas of Lima will be closed to vehicle transit, which will cause more chaos in an already congested city that is undergoing maintenance and improvement projects on its primary roads. The government has declared a <a href="http://luizcore.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/por-apec-los-dias-20-21-y-22-seran-no-laborables-en-lima-y-callao/">non-working holiday [es]</a> for the duration of the forum, and there have been threats of <a href="http://www.diariolaprimeraperu.com/online/politica/protesta-contra-bush-sera-el-21_27543.html">street protests by the General Workers Union [es]</a>.</p>
<p>Even with the importance of the issue, there have not been many bloggers writing about the subject.  Rather they have been writing about the corruption case involving the petroleum contracts and the firing of journalists critical of the government.  Some have been writing such as Blog de Veperu [es] <a href="http://blog.veperu.com/comienza-la-apec/">who writes</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>¿Se podria decir que la APEC es beneficiosa para el Peru? Pues si que lo es, y no porque vengan con las chequeras listas para firmar, sino porque es mas facil hacerles conocer los posibles focos de inversion a los cuales pueden acceder (me refiero a los grandes empresarios) a todos juntos, en lugar de buscar posibles inversionistas uno por uno. Tambien sera mas facil hacerles conocer los avances logrados por nuestra economia en los ultimos años y, al mismo tiempo, presentarles los trabajos en infraestructura que se estan realizando a lo largo del pais.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Can it be said that the APEC is beneficial for Peru? Of course it is, and not because they are arriving with their checkbooks ready to sign, but because it is easier to show them possible areas of investment, of which they can access (I refer to the large businessmen) them all at the same time, instead of searching for possible investors one by one.  It will also be easier to show them the progress made by our economy in recent years, and at the same, show them the infrastructure projects that are being implemented across the country.</p>
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<p><i>Blog de Franco [es]</i> reveiws the information in the media and<a href="http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/index.php?blogid=49"> comes to the following conclusions</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Y todo esto es muy bonito. Hace mucho tiempo no pronunciaba cifras como 383 mil millones de dólares o 678 mil millones de dólares. La que fuera cifra de la deuda externa del Perú y hasta el rescate financiero gringo quedan chicomas :D</p>
<p>¿Los inversionistas encontrarán cifras a las que están acostumbrados? Considero que muchos inversionistas vendran con mucho entusiasmo. El Perú avanza, crece. ¿Qué seríamos si esta suerte hubiera ocurrido en un contexto de buena educación, buena gestión pública y privada, lucha real contra la corrupción?</p>
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<p>All this is wonderful. It has been a long time since they have cited figures like 383 billion dollars or 678 billion dollars, which had been the figure of Peru&#39;s external debt and even smaller than the American financial rescue package :D</p>
<p>The investors will find figures which they are used to? I think that many investors will arrive with a lot of enthusiasm.  Peru progresses and grows. Where would we be if this luck would have taken place in the context of good education, proper public and private administration, a real fight against corruption?</p>
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<p><i>PeruSabores [es]</i> tells us that <a href="http://www.perusabores.com/2008/11/17/la-papa-peruana-estara-presente-en-la-cumbre-apec-peru-2008/">the Peruvian potato will be present at the APEC Summit:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>La papa, producto oriundo del Perú y principal cultivo de los pequeños agricultores de la Sierra del país, estará presente en la Cumbre de Líderes del Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico (APEC Perú 2008), &#8230; el Ministerio de Agricultura presentará un módulo donde promoverá el mayor consumo de este cultivo milenario y en el que ofrecerá a los asistentes a la cumbre información sobre sus cualidades nutritivas. Asimismo, en dicho stand se expondrán 60 variedades de las 2,800 papas ancestrales que se cultivan en 19 departamentos del Perú, en sus diferentes formas, texturas y colores, y se ofrecerán degustaciones de papas nativas en forma de hojuelas o chips de colores.</p></blockquote>
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<p>The potato, a product that originated from Peru and primary crop of the small farmers from the country&#39;s hillsides, will be present at APEC Peru 2008, &#8230; the Agricultural Ministry will present a stand which will promote the increased consumption of this crop and they will present the summit attendees with information about their nutritional qualities. At the stand, there will be 60 varieties of the 2,800 ancestral potatoes that are harvested in 19 departments in Peru, in its distinct shapes, texures, colors and they will offer samples of native potatoes in the form of slices or colored chips.</p>
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<p>Finally, Arturo Gómez Alarcón, who in addition to posting relevant information about APEC in his blog <a href="http://fichasdehistoria.blogspot.com/"><i>Fichas de Resumen de Historia [es]</i></a> and posts a <a href="http://amautacuna.blogspot.com/2008/11/video-de-promperu-por-apec-2008.html">video</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>El Perú estará en los ojos del mundo por tres días y ya se tiene casi todo listo para que los líderes, empresarios y periodistas visitantes aprecien el potencial económico y turístico del País de los Incas.</p></blockquote>
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<p>The eyes of the world will be on Peru for the three days and everything is almost ready for the leaders, businesspeople, and journalists to visit and admire the economic and touristic potential of the Country of the Incas.</p>
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<p>While the leaders are in route to Lima for the APEC Summit, here are a few more resources about APEC 2008:</p>
<p>The official<a href="http://blogdeapec.blogspot.com/"> APEC blog</a> which collects articles from news agencies<br />
The RPP Noticias <a href="http://www.rpp.com.pe/especiales/apec2008.html">online special edition</a> about APEC 2008<br />
The <a href="http://wikielcomercio.pe/wiki/APEC_PerÃº_2008">Wiki</a> from the newspaper El Comercio<br />
The <a href="http://www.larepublica.com.pe/images/stories/2008/noviembre/FOTOS_NOVIEMBRE/Suplemento_APEC.pdf">pdf special supplement </a>from the newspaper La República<br />
The <a href="http://www.peru.com/noticias/especiales/2008/apec/index.aspx">special edition of APEC 2008</a> from Peru.com</p>
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		<title>Peru: After-Effects of Mercury Spill in Choropampa</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/18/peru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Arellano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Silvio of Lapicero Digital [es] writes  about the lack of news in the Peruvian media about deaths caused by mercury contamination in Choropampa. The recent death of the Mayor of Choropampa, Vicente Zarate Minchán is thought to be a result of the contamination caused by the mercury spill that took place 8 years ago.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silvio of <em>Lapicero Digital [es]</em> <a href="http://lapicerodigital.blogspot.com/2008/11/panic-in-choropampa.html">writes </a> about the lack of news in the Peruvian media about deaths caused by mercury contamination in Choropampa. The recent death of the Mayor of Choropampa, Vicente Zarate Minchán is thought to be a result of the contamination caused by the mercury spill that took place 8 years ago.</p>
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		<title>Peru: Art Exhibit Depicting Saints Causes Controversy and Possible Censorship</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/17/peru-art-exhibit-depicting-saints-causes-controversy-and-possible-censorship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Arellano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A controversial art exhibit in Lima, Peru portrayed an alternative view of popular Catholic saints.  Some were dressed in undergarments and others in modern-day situations.  The artist wanted to show a more human side of the religious figures. However, days before the exhibit's conclusion the gallery was closed by the municipal causing cries of censorship. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Approximately one month ago, the exhibit &#8220;Migration of the Saints&#8221; was inaugurated at the gallery Vértice located in the Lima neighborhood of San Isidro.  The works by the artist Cristina Planas are iconoclastic in nature, and portrays the saints in an unconventional format. In the blog <i>Palabras Van y Vienen II [es</i>], M. Isabel Guerra interviews Planas, where she talks about <a href="http://palabrasvanyvienen.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/cristina-planas-“todos-somos-unos-migrantes”/">why she chose this subject matter</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Los santos están en los altares, pero antes de estar allí fueron seres humanos y vivieron en esta tierra &#8230; Estoy disponiendo la galería como si fuera una gran iglesia antigua; en lo que sería el altar principal está en Señor de los Milagros &#8230; al lado derecho, “a la diestra del Señor”, a San Martín y Santa Rosa, los santos que son, digamos, oficiales, y a la izquierda está Sarita Colonia, la santa popular pero que no ha sido reconocida por el Vaticano.</p>
<p>en la actualidad ya no matan a nadie con espinas ni con clavos, sino más bien con armas de fuego, entre otras cosas. Por eso al Cristo Moreno lo he retratado como clavado de fusiles, en vez de coronado de espinas; a Sarita la he ubicado en su combi; a San Martín lo he caracterizado como un muchacho de barrio; y a Santa Rosa como a la mujer apasionada que es capaz de disfrutar de su proceso vital.</p></blockquote>
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<p>The saints are located on altars, but before they arrived there, they were human beings and lived on this earth &#8230; I am arranging the gallery as if it was a great antique church; and on the main altar is the Lord of the Miracles &#8230; &#8220;on the right hand side of the Lord&#8221; are Saint Martín and Saint Rosa, the saints, who are &#8216;official&#39;, and on the left there is Sarita Colonia, the popular saint that has not been recognized by the Vatican.</p>
<p>Nowadays, they no longer kill people with thorns or with nails, but with firearms, among other things.  That is why the Black Christ was portrayed as being nailed with rifles, instead of being crowned with thorns; Sarita was placed in her combi (public bus); Saint Martín was characterized as a man from the neighborhood; and Saint Rosa as a passionate woman capable of enjoying her vital processes.</p>
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<p><small>Photo by Palabras Van y Vienen II and used with permission </small></p>
<p>The manner in which the saints were portrayed was not the only thing that attracted attention, but also because the saints were dressed only in their undergarments.  This generated a wide variety of reactions, from those who were in favor of showing another side to the saints, one of being more human, to those who were offended because they considered that it was irreverent the way that the sacred figures were portrayed. However, the events took on another turn when prior to the exhibit&#39;s conclusion, the Municipality of San Isidro <a href="http://palabrasvanyvienen.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/galeria-vertice-clausurada-Â¿clasismo-galopante/">closed the gallery [es]</a> alleging that there were problems with the operating muncipical license.  The Director of the gallery, Rosario Wenzel, <a href="http://arte-nuevo.blogspot.com/2008/11/comunicado-de-la-galera-vrtice-frente.html">published a note in the blog</a> <i>Arte Nuevo [es]</i> where she refuted some of the claims:</p>
<blockquote><p>6. Debemos señalar que no es cierto que la Galería Vértice carezca de la respectiva Licencia de funcionamiento ni que no cuente con el Certificado emitido por Defensa Civil, aún cuando podrá haber existido un problema administrativo de actualización del RUC, el cual ya ha sido solucionado.</p>
<p>7. Es evidente que el cierre físico de la Galería Vértice se ha llevado a cabo por la presión de un grupo ultraísta, que no representa a la comunidad católica, de la cual somos respetuosos, y lo que es más grave, las personas que han expresado su disconformidad no han visitado la muestra y se han dejado llevar por la opinión tendenciosa de gente desinformada, fanática y llena de prejuicios, que estamos seguros no comparte la mayoría de las personas pensantes.</p></blockquote>
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<p>6. It is not true that the Vértice Gallery lacks the proper operating license or lacks the certification given by Civil Defense, and there could have been an administrative problem with the current validity of the RUC, but it has already been addressed.</p>
<p>7.  It is apparent that the physical closure of the Vértice Gallery was caused by the pressure from a radical group, which does not represent the Catholic community, of which we are very respectful towards, and the most serious aspect of this matter is that those persons that have expressed their discomfort had not even visited the exhibit and allowed themselves to be swayed by the opinion of misinformed people, who are full of prejudices and we are sure that they do not share the opinions of the majority of people.</p>
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<p>Amazilia of <i>Perú Apartheid [es]</i> <a href="http://amazilia.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/lio-de-blancos-vertice-y-la-censura/">does not see the basis for the scandal</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>En principio no entiendo por que encuentran estas figuras ofensivas, aunque presentadas en forma poco convencional se les guarda el respeto debido, estan como estarian en cualquier otra iglesia, no se que es lo que les molesta más: la ropa interior o las expresiones faciales. Pero en los 2000 años de arte cristiano no ha habido trasgresiones mas bizarras? </p></blockquote>
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<p>I don&#39;t understand why they found those figures to be offensive, and even though they were presented in an unconventional format, they were still presented with the proper respect, as if they were in any other church.  I don&#39;t know if they were upset for the underwear or for their facial expressions.  In the past 2000 years of Christian art, hasn&#39;t there been more bizarre examples? </p>
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<p>Some other bloggers see the other side, such as Guille of Pueblo Vruto [es]<a href="http://pueblovruto.blogspot.com/2008/11/santitos-calatos-o-muerte.html"> who writes</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>O la señora Planas ignora el valor de los santos para las personas religiosas o intenta burlarse de ellas. Es obvio que para los fieles y devotos la gracia del santito radica en que se trata de un modelo de vida espiritual que no solamente reduce la importancia de lo físico (material) sino que, incluso, combate su centralidad&#8230; No se trata del simple afán de proponer una estética &#8220;alternativa&#8221;: claramente se subvierte la estética &#8220;corriente&#8221; (oficial, canónica, etc) con un anti-valor. Los santos de Cristina Planas no &#8220;migran&#8221;: se trastocan hasta la negación y el (auto) rechazo.
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<p>Either Mrs. Planas ignores the value of saints for the religious persons or she tries to make fun of them. It is obvious that for the faithful and devoted, the grace of the saints are found in that they are model for the spiritual life.  This also includes the physical (material) aspect, which is important for their centrality&#8230; It does not deal with simply proposing a simple aesthetic &#8220;alternative&#8221;: clearly it subverts the &#8220;ordinary&#8221; aesthetic (official, canonical, etc.) with an anti-values aesthetic.  The saints of Cristina Planas do not &#8220;migrate&#8221;: they alter towards the negation and the (self) rejection.</p>
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<p>Many are left wondering about the cause-and-effect aspect of the closure of the gallery. Luis of Bloodyhell [es] <a href="http://bloodyhell-la.blogspot.com/2008/11/quiero-ofender.html">writes</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Aún no tengo los suficientes elementos de juicio para saber si lo de Vértice fue una censura o no. Pero sí tengo los suficientes elementos para comprender que sería más interesante que los artistas se animaran -a la luz de estas expresiones últimas de, según se dice, intolerancia o ignorancia estética de los mal llamados &#8220;fanáticos religiosos&#8221;- no a decir que la religión es importante para el &#8220;pueblo peruano&#8221; o a admirarse del fervor de esta nación &#8220;católica&#8221;, sino a alertar y pensar sobre todo lo chueco y malsano que una religión es capaz de producir. O sea, es hora de ofender a la religión.</p>
<p>Hay un comentario que leí por ahí que me pareció muy lógico. Dice lo siguiente, parafraseo: &#8220;¿cómo así me piden respetar el arte cuando los artistas no respetan mis creencias?&#8221;. Muy cierto. Súper cierto. 100 bonus points. La respuesta es así: no, nadie pide que respetes el arte. Es más, nadie pide que respetes nada. Tu irrespeto es ilimitado, sin fronteras y puede contener toda la ira y el desprecio de lo que tu cerebro es capaz. Solo hay una restricción: cumplir la ley, escritas, aunque te parezca increíble, por los hombres, que pensaron cosas muy diferentes a Dios. Por lo tanto, no puedes ir a una galería de arte y quemar aquello que te parece ofensivo y que no respetas. Serías detenido por eso. Pero sí puedes decir y escribir sobre el arte todo lo que tú quieras. O, mejor, podrías ser un artista religioso y dedicar tus obras al Señor, obras que, claro, lo respeten. Dudo mucho que le importe, pero bueno, eres libre. ¿Y sabes qué? Esa libertad de expresarte no te la dio Dios: te la dieron los hombres.
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<p>I still don&#39;t have enough evidence to judge whether the (closure) of Vértice was censorship or not.  I do, however, have enough evidence to understand that it would be more interesting if the artist would be willing to - in light of the latest intolerance and ignorance of the so-called &#8220;religious fanatics&#8221; - not say that religion is important for the &#8220;Peruvian people&#8221; or admire the fervor of this &#8220;Catholic&#8221; nation, but alert and reflect about all of the twisted and unhealthy aspects that religion is capable of producing.  In other words, it is time to offend religion.</p>
<p>There is a comment that I read that appeared to be very logical.  It says, paraphrased, &#8220;How can they ask me to respect art, when the artists don&#39;t respect my beliefs?&#8221;  It is true, very true.  100 bonus points.  The answer is the following: no one asks you to respect art. It is more, no one asks you to respect anything. You disrespect is unlimited, without borders, and can contain all of the anger and disdain that your brain is capable of.  There is only one restriction: follow the law, even if it seems to be unbelievable, as man thinks differently than God.  You cannot go to an art gallery and burn all that you think is offensive and that you don&#39;t respect.  You will be arrested for that. You can, however, say and write all that you want about art.  Or better, you can be a religious artist and dedicate you work to the God, works that would be respected. I doubt that it matters to you, you are free. You know what?  That freedom of expression is not given to you by God, man gave it to you.</p>
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		<title>Peru: President Refuses to Answer Questions from Media Outlet</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/15/peru-president-decides-not-to-makes-declarations-for-critical-newspaper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blog Pepitas writes about journalist Vilma Escalante claims that Peruvian President Alan García refused to answer her questions because she works the newspaper La Primera, which he called an “anti-democratic and anti-system” media outlet.
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		<title>Peru: New Prime Minister Faces Skepticism</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/11/peru-new-prime-minister-faces-skepticism/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the crisis in the Peruvian cabinet as a result of the scandal involving high-level governmental officials and corruption, President Alan García decided to name a new Prime Minister. Yehude Simon, does not belong to Garcia's APRA party, and he was received with some skepticism, which mainly has to do with the failure of past government officials to make any progress against corruption and for using the same language heard from other politicians in the past.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After the crisis in the Peruvian cabinet as a result of the scandal involving high-level governmental officials and links to alleged bribes involving oil contracts, President Alan García decided to name a new Prime Minister. The selected individual, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehude_Simon">Yehude Simon</a>, <a href="http://www.elcomercio.com.pe/edicionimpresa/Html/2008-10-12/garcia-anuncia-que-nuevo-gabinete-ancha-base.html">does not belong to Garcia&#39;s APRA party [es]</a>, and he was received with some skepticism by some political sectors and by the population because of his alleged past linked to the terrorist movement MRTA. However, the skepticism towards Simon has to do with the failure of past government officials to make any progress against corruption and for the same language heard from other politicians in the past.</p>
<p>A few days ago and after a rough start due to the protests in various parts of the country, as the <a href="http://www.perupolitico.com/?p=624">Weekly Summary</a> from <em>Perú Político [es]</em> reported, Simon presented his action plan to the Congress. He also asked for a vote of confidence from the legislators. He did receive the vote, but there was also debate regarding what he should and should not do as Prime Minister.</p>
<p>Some bloggers have been providing their opinion on the matter and many are against Simon. José Gody of <em>Desde El Tercer Piso [es]</em> writes <a href="http://www.desdeeltercerpiso.com/2008/11/hey-yehude">Hey, Yehude!</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Una primera impresión es que Simon aún no se ubica en el rol del Presidente del Consejo de Ministro de un gobierno que se encuentra a la mitad de su periodo. Y es que, por momentos, el mensaje de ayer me sonó a agosto de 2006, cuando Jorge del Castillo exponía las grandes metas a cumplir por el gobierno, muchas de las cuales se han repetido en este mensaje. O al mensaje de un candidato presidencial que pretende hacer grandes cosas para convencernos de que votemos por él en el 2011.</p>
<p>Gran escepticismo produce, por ejemplo, el Plan Nacional contra la Corrupción. Mejor dicho, estoy escéptico con que se lleve a cabo. No porque a Simon le falte voluntad, sino porque, ya con la experiencia de lo que fue poner en el desvan a la Iniciativa Nacional Anticorrupción hecha durante el gobierno de Paniagua, esto de crear planes rimbombantes que no se cumplen por la poca voluntad de los Presidentes y de los funcionarios encargados de los controles. Ojo, si se cumple, en buena hora, será lo mejor para el país.</p></blockquote>
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<p>A first impression is that Simon still does not feel comfortable in his role as President of the Minister&#39;s Council in a government that is halfway through its term. And at times, yesterday&#39;s message sounded like August 2006, when Jorge del Castillo (the former President of the Minister&#39;s Council) presented great goals to be achieved by the government, many of which had been repeated in this message. Or in a message of a presidential candidate that wants to do great things to convince us to vote for him in 2011.</p>
<p>Grand skepticism produces, for example, the National Plan Against Corruption. Better said, I am skeptical that it will take place. Not because Simon lacks will, but because of the experience of watching them put the National Anti-Corruption Initiative created by the Paniagua government into the attic, and how they create grandiose plans that are not implemented because of the little will of the presidents and the officials in charge of the controls. Attention, if this is implemented, it would be the best for the country.</p>
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<p>Guille of <em>Pueblo Vruto</em> [es] is sarcastic with the goals set by Simon and asks the following question in his post, &#8220;<a href="http://pueblovruto.blogspot.com/2008/11/ser-verdad-tanta-belleza.html">Can There Be So Much Beauty?</a>&#8220;</p>
<blockquote><p>Desarrollo económico: La economía crecerá en 6.9 por ciento como mínimo en los próximos años. La economía crecerá cuatro veces más que la población, lo que permitirá que se concentren mayores recursos para reducir la pobreza. (&#8230;) Se reducirá la pobreza a un tercio de la población. Al final de este gobierno, el ingreso per cápita de los peruanos deberá ser el triple que hace una década.</p>
<p>Cada familia tendrá su vivienda de 2 pisos con jardín y cochera para dos 4X4. El BCR otorgará préstamos para países subdesarrollados como Estados Unidos o Chile, y el Perú se convertirá en potencia nuclear con derecho a veto en el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas. Faltaba más!</p></blockquote>
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<p>Economic development: The economy will grow at least 6.9 percent in the next years. The economy will grow four times more than the population, which will allow more resources to be provided to reduce poverty (&#8230;) Poverty will be reduced for a third of the population. At the end of this government, the income per capita for Peruvians should be triple of what it was a decade ago.</p>
<p>Each family will have their two-story house with garden and garage for 2 4X4 cars. The BCR (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Reserve_Bank_of_Peru">Central Reserve Bank of Peru</a>) will provide loans for underdeveloped countries like the United States or Chile, and Peru will become a nuclear power with veto power in the Security Council of the United Nations.</p>
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<p>Finally, Francisco Canaza of <em>Apuntes Peruanos [es]</em> is also very<a href="http://apuntesperuanos.com/2008/11/yehude-simon-en-el-congreso"> lapidary in his opinions in the post Yehude Simon in Congress</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>a pesar de haber sido designado en medio de una crisis de <a title="Entradas etiquetadas con Corrupción" rel="tag" href="http://apuntesperuanos.com/tag/corrupcion/" target="_blank">corrupción</a>, Simon no estableció siquiera una base de trabajo, un marco de políticas para afrontar la <a title="Entradas etiquetadas con Corrupción" rel="tag" href="http://apuntesperuanos.com/tag/corrupcion/" target="_blank">corrupción</a>. El mero acto de rechazar las prácticas de <a title="Entradas etiquetadas con Corrupción" rel="tag" href="http://apuntesperuanos.com/tag/corrupcion/" target="_blank">corrupción</a>, el pasivo del gobierno del que ahora <a title="Entradas etiquetadas con Yehude Simon" rel="tag" href="http://apuntesperuanos.com/tag/yehude-simon/" target="_blank">Yehude Simon</a> es parte, no significa establecer una política clara, para lo que no hace falta un nuevo Plan Anticorrupción sino un claro establecimiento de funciones y de responsabilidades</p>
<p>Tiene gracia, por ejemplo, que se hable de metas para la reducción de la pobreza pero no se diga siquiera cómo se va a focalizar los programas necesarios para tal fin. O que se plantee recién estudiar las matrices de función de diversos estamentos del <a title="Entradas etiquetadas con Estado" rel="tag" href="http://apuntesperuanos.com/tag/estado/" target="_blank">Estado</a> a la par que se habla de recién crear un organismo de planificación. Peor aún: Que se hable de incrementar el gasto social, cuando el propio Banco Central de Reserva del Perú señala que el gasto público no debería exceder los propios límites del crecimiento estimado del país, cuyos estimados para el 2009 son menores a los obtenidos este año.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Even though he was named in the middle of a corruption crisis, Simon did not even establish a foundation for his work, a framework of policies to face the corruption. The mere act of rejecting corruption practices, the passive government of which Yehude Simon is now a part of, does not signify establishing clear policies, which a new Anti-Corruption Plan is not missing, but a clear establishment of functions and responsibilities.</p>
<p>It is funny, for example, that they are talking about goals to reduce poverty, but they do not say how they are going to focus on the necessary programs for that goal. Or that they propose studying the matrices of various stratum of the State, of which they are talking about creating an organization for planning. Even worse: They are talking about increasing social spending, when the very Central Reserve Bank of Peru states that public spending should not surpass the very limits of growth estimated for the country, which for 2009 is even less than the growth achieved this year.</p>
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<p>The work of the Prime Minister has just started, and many are waiting to see of the criticisms are justified or not.</p>
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		<title>Peru: Art Gallery Closing Due to Lack of Licenses</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/08/peru-art-gallery-closing-due-to-lack-of-licenses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[M. Isabel Guerra from Palabras Van y Vienen [es]  writes about amodern art expositionfeaturing images of popular Peruvian saints. She also writes about the closing of the gallery by the San Isidro Municipality for not having the proper licenses.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>M. Isabel Guerra from <em>Palabras Van y Vienen [es] </em> writes about a<a href="http://palabrasvanyvienen.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/cristina-planas-%e2%80%9ctodos-somos-unos-migrantes%e2%80%9d/">modern art exposition</a>featuring images of popular Peruvian saints. She also writes about <a href="http://palabrasvanyvienen.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/galeria-vertice-clausurada-%c2%bfclasismo-galopante/">the closing of the gallery</a> by the San Isidro Municipality for not having the proper licenses.</p>
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		<title>Peru: The King of Spain and the Peruvian Congresswoman</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/30/peru-the-king-of-spain-and-the-peruvian-congresswoman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo from Quimeras Seductoras [es] summarizes the encounter of Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, and the Peruvian congresswoman Hilaria Supa, who met outside of the Congress buildings. She confronted the King and asked him to return all of the wealth taken by Spain during the Conquest.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guillermo from <em>Quimeras Seductoras [es]</em> <a href="http://guillermosalas.blogspot.com/2008/10/la-prensa-hilaria-y-el-rey.html">summarizes</a> the encounter of Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, and the Peruvian congresswoman Hilaria Supa, who met outside of the Congress buildings. She confronted the King and asked him to return all of the wealth taken by Spain during the Conquest.</p>
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		<title>Argentina: We Media 2008 in Buenos Aires</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The We Media conference was held for the first time in Latin America, when the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina played host on October 14-15, 2008. The media thinktank iFOCOS together with the newspaper Clarín, the conference was brought to Argentina. Media executives, web entrepreneurs,and bloggers, among others gathered to hear a wide range of speakers. With the quantity of bloggers who were present in the auditorium as presenters and attendees, there was a wide and diverse coverage of the event.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.wemediabuenosaires.org/">We Media conference</a> was held for the first time in Latin America, when the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina played host on October 14-15, 2008.  The media thinktank <a href="http://ifocos.org/">iFOCOS</a> has been organizing annual conferences in Miami, and together with the newspaper Clarín, the conference was brought to Argentina. Media executives, web entrepreneurs,and bloggers, among others gathered at the<a href="http://www.malba.org.ar/web/"> Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires</a> (MALBA for its initials in Spanish) to hear a <a href="http://www.wemediabuenosaires.org/programa.html">wide range of speakers on topics</a> such as &#8220;Media and Blogs&#8221;, &#8220;Internet, Marketing and Society&#8221; and &#8220;Communication, New Generations and Online Communities.&#8221;</p>
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<p><small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/morrissey/2941301789/in/pool-wemediabuenosaires">Photo</a> de Jorge Gobbi and used under a Creative Commons license.</small></p>
<p>With the quantity of bloggers who were present in the auditorium as presenters and attendees, there was a wide and diverse coverage of the event.  The Buenos Aires newspaper Clarín published an article on their website called &#8220;<a href="http://blogs.clarin.com/wemedia/2008/10/16/hablando-we-media-buenos-aires">Talking About We Media Buenos Aires [es]</a>,&#8221; which provided a good collection of blog and media links about the event. A blog post written by Martín of <i>Botón de Inicio [es]</i>, who wrote &#8220;<a href="http://botondeinicio.blogspot.com/2008/10/wemedia-desde-la-twittsfera-argenta.html">We Media from the Argentine twittosphere [es]</a>,&#8221; where he published many, and what he considers the best tweets from We Media. </p>
<p>Young people in the media was also a frequently mentioned topic, including the local photo-blogger (floggger) nicknamed <a href="http://www.fotolog.com/cumbio">La Cumbio [es]</a>, who was often referred to during the two-day event, as an example of attitude, ability and success.  The conference organizers invited her to the event, along with three other young bloggers to share information on how they use the internet and other social software.  José of <i>E-true [es]</i> in his post: <a href="http://www.tribunavacia.com.ar/?p=962">Bonus We Media: Adolescents [es]</a>wrote about the conclusions from the discussion:</p>
<blockquote><p>-Son gente común con distintas características y que se identifican en un mundo virtual y en un mundo real a la vez. No es nada del otro mundo. Todos lo hacemos al ingresar en Internet.<br />
-Los medios no los comprenden. Escriben cualquier cosa de sus formas de vivir. Y encima los categorizan mal. ¿Falta de interés o de información?<br />
-No son fenónemos, no son “nosotros”, “ellos” o “personas comunes”, somos todos iguales, con distintas características.</p>
<p>En un evento en donde la mayoría pertencía a prestigiosas empresas de medios, agencias de publicidad, son bloggers o están interesados en el tiempo, los adolescentes demostraron que no son un fenómeno al cual tenerle miedo. Para nada.</p></blockquote>
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<p>-They are ordinary people with distinct characteristics and who identify with the virtual and real world at the same time.  It is nothing from another planet.  We all do this when we go online.<br />
-The media doesn&#39;t understand them.  They write whatever whey want about their lifestyle.  On top of it, they categorize them incorrectly.  A lack of interest or a lack of information?<br />
-They are not phenonmena, they are not &#8220;we&#39;, &#8220;they,&#8221; or &#8220;ordinary people,&#8221; we are all the same, with different characterisitcs.</p>
<p>In an event, where the majority of people belonged to prestigious media companies, publicity agencies, bloggers or are interested in the topic, the teenagers demonstrated that they are not a phenomenon to be feared.  Not at all.</p>
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<p>However, not all agree. Federico of <i>Dotpod [es] </i><a href="http://www.dotpod.com.ar/2008/10/14/wemedia-2008-buenos-aires">writes</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>es importante poner especial énfasis en algo concreto, ya que si bien el periodismo y los blogs son de alguna manera moneda corriente, algunos de los disertantes han llegado a menospreciar a la blogósfera y eso puede no ser tomado con buenos ojos. Tenembaum por ejemplo empezó hablando de los blogs y después los mezcó con la famosa flogger “Cumbio“, algo que a mí sinceramente me pareció degradante, amén de que ya parece un cliché hablar de esta mina xD.</p></blockquote>
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<p>It is important to put special emphasis on something concrete, as journalism and blog are something common, some of the speakers undervalued the blogosphere and that cannot be seen well.  Tenembaum, for example, started to talk about the blogs and then later mixed them with the famous flogger &#8220;Cumbio,&#8221; which to me, honestly, seemed a little degrading, and it appears to be cliché to talk about this girl xD.</p>
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<p>Andrés from <i>Unblogged [es]</i> writes about the <a href="http://www.unblogged.net/we-media-buenos-aires-2008-el-review">participation of Global Voices&#39; author from Argentina, Jorge Gobbi:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>“Comunidades conectadas y multitudes organizadas” con <a title="Jorge Gobbi" href="http://www.blogdeviajes.com.ar/" target="_blank">Jorge Gobbi</a> de <a title="Global Voices" href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/" target="_blank">Global Voices</a>, Juan Cruz Mones Cazón de <a title="Idealistas.org" href="http://www.idealist.org/" target="_blank">Idealistas.org</a> y Paulien Osse de <a title="Wage Indicator Foundation" href="http://www.wageindicator.org/" target="_blank">Wage Indicator Foundation</a>. Cada uno de ellos estuvo contando sobre el proyecto en el que participan y sin duda Global Voices fue el que se llevó los premios, ya que la ronda de preguntas estuvo principalmente dedicada a Gobbi. Global Voices básicamente es una red de colaboradores de todo el mundo que toma información de blogs en cada país y la misma es publicada en distintos idiomas, también traducida por un grupo de traductores colaboradores de los distintos idiomas. En Argentina, Jorge es el único colaborador en la parte de escritura.</p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Connected communities and organized crowds,&#8221; with <a href="http://www.blogdeviajes.com.ar">Jorge Gobbi</a> of Global Voices, Juan Cruz Mones Cazón of <a href="http://www.idealist.org">Idealistas.org</a> and Paulien Osse of <a href="http://www.wageindicator.org/">Wage Indicator Foundation</a>.  Each one spoke about the projects in which they participate, and without a doubt, Global Voices took home the prizes, as the round of questions were primarily directed to Gobbi.  Global Voices is basically a network of collaborators around the world that takes information from blogs of each country that is published in different languages, and it is also translated by a group of collaborators from various languages.  In Argentina, Jorge is the only volunteer that writes articles.</p>
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<p>For those interested, please see the article from Clarín, read comments on blogs, and see the photos from the event at the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/wemediabuenosaires/">Flickr pool</a>.</p>
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		<title>Peru: New Terrorist Attack by Shining Path Guerrillas</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/25/peru-new-terrorist-attack-of-shining-path/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silvio Rendón of Lapicero Digital [es] writes about the recent attack by Shining Path guerrillas against a military group in Vizcatán in the department of Huancavelica department that left 15 dead.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silvio Rendón of <em>Lapicero Digital [es]</em> <a href="http://lapicerodigital.blogspot.com/2008/10/combitos_15.html">writes about the recent attack by Shining Path guerrillas</a> against a military group in Vizcatán in the department of Huancavelica department that left 15 dead.</p>
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		<title>Peru: blog cracking hints at censorship</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fernando from Pepitas.com posts the notice he received letting him know that strangers tried to crack his blog, targetting specifically 3 posts with complaints about two ministers. Luckily the attack was detected and although all the comments were erased by the crackers, the were able to recover most of them.
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		<title>Perú: Bloggers Adopting Congressional Representatives</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peruvian bloggers get together to prompt congressional representatives to be transparent regarding their operational expenses, and this action causes all sorts of reactions from bloggers and congresspeople themselves. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jaguar.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-50934" title="Peruvian Adopt a Congressional Representative campaign logo" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jaguar.jpg" alt="Campaña adopta un congresista de Perú" /></a>At the beginning of this month, television host Rosa María Palacios published on her column in the Peru21 newspaper an article titled <a href="http://peru21.pe/impresa/noticia/tenemos-derecho-saberlo/2008-09-06/223853">We Have the Right to Know</a> [es] in which she wrote about her fruitless tries to get information on a congressman&#39;s expenses. When she wasn&#39;t able to get any answers, she prompted other citizens to do the same and request the information in an attempt to pressure Congress.</p>
<p>This article was quickly accepted among bloggers, and it spread as a meme. The first one to write about it on his blog and present it as something bloggers could do was<em> Paki&#39;s Blog</em>, in <a href="http://www.elpaki.com/2008/09/adopta-tu-congresista.html">Adopt your Congressional Representative &#8230;</a>[es]:</p>
<blockquote><p>1. Primero escoge a un congresista, si es que votaste por él, aún mejor.<br />
2. <a href="http://www.americatv.com.pe/prensalibre/descargas/gastos%20operativos%20carta%20modelo.zip">Envíale la carta </a>(lo ideal sería que la dejes en Mesa de Partes del Congreso, ya que el acuse de recibo del fax de la oficina de Administración, no consigna el número telefónico) Recuerda que el nuevo Director de Administración del Congreso de la República es Víctor Guerrero de los Ríos (cambia el nombre en la carta) El número de fax es: (01) 311 7719<br />
3. Pon en tu blog un banner como este. <a href="http://elpaki.diinoweb.com/files/banner.psd">Te puedes bajar el PSD</a> (sólo tendrías que meter la foto del parlamentario y su nombre)<br />
4. Cada semana publica un post de seguimiento, hasta que el Congresista acceda a tu justa solicitud.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">1. First, pick a congressperson, if it is the one you voted for, even better.<br />
2. <a href="http://www.americatv.com.pe/prensalibre/descargas/gastos%20operativos%20carta%20modelo.zip">Send the letter </a>(the ideal thing would be to leave it at the Congress&#39; Admissions&#39; Office since the fax receipt at the administration&#39;s office doesn&#39;t include a telephone number) Remember that the new Administration Director for the Congress of the Republic is Víctor Guerrero de los Ríos (change the name in the letter). The fax number is: (01) 311 7719<br />
3. Include a banner like this in your blog. <a href="http://elpaki.diinoweb.com/files/banner.psd">You can download the PSD</a> (you would just have to include your member of parliament&#39;s picture and name.)<br />
4. Each week publish a follow-up post, until the congressperson answers your fair inquiries.</div>
<p>As can be seen in the comments for the same post, bloggers have started to join the innitiative and by performing a  <a href="http://www.google.com.pe/search?hl=es&amp;q=blog+adopte+un+congresista&amp;meta=">Google search</a> one can find many more. Obviously some members of the congress didn&#39;t like this idea very much and their answers varied from absolute resistence to poo-pooing: &#8220;If they adopt me, I will denounce them criminally. Besides, I´m an adult, I can&#39;t be adopted&#8221; (<a href="http://peru21.pe/impresa/noticia/plaza-armas/2008-09-19/225068">Congressman Walter Menchola</a>), but not all did, some even invited bloggers to Congress. In <em>El Blog del Morsa</em> (The Walrus&#39; blog) although a congressperson  wasn&#39;t adopted, they published the post  <a href="http://www.elmorsa.com/2008/09/19/blogosfera-y-politica-adopta-tu-otorongo/">Blogosphere and politics: Adopt your Jaguar</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>A pesar de que hablamos de unos 20 ó 30 blogs que se han sumado al llamado de RMP, desde ya se puede considerar un éxito la campaña. Ya se ha señalado públicamente la necesidad de que los congresistas rindan cuentas y ya no hay marcha atrás. Que no es el gran tema del Congreso, que el problema de fondo es la necesidad de partidos de verdad, ok. Pero el golpe fue encajado, directo a la quijada.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Although we are talking of 20 or 30 blogs that have joined RMPs call, the campaign can already be considered a success. The need for congress to make their accounts public has been made public and there is no turning back. That this isn&#39;t the big topic in Congress, that the base problem is the need for real parties, ok. But the punch was delivered, straight to the jaw.</div>
<p>After several days, one of the requests made, in this case from the Peru21 newspaper, was rejected. The blog &#8220;Desde el Tercer Piso (From the Third Floor) attempts an <a href="http://www.desdeeltercerpiso.com/2008/09/mas-otorongos-que-nunca/">explanation  to this</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>No me extraña que <a href="http://peru21.pe/impresa/noticia/parlamento-no-cumple-ley-transparencia/2008-09-18/224973">el Congreso de la República le haya negado a Perú.21 la información sobre los gastos operativos de 5 congresistas</a>. Y menos aún que lo haya hecho con el mismo pretexto que le dio a <a href="http://peru21.pe/impresa/noticia/tenemos-derecho-saberlo/2008-09-06/223853">Rosa María Palacios </a>hace algunos días. Y tampoco será raro que el nuevo Director de Administración del parlamento me niegue mi solicitud de información sobre el primer vicepresidente <a href="http://www.desdeeltercerpiso.com/2008/09/adopta-a-un-congresista-para-que-rinda-cuentas/">Luis Giampietri</a>. ¿Por qué? Ensayo una respuesta. Pues básicamente porque en el Perú nuestros funcionarios públicos, electos y no electos, no están acostumbrados a rendir cuentas a la población que los eligió y/o paga sus sueldos con sus impuestos. La carencia de ciudadanía efectiva en el país, sumada a la situación casi de impunidad con la que parecen vivir el Presidente, los Congresistas y demás, hacen que se generen temores una vez que se produce una campaña para que se hagan más transparentes las cosas en la política peruana.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">It isn&#39;t strange that <a href="http://peru21.pe/impresa/noticia/parlamento-no-cumple-ley-transparencia/2008-09-18/224973">the Congress of the Republic has denied Peru21 the information regarding operative expenses of five congressional representatives</a>. And even less that they have done it with the same pretext they did to <a href="http://peru21.pe/impresa/noticia/tenemos-derecho-saberlo/2008-09-06/223853">Rosa María Palacios </a>some days ago. And it wouldn&#39;t be strange either that the new Director of Administration in the parliament deny my request for information on the first vicepresident <a href="http://www.desdeeltercerpiso.com/2008/09/adopta-a-un-congresista-para-que-rinda-cuentas/">Luis Giampietri</a>. Why? I will attempt an explanation. It is because, basically in Perú, our public officers, elected or not, are not used to being accountable to the population who elected them or pays for their salaries with their taxes. The lack of effective citizenship in this country, added to the almost unpunishable situation in which the President, Congress and others seem to live in, generates these tremors each time a campaign to make business more transparent in Peruvian politics starts.</div>
<p>After this, the blogger&#39;s requests also  <a href="http://www.desdeeltercerpiso.com/2008/09/adopte-a-un-congresista-la-respuesta-del-congreso/">started getting rejected</a>. And almost simultaneously  <a href="http://www.elcomercio.com.pe/ediciononline/HTML/2008-09-25/dejan-sin-efecto-directiva-que-obligaba-congresistas-justificar-gastos-operativos.html">The guideline that forced Congressional Representatives to justify their operational expenses was rendered ineffective</a>, basically the  heart of the matter which originated the campaign.  The blog <a href="http://bitacora.jomra.es/">Una Bitácora de Jomra</a> (Jomra&#39;s log)  expresses the  belief that in the end, although the requests were rejected (and he explains the legal base of this) the <a href="http://bitacora.jomra.es/2008/09/peru/adopta-congresita-juridico-respuesta/">balance was positive</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Hay que tener en cuenta, además, que aunque la batalla legal pueda perderse, la política es ganable, aunque en su caso la administración y la justicia determinen que no hay derecho a pedir esos gastos de forma directa o en las circunstancias actuales o en los términos solicitados, podemos pedir a los congresistas que tengan la transparencia política que ha tenido Valle Riestra.<br />
Lo andado, en sí mismo, es positivo. Sea porque se han presentado 10 o 100 cartas, sea porque el tema está en el debate nacional, que los congresistas se sientan “observados” (porque no son sospechosos de nada, pero sí estamos vigilando sus y nuestros bolsillos). &#8230; el queremos saber y el sentido de ciudadano responsable se va extendiendo, y eso ya en sí mismo es positivo.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">You have to realize that, although the legal battle could be lost, the politics are beatable, although in this case the administration and justice determined that there is no right to request this information directly or in the actual circumstances or in the solicited formats, we could ask the congresspeople to have the political transparency that Valle Riestra has had.<br />
What has been advanced in itself is positive. Be it because 10 or 100 letters were sent, or because the topic is in the national debate, and congress is feeling observed (because they aren&#39;t suspect of anything, but we are watching their and our pockets) &#8230; the need to know and the sense of civic responsibility is extending and that in itself is positive.</div>
<p>Nevertheless, criticism of the campaign wasn&#39;t absent. For example, <em>El Jorobado de Notre Dame</em> (The hunchback of Notre Dame) in his post  <a href="http://jorobadonotredame.blogspot.com/2008/09/la-caviarizacin-de-la-blogsfera.html">The “caviarizatión” of the blogosphere</a> tells us that it seems more like an ego-trip and selfish exercise to him:</p>
<blockquote><p>O sea, desde cuándo a acá me has resultado un ciudadano responsable tú, oe, que gorreas cable, que no cruzas las pistas por las esquinas, que conduces borracho, que botas el pucho de tu cigarro a la calle… no me vengas pues. Anda no más. Lo que se busca es hacer evidente tu blog (cosa que está bien). O sea, sinceremos la huevada… Me da la impresión que los bloggeros han pisado el palito del liberalismo político de Rosa María Palacios que bajo el supuesto de que todos los ciudadanos somos iguales (mentira, pues, a quién le quieres engañar), de que todos tenemos la misma capacidad de ejercer determinados derechos como es la mal llamada “vigilancia ciudadana”. ¿Todos los ciudadanos somos iguales ante la ley? Más falso que beso de madrastra. El liberal-Rosa-María tiene una fobia al Estado, porque solo ve “ciudadanos con derechos políticos” y “economía de mercado”, cuando es precisamente la garantía de la estatalidad (de que las instituciones estatales de control funcionen, por ejemplo) lo que garantice que hasta el ciudadano analfabeto pueda acceder a un bien público como es la información. Se trata de construir instituciones estatales y no de decir que no funcionan. Se trata de mejorar la representación, y por lo tanto de no confundir a la institución (el Congreso) con los ciudadanos que ejercen ineficientemente los cargos de representación (algunos congresistas).</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">I mean, since when have you been a responsible citizen, you who pirate cable signals, who jaywalks, who drives drunk, who throws your cigarrette butt on the street, gimme a break. Go away. What you want is to make this evident in your blog (which is ok). So, let&#39;s come clean&#8230; I get the impression that bloggers have stepped on the political liberalism of Rosa María Palacios under the said pretense that every citizen is equal (a lie, who do you mean to kid) that all of us have the same capacity to perform certain rights like the so called &#8220;citizen vigilance&#8221;. All citizens are equal before the law? Faker than a stepmother&#39;s kiss. The liberal-Rosa-María has a State induced phobia, because she only sees &#8220;citizens with political rights&#8221; and &#8220;market economy&#8221;, when it is precisely the guarantee of statehood (that state institutions of control work, for example, which guarantees that even an illiterate citizen has access to a public good like information. It is about building state institutions and not of saying that they don´t work. It is about improving representation, and not to confuse the institution (congress) with the citizens who innefficiently  excecute their representational roles (some of the congresspeople).</div>
<p>For his part,<em> Lapicero Digital</em> (Digital Pen) exposes some of the motives that prompted him not to participate in his post <a title="permanent link" href="http://lapicerodigital.blogspot.com/2008/09/por-qu-no-he-adoptado-una-congresista.html">Why have I not adopted a congressional representative?</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>2. El congreso es la institución más débil y más desprestigiada del estado peruano. Piñata fácil. El poder del estado no pasa por ahí, sino por el ejecutivo y por los poderes fácticos como la prensa, la iglesia, los militares, los empresarios, las mafias. Más aún, los poderes fácticos suelen aprovecharse de la debilidad del congreso para imponer sus propias agendas (&#8221;disolver-disolver&#8221;).<br />
8. No se necesita un canal adicional de intermediación política (aunque se publicita a esta campaña como un &#8220;<a href="http://peru21.pe/noticia/217070/adopta-congresista-puede-modelo-participacion-civil">modelo de participación civil</a>&#8220;). Ahora le tengo que enviar mis consultas a un blogger para que éste monitoree al congresista, <a href="http://albertodebelaunde.blogspot.com/2008/09/acepto-la-invitacin-del-congresista.html">aquí</a>. El congreso ya tiene una página web donde se puede hacer el seguimiento de cualquier pedido y, de hecho, la ciudadanía ya recurre a esos mecanismos. Toca reforzar el contacto de la ciudadanía con sus representantes, no debilitarlo.<br />
11. Una vez que se sepa sobre los gastos operativos de los/as congresistas ¿qué se gana? ¿Qué pasa con las otras métricas de calidad de la actividad de estos representantes? Cumplimiento de promesas electorales, número de proyectos presentados, ausentismo, comunicación con sus electores/as, etc. Toda esa información se podría obtener también, acaso más fácilmente, pero no se le hace mucho caso. Por alguna razón, tal vez seguidismo a la periodista Palacios, comenzaron por los gastos operativos, pero hay muchas dimensiones que hubieran podido atender. Claro, hacerlo requeriría un trabajo más involucrado y especializado. Más fácil es el cargamontón y llamar a que más gente joven pida lo que ya le fue rechazado a gente mayor.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">2. Congress is the weakest institution and the most discredited in the Peruvian state. Easy Piñata. The state&#39;s power doesn´t pass through there, but through the executive and the factions of press, church, military, businessmen, mafias. Even more, these power factions tend to take advantage of the congress&#39; weaknesses to impose their own agendas (Dissolve-dissolve).<br />
8. An additional political intermediation channel isn´t needed (even although this campaign is being advertised as a &#8220;model of citizen participation). Now I have to send my requests to a blogger so that he will monitor the congressperson, here. The congress already has a website where the followup of any request can be made, and as a matter of fact, the general population is already using these means. We need to strenghten contact between citizens and their representatives, not weaken it.<br />
11. Once that operative costs of congressional representatives are known then  what? What happens to all the other quality metrics that measure the activities of these representatives? The keeping of their electoral promises, number of presented projects, absenteesim, communication with their electors, etc. All this information could also be obtained, even easier, but thye are not paid attention to. For some reason, may be just the need to follow journalist Palacios, they started with operational expenses, but there are many other dimension that they could&#39;ve taken care of. Of course, doing so would require a far more involved and specialized work. Easier is the massive requests to ask the younger people to request what was already denied to the elders.</div>
<p>The blog Asesinato en el margen tries to give some answers to criticism in the post  <a href="http://asesinatoenelmargen.blogspot.com/2008/09/defendiendo-la-campaa-adopta-un.html">Defending the Adopt a Congressional Representative Campaign </a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>1. ¿Importa cuál es la motivación del solicitante? No. Yo podría ser un racista iracundo y ponerme a fiscalizar a Marta Moyano por esa razón, por ejemplo pidiéndole información sobre sus gastos operativos con el afán de fiscalizarla. También lo puedo hacer por puro ego, por creerme la mama de tarzan, por moda, por paternalismo, por figuretti o por computarme un ciudadano digital. ¿Eso invalida mi derecho a acceder a dicha información o a participar en una campaña para ello? No, para nada. Esto me recuerda el argumento del racismo para explicar la conducta fiscalizadora de la prensa con Toledo. Yo creo que algo de eso existió, pero el que haya existido o no es irrelevante pues de lo que se trata es de ver si es que las denuncias en contra de Toledo eran ciertas o no. Más allá de la motivación racista del denunciante, lo que importa es si lo denunciado constituye un hecho doloso que amerita una sanción de acuerdo con nuestro esquema legal. ¿Qué la prensa no es tan severa con García? Si pues, pero eso es otro tema.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">1. Does the petitioner&#39;s motivation matter? No. I could be tagged as a wrathfull racist and start supervisingMarta Moyano for this reason, for example asking for information regarding operative expenses with the intention of supervising her.  I could also do this for pure ego, for believing myself the next best thing, for fashion&#39;s sake, for paternalism, as a figurehead or for considering myself a digital citizen. ¿Does this invalidate my right to access said information or to participate in a campaign for that? No, not at all. This reminds me that the racism argument to explain the controlling attitude of the press with Toledo. I believe that some of that did exist, but whether it existed or not is irrelevant since what it is all about is to see if the reports against Toledo were true or not. Beyond the racist motivation of the reporter, what matter is if what is denounced constitutes a punible action that deserves a punishment according to our legal system. That press is not as severe with García? Well, yes, but that&#39;s another topic.</div>
<p>Finally, the campaign has had some collateral products or unexpected spin-offs, like for example the sarcastic campaign <strong>Adopt a Journalist</strong> started by the blog <em>tv-Bruto</em>: <a href="http://tvbruto.blogspot.com/2008/09/campaa-adopta-un-periodista-rosa.html">Citizen Campaign: Adopt a Journalist: Banner for you to place on your &#8220;citizen blog&#8221; / video: Rosa Palacios is given a spoonfull of her own medicine</a> or the snarky <strong>Adopt a blogger</strong>, as is satirically informed by the Naked Chile blog in the post  <a href="http://ajicalato.blogspot.com/2008/09/lanzan-campaa-adopta-un-blogger.html">Adopta a blogger campaign is launched</a>. In a more serious plan there has also been a campaign to <strong>Adopt a Draftsman</strong> in the blog <em>Hojas de Vida</em>: <a href="http://heduardo.blogspot.com/2008/09/adopta-un-dibujante.html">ADOPT A DRAFTSMAN</a>, a campaign that isn&#39;t a joke. And to wrap up , this interesting related post is by Andrea Naranjo: <a href="http://andreanaranjo.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/i/">Political organizations and the digital inclusion/literacy: the case of Adopt a Congressional Representative.</a> Also, the original <a href="http://adoptauncongresistaperu.blogspot.com/">Adopt a Congressional Representative </a>blog itself.</p>
<p><small>The image for this post was taken from the <a href="http://www.elmorsa.com/"> blog del morsa</a>.</small></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura Vannessa from Lau&#39;s Blog is very embarrased that a local university has cancelled a Digital Communications event because Jose Luis Orihuela, one of the speakers, was organizing a Beers &#38; Blogs in Lima.
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		<description><![CDATA[Javier from El Lápiz y el Martillo compiles the last series of clashes between diverse factions of bloggers. In his post Paisaje después de la batalla (es) he ends with a reflection: &#8220;debate and criticism -even their sole existence- will always be more important than the pettiness and insults that will inevitably accompany them.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Javier from <em>El Lápiz y el Martillo</em> compiles the last series of clashes between diverse factions of bloggers. In his post <a class="entry-title-link" href="http://lapizymartillo.blogspot.com/2008/09/paisaje-despus-de-la-batalla.html" target="_blank">Paisaje después de la batalla</a> (es) he ends with a reflection: &#8220;debate and criticism -even their sole existence- will always be more important than the pettiness and insults that will inevitably accompany them.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Peru: The History of the Internet</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/28/peru-a-short-history-of-internet-in-peru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Arellano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Roberto Bustamante of El Blog del Morsa [es] posts about the need to write and document the history of the internet in Peru, and provides some interesting data regarding that history.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Roberto Bustamante of <em>El Blog del Morsa [es]</em> <a href="http://www.elmorsa.com/2008/09/22/historia-de-internet-desde-el-peru/">posts about</a> the need to write and document the history of the internet in Peru, and provides some interesting data regarding that history.</p>
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