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Silvia Viñas
Regional Editor, Latin AmericaUruguayan-Spanish journalist, editor, and blogger. Currently living in Chile, tweeting in English and Spanish under @silviavinas, and blogging on silviavinas.com
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18 May 2013
Bolivia's Evo Morales Approved for Re-Election Bid
Amid protests and strikes by workers seeking better pensions, Bolivian lawmakers approved legislation that allows President Evo Morales to run for re-election in December 2014.
15 May 2013
Mothers of Missing Mexicans Go On Hunger Strike
Mothers and other family members of the missing in Mexico have been holding a hunger strike since May 9 to demand that the government keep its promise to search for their loved ones.
10 May 2013
Rios Montt Testifies in Genocide Trial
On the 26th day of the historic Genocide trial against former de facto head of state Efrain Rios Montt and his Head of Intelligence Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, the prosecution and defense gave their closing statements and the main accused, Rios Montt, finally declared.
James Rodriguez shares a photo essay of the day in MiMundo.org.
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8 May 2013
Let's Talk About Blogs
1. What do you have in mind when creating a new post? Your personal style? Other blogs? Your experience? Your readers?
2. How do you save your content or remember ideas? Notebooks? Favorites? Pinterest?3. When publishing a post, do you check the grammar or just publish? …
7 May 2013
Photos of Modern-Day El Salvador
These are not pictures for tourism purposes — these are pictures to educate and illustrate issues facing modern day El Salvador.
Tim's El Salvador Blog links to a collection of photos on Global Eyes Media. The project by Jeff Hammond, Noah Bullock, and Doriana Westerman, “focused on documenting Salvadoran themes that institutionalized poverty and inequality in the country.”
6 May 2013
Costa Rican Blogger (Almost) Meets Obama
While Laura [Chinchilla] was talking, at one point he [Obama] turned and looked toward my direction. I took the opportunity and put on my best smile and raised my hat as a greeting. With my other hand I was holding his book over my chest. And you know what? He saw me. He said hello with his eyes. Either that or he was very amused with my hat.
4 May 2013
Freedom of the Press in Colombia
Colombians commemorated World Press Freedom Day showing their outrage over the May 1 attack against journalist Ricardo Calderón from Semana magazine. Calderón was investigating corruption among military officers [es]. On Twitter the hashtag #NoNosCallarán [es] (we will not be silenced) is trending in Colombia.
3 May 2013
Internet Freedom Camp in Lima, Peru
Are you in Lima? Would you like to do something to preserve the Internet? Sign up for the 2013 Internet Freedom Camp: two days of free culture and activism in Lima [es].
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2 May 2013
Guatemala: State of Siege After Anti-Mining Protests
State of siege in San Rafael Mine in Guatemala. Photo shared by James Rodriguez in the MiMundo.org Facebook page
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