Milton Ramirez
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Milton is an educator, a part-time blogger and advocates for the technology in Education. He holds a Ed. D., translates for GVO and has been working as a Math Teacher back in Ecuador. He lives in NY and his thoughts can be found at Education & Tech. TonNet is his online persona. At least, one of his blogs, is written in Spanish.
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16 September 2010
Ecuador: President Vetoes Higher Education Bill
President Rafael Correa recently vetoed a law that aims to reform higher education; the law he received for a final confirmation differed from the original project he had pushed. University officials, students and others involved in higher education are discussing the reform and the different versions of the law.
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14 August 2010
29 July 2010
Ecuador
Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has been known for promoting Open Source Software. To prove this, he has created a blog where he explains economic matters didactically, so that people can understand the economic analysis, charts and concepts. He has been posting since May 29, 2010 in the multimedia blog Economía en Bicicleta [es] (Economics on a Bike). Correa explains the reason behind his blog's [es] name: As a bike runs, “anyone can quickly have the necessary tools to not be fooled by the usual fakers,” referring to the media in Ecuador.
26 July 2010
Ecuador
Close to the celebration of International Youth Day, Ecuadorian youth from Ambato are happy they can express their own thoughts in a space of tolerance and mutual respect, after three long years of hard work, writes Gabo of Ambato Loco [es]. With the creation of a “Casa de la Juventud” (House of/for Youth), these young people will have a place for entertainment and education: the venue includes a playroom, a film library, a practice room for bands, a room dedicated to research and two audiovisual recording studios.
18 July 2010
21 June 2010
Ecuador: Bloggers Analyze Truth Comission Report
On May 2007, a Truth Commission (TC) was created by presidential decree; its purpose is to investigate and collect information on human rights violations attributed to the security forces in the last 25 years. This past May 7, after three years, the Truth Commission handed out its report to President Rafael Correa, which included 831 human rights violations affecting 456 victims between 1984 and 2008. Bloggers have analyzed the report from different points of view.
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4 May 2010
Ecuador: Social Groups March in Celebration of Labor Day
Like many countries around the world, Ecuadorians commemorated International Worker's Day on May 1st. This day has historically been a day where workers in the country have pushed for better working conditions, ever since it was officially made a national holiday in 1915.
I want to ask, there is not software to change from letter to letter Latin...