Chilean Student Movement Revival
Region: ChileWritten by Elizabeth · Translated by Peter Jones With a massive protest at the national level, the student movement [1] demanding free, quality education returned to the streets of Chile in full force. Using sloga... more
Views: 639Chile:Educators and Students in the Thousands March for Education Reform
Region: ChileBy Silvia Viñas housands of students and teachers marched on the streets of Santiago and in other cities [1]on Tuesday August 28, 2012, to demand education reform. This massive march is part of the student movem... more
Views: 1191A Guide to Crowdsourcing in Latin America
Region: Argentina
Written by Silvia Vinas Crowdsourcing, also known as “mass collaboration,” allows anyone with an Internet connection to generate useful content for the masses. In Latin America, numerous crowdsour... more
Views: 1324In Chile, Nurse Expedites Organ Transport Using Twitter
Region: Chile
Written by Elizabeth Rivera · Translated by Stephen Cairns Cristina Bizama (@cristi_enf), a nurse at Talca hospital in Chile, has devised a way to speed up the transport of organs for transplant from Talca to th... more
Views: 3130(RAW QUAKE VIDEO) 8.8-Magnitude Quake Rocks Chile…Rising Death Toll, Tsunami Watch!!!
Region: ChileA A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile early this morning, killing at least 78 and prompting tsunami warnings in areas as far away as the western coast of the United States. Click Here To See RAW VIDEO o... more
Views: 2906Chilean Student Throws Water on Education Minister
Region: ChilePosted by Juliana Rincón Parra to Global Voices Online In Chile, a student fed up with the repression and incarceration of participants in the protests against the new General Education Law (LGE) and the beatings... more
Views: 1607Nazi Hunters Pursue ‘Dr. Death’ in Chile
Region: ChilePosted by FindingDulcinea Staff Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff has chased reputed Nazi war criminal Aribert Heim to Chile in an attempt to bring him to justice for past crimes. Aribert Heim, known as Dr. Death, tops the chart... more
Views: 1202Video: Political Messages in Online Music Video Stir the Population
Region: Chile
by Juliana Rincón Parra SubVerso (SubVerse) is the artistic name of Vicente Durán, author of Inform Yourself, a political critique Hip-hop song and video distributed mainly online, which has caused a stir ... more
Views: 2203Thawing the T. Rex of the Antarctic Waters
Region: New ZealandMarine biologists at the Te Papa Tongarewa museum of New Zealand are at the time of this writing thawing out and examining a Colossal Squid that was found clutching a sought Patagonian Toothfish in the Antarctic. Put t... more
Views: 1479Bielsa Accepts Chile Job
Region: ChileMarcelo Bielsa has accepted the job with the Chilean national team. He was presented as coach of "La Roja" this afternoon at the ANFP headquarters in Santiago, Chile. For the past two weeks, Federati... more
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