By Raphael Tsavkko Garcia On October 4, 2012 hundreds of students and activists met at the Montevideo Plaza and in the Glênio Peres Square in Porto Alegre, to protest against what they called the privatization of public space [1]. They protested against the banning of use of that square by street performers and by the […]
Argentina: President Cristina Fernández’ Controversial Cancer Diagnosis
Written by Natán Calzolari Tranlated by Louella Mahabir On December 27, 2011, the Casa Rosada revealed that Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was suffering from a papillary thyroid carcinoma in the right lobe of her thyroid gland. The cancerous growth had been detected during a routine checkup on December 22. During the following days, the most […]
Brazil: Lawsuits force popular political blog to close down
by Paula Góes The A Nova Corja blog [The New Scum, pt], a symbol of independent and investigative journalism on the Brazilian blogosphere, has published a farewell post [pt]. On August 6th, the last remaing blogger of the group, Rodrigo Alvares, announced that he has decided to close the blog down due to professional commitments […]
Angola: “Every city has its history, and ours is no different”
Since January this year several blogs have been announcing a petition in defence of what remains of Luanda’s [en] historical architecture. Sponsored by the Architects Association of Angola, and mainly addressed to the President of the country, José Eduardo dos Santos [en], it aims to protect Luanda’s heritage and monuments. In defence of the idea […]
Gerónimo, Skull and Bones y la cabeza de Francisco Villa
Los descendientes del líder indígena Gerónimo, han demandado a la Universidad de Yale, al gobierno de los Estados Unidos y a la sociedad secreta Skull and Bones, exigiendo que les regresen la cabeza de su antepasado. Como informa The Huffington Post, Harlyn Gerónimo, bisnieto del guerrero apache, entabló su demanda el martes 17 de febrero, […]
200 años de Abraham Lincoln
El 12 de febrero de 1809, en Hodgenville, un pequeño pueblo de Kentucky, nació uno de los presidentes más importantes en la historia de Estados Unidos: Abraham Lincoln. De padres agricultores, Lincoln tuvo una educación autodidacta, pero su tesón le permitió convertirse en abogado. Fue el primer presidente de su nación por el Partido Republicano […]