By 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 movement’s ongoing efforts to overhaul the education system in Chile. Earlier this month, students occupying [2] schools denounced [3] [es] […]
Guinea-Bissau: Women’s Groups and Citizenship
By Sara Moreira In a country which has experienced constant political instability, how can civil society mobilise itself to prevent further coups d’état and to build a participative democracy based upon its communities? Some possible ways forward were suggested [1] [pt] by a group of 70 young people at a meeting promoted by the Movimento Ação […]
Mexico: Netizens Mobilize for the Tarahumara Indigenous People
Written by Andrea Arzaba Unconfirmed reports of the suicide of 50 Tarahumara indigenous peoplefrom the northern state of Chihuahua to avoid starvation have mobilized Mexican netizens. The Tarahumara, also known as Raramuri, are facing various issues like the loss of their language, the exploitation of their land, unsustainable sources of income and severe malnutrition. In a video published […]
Recuerda recuerda, el 12 de julio…
La frase de la película V for Vendetta, Remember remember, the fifth of november me sirve para comentar algo que hoy dijo el Semanario de la Arquidiócesis de México, Desde la Fe: "La presencia del Presidente de la República sacó a relucir la furia desmesurada de los ‘talibanes del laicismo’, aquellos primitivos defensores no del […]
Nobel Prize Winner Wants to Advise Paraguay’s President
Posted by Eduardo Avila to Global Voices Online The winner of a Nobel Prize in Economy, Joseph Stiglitz will be in Paraguay later this month to participate in the inaugural events of incoming president Fernando Lugo. He will take advantage of his time by participating in a debate in the Paraguayan congress. In fact, he […]
Brazil: Blogs banned from the 2008 elections
by Paula Góes Brazil is warming up for local elections later this year, in October, when voters will go to the polls to choose their local government representatives. The Supreme Electoral Court [the TSE, the Portuguese acronym for Tribunal Superior Eleitoral] has just passed the regulations for voting, and again, the opportunity to better discuss […]