El Nazismo y la Segunda Guerra Mundial fueron la culminación de una postura cultural hacia los judíos: el antisemitismo. Durante siglos a los judíos se les acusó de haber asesinado a Jesucristo para quitarles sus pertenencias y acosarlos por toda Europa. Los guetos y pogromos caracterizaron a la historia judáica por mucho tiempo, pero fue […]
Yukpa Indians, Chávez and land disputes
Citizen media videos have been uploaded informing of the situation arising in Venezuela between the Yukpa Indians of the Perijá Mountains, landowners and President Chávez. This dispute over land limits is 30 years in the making, when military forces displaced the Indigenous communities of the Yukpa by force and established landowners who have cattle ranches […]
Peruvian Town Faces Off Against Mining Companies
Posted by Juan Arellano to Global Voices Online Many may have heard of the village of Rancas because Peruvian writer Manuel Scorza wrote about the place in his series of novels “The Silent War,” and perhaps in “Drums for Rancas,” his most well-known book. However, Rancas is not a fictional town and it continues […]
Day Two of Global Voices 2008 Summit in Budapest: The Democratization of the Internet
Posted by Deborah Anne Dilley to Global Voices Online While Day One of the Global Voices Summit focused on Advocacy, today focused more upon Global Voices proper, with information presented on the other GV projects of Rising Voices and Lingua. The day began with an introduction by Georgia Poppelwell (GV Managing Director) and Solana Larsen […]
Israel: Bush’s Last Presidential Visit
by Maya Norton On the heels of its 60th birthday celebrations, President Bush visited Israel this week, marking his second and last presidential visit to the Middle Eastern state. While mainstream national newspapers argued as to whether Bush’s visit avoided or affirmed key issues in the nation, Israeli bloggers had their hackles raised by the President’s address […]