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Yearly Archives: 2008

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  1. Dominican Republic: 1st twitter meetup

    14 hours ago

    Claudia Chez Abreu [es] writes about the upcoming Twitter.do meet-up. They still haven't decided on a date, but they are working on a spreadsheet to estimate number of participants who would show up and the best date

    Tagged: americas, technology, roundups, spanish, dominican republic, internet and 038 telecoms, arts and 038 culture

  2. Cuba: Human Rights Activist Re-Arrested

    Oct 10, 2008

    Cuban diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense reports that a Cuban human rights activist who was paroled from prison earlier this year because of poor health, now faces up to five years in prison “on a charge of ‘attacking' —

    Tagged: politics, health, human rights, americas, english, freedom of speech, cuba, roundups, protest, diaspora, cyber activism

  3. Dominica: Reaping What You Sow?

    Oct 8, 2008

    Chris at Dominica Weekly says that young people on the island “are already pleading guilty to some shocking crimes.”

    Tagged: americas, english, law, roundups, youth, dominica, cyber activism

  4. Guatemala: Expresident Portillo extradited

    Oct 8, 2008

    Stop Corruption by Kenny Miller After hiding from Justice for four years in Mexico, former President Alfonso Portillo was extradited to Guatemala, where he will face serious charges of corruption and other felonies

    Tagged: politics, americas, law, weblog, breaking news, guatemala, spanish

  5. Ecuador: Facing the Global Economic Crisis

    Oct 8, 2008

    A narrow street just before El Panecillo and the Ecuadorian Central Bank, located in the Colonial Quito-Ecuador. Photo by Sin Duda and used under Creative Commons license In Ecuador the reports of the National

    Tagged: americas, weblog, finance, élections, economics, spanish, governance, ecuador