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Brazil: 128 million vote on the anniversary of the ConstitutionGlobal Voices Online » Weblog - Oct 5, 2008 Queue in Santos, state of São Paulo. Photo by Flickr user Luana Garrido used with permission. Over 128 million Brazilians are today choosing 5,563 mayors for cities and towns, and 52,137 city councilors. Despite the … Also tagged: americas, weblog, freedom of speech, photos, élections, brazil, portuguese |
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Brazil: Impunity and forgetfulness over Carandiru MassacreGlobal Voices Online - Oct 4, 2008 Visit to Carandiru, photo by Flickr user silmaraelis, published under a Creative Commons license. The caption says “the souls had longer been forgotten there”. The Carandiru Massacre, considered a major human rights … Also tagged: human rights, americas, video, general, weblog, feature, brazil, portuguese, governance, humanitarian |
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Brazil: Impunity and forgetfulness over Carandiru MassacreGlobal Voices Online » Americas - Oct 3, 2008 Visit to Carandiru, photo by Flickr user silmaraelis, published under a Creative Commons license. The caption says “the souls had longer been forgotten there”. The Carandiru Massacre, considered a major human rights … Also tagged: human rights, americas, video, general, weblog, brazil, portuguese, governance, humanitarian |
Global Voices Online » East Asia - Oct 2, 2008
Edo from Pink Tectacle blogs photos of old and new robots at the CEATEC 2008 home electronics trade show.
Also tagged: technology, english, japan, photos, roundups, east asia
Global Voices Online » East Asia - Oct 2, 2008
ESWN translated an article, What has my country done for me? from Southern Weekend's special issue for the 59 anniversary of the Nation. Other articles in the special issue includes: What have I done for my …
Also tagged: english, ideas, china, roundups, chinese, east asia
Global Voices Online » Religion - Oct 2, 2008
Ria writes about Islam and the confusion about Ramadan in Senegal: “Thus for some, Ramadan ended yesterday; for most it was today, declared a national holiday by the Government. One final confusion: the festival to …
Also tagged: english, religion, roundups, sénégal, sub saharan africa
Global Voices Online » History - Oct 1, 2008
Varnam posts the ‘Ninth Indian History Carnival' which contains links to seven great blog posts on Indian history.
Also tagged: south asia, english, india, roundups
Global Voices Online - Oct 1, 2008
Hudin thinks it's time to stop using the word “Balkanization”: “Of course we don't say USSRization, Czechoslovakization, British Empirization, or even Austro-Hungarization. No, we say Balkanization and we say it too …
Also tagged: language, roundups, czech republic, kosovo, slovakia, serbia, slovenia, macedonia, international relations, bosnia herzegovina, montenegro, eastern and 038 central europe, war and 038 conflict
Global Voices Online » Human Rights - Sep 30, 2008
Foreign Policy Association's War Crimes blog reports on the war crimes charges against two lawmakers from Macedonia's Albanian Democratic Union for Integration.
Also tagged: politics, human rights, law, roundups, ethnicity, macedonia, eastern and 038 central europe, war and 038 conflict
Global Voices Online » Freedom of Speech - Sep 30, 2008
Dr. Sean's Diary writes about the Czech Republic’s forthcoming Presidency of the EU.
Also tagged: politics, human rights, freedom of speech, roundups, economics, czech republic, international relations, eastern and 038 central europe