Los historiadores hemos usado a los medios de comunicación como fuente para hacer nuestras investigaciones. Son miles los libros que se han escrito usando la información contenida en periódicos para ello. Sin embargo, el estudio de la prensa en sí es algo relativamente reciente. A los investigadores del ser humano en el tiempo nos interesa […]
Cubans Warily Mark Anniversary of Insurrection
Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco to Global Voices Online Cuba. 1953. Disillusioned with the American-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro led a group of young revolutionaries in an attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago that came to be known as the start of the Cuban Revolution. This past weekend, on July 26th, Cuba marked […]
In Brazil, Novel Seems to Predict Obama
Posted by Jose Murilo Junior for Global Voices Online The sweeping Obama phenomenon has caught Brazil, and it comes as no surprise in the country with the world’s largest population of African descendants. Blogs are commenting on all things Obama, from his stand on ethanol to the ‘rumors‘ of his appraisal of Brazil’s free software […]
Peru: Puno Leader Seeking Greater Autonomy for Region
by Juan Arellano The Regional President of Puno, Hernán Fuentes, is seeking that the region become an autonomous or federated state, in which it is given financial, administrative and political autonomy. This announcement attracted a lot of interest in the media, as well as in the blogs. Bernd Krehoff of Perú Politico [es] writes in […]
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 […]
Costa Rica: Political Games
by Roy Rojas Ever since October 7th, Costa Rica has been falling into a political game, where the government has been facing off with the 2nd political force in the country in the Legislative Assembly. It has become the government vs. Citizen’s Action Party (PAC, for its initals in Spanish). Some say that this could be […]