June 24th, 2008
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June 17th, 2008
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. An especially notable thread is the one reporting on the resurgence of a weirdly interesting 1928 Brazilian sci-fi novel — ‘The Black President' — that predicted a US election matching a black, a feminist, and a conservative candidate in the then remote year of 2228. 7 comments · »»
June 16th, 2008
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June 12th, 2008
The Brazilian Superior Electoral Court held yesterday a session to conclude the resolution regulating the use of the Internet in the 2008 local elections campaign later this year. According to Judge George Marmelstein, who watched the session in person, "Youtube was turned into U2" by the ill-informed judges in charge. 3 comments · »»
June 10th, 2008
June 1st, 2008
July 5th, 2008
The Armenian Observer posts a video with English subtitles and comments on yesterday's rally by the radical opposition in Armenia. The blog says the movement led by the country's first president seems to be slowly turning into a lost cause.
July 4th, 2008
Taras Kuzio poses ten questions to president Victor Yushchenko - and ten more to PM Yulia Tymoshenko.
July 3rd, 2008
Sleeping with Pengovsky writes about the referendum in Slovenia - here and here, and compares Slovene PM Janez Janša's speech delivered on Statehood Day two years ago to the one given by Tony Blair in 1997.
July 2nd, 2008
June 25th, 2008
Writing on AFP's Correspondent blog, the news organization's Caucasus Bureau Chief, Michael Mainville, laments the state of the media in Azerbaijan. The post recognizes the pressures and restrictions in place on local journalists in the oil-rich country and comments on the case of Agil Khalil who has been recognized by Amnesty International in its annual Journalism Under Threat awards.
June 24th, 2008
Miguel Centellas and Miguel Buitrago both write about the recent autonomy referendum in Tarija, Bolivia, which passed with approximately 80% in support.
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