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June 15th, 2008
EmPivot: Green media aggregator 
· 22:19
EmPivot is a website made for sharing videos with a specific theme: environment. This green-related media content is added to the website so that people, organizations and companies can connect with each other with this same interest between them. EmPivot, as they explain on their website, comes from the word ... 0 comments · »»
May 26th, 2008
El Salvador: A Computer in Ecuador Stirs Up Salvadoran Presidential Campaign
· 19:56
A computer file purportedly discovered on a laptop computer at a FARC guerrilla camp in Ecuador, has bloggers in El Salvador wondering what impact it will have and what impact it should have on the upcoming elections in their country scheduled for March 2009. Much of the focus has been on FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes and his reaction to the discovery. 0 comments · »»
May 2nd, 2008
Global: The price of food, the cost of despair
· 22:09
The crisis of skyrocketing food prices is affecting all economic groups in every corner of the world. Every day, it seems, high-priced food sends another country lurching through some crisis: demonstrations, riots, rumors of hoarding, falling governments, even deaths.
Global Voices is well positioned to follow the nuances of this complex ... 13 comments · »»
Americas: Insufficient Actions and Solutions for Food Crisis
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Prices and shortages of food can be seen across Latin America, as many people are becoming desperate with the situation. Blame is being placed on the farmers and blame is being placed on the government for their failure to act or failure to act insufficiently. Bloggers are writing about what they are seeing around them, while others are writing about possible solutions. 4 comments · »»
April 12th, 2008
El Salvador: Blogging for Justice in a Little Girl's Murder
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Katya Miranda was young girl who was murdered in 1999 in El Salvador, in a crime of shocking depravity. All the charges against the suspects, who have ties with the military and police, were subsequently dismissed in legal proceedings widely criticized by human rights organizations. With the ninth anniversary of Katya's murder, Salvadoran bloggers are raising a call for justice to be done in this case. 3 comments · »»
October 15th, 2007
El Salvador: Bloggers and Journalists
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July 16th, 2007
El Salvador: What Bloggers are Saying About Protesters and Terrorism
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May 22nd, 2007
What Salvadoran bloggers are saying — about a war-like political campaign
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Links about El Salvador
June 22nd, 2008
Due to rising fuel prices, some bus operators in El Salvador have illegally raised fare prices to cover these costs. As a result, there have been critiques against the government for not enforcing these laws. The rising fares have also led to protests writes Tim Muth.
June 15th, 2008
The presidential candidate for the FMLN party in El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, continues to lead by nearly 19 percentage points over ARENA candidate Rodrigo Ávila. Hunnapuh [es] notes that this latest survey took place after the revelations of possible links between FMLN party members and the FARC noting that it did not negatively affects its candidate.
Ethan James is a photojournalist in El Salvador, who provides a bit of background commentary with his photographs about life in the country.
June 9th, 2008
Hunnapuh [es] draws attention to a posting by blogger Ernesto Rivas Gallont, who apologized to readers of Conversations with Neto Rivas [es] for his absence due to a hospialization due to cardio-vascular problems. He writes, “Even though I have my laptop at the hospital, I don't think that it will be possible to actively blog. As soon as the doctors give me authorization, I will be back with you all.”
May 22nd, 2008
Salvadoran-American musician Carlos Colón-Quintana presents his musical in honor of those killed in the civil war in El Salvador, especially the victims of El Mozote. He posts clips ans lyrics on his bilingual blog [es/en].
May 17th, 2008
Tim Muth links to a report that found the San Salvador, El Salvador is the 7th most vulnerable city to earthquakes and that a 6.0 rated quake could cause 11,500 deaths.
May 14th, 2008
Laura Hershberger attends a concert in the capital city of El Salvador in honor of the 33rd anniversary of the death of poet Roque Dalton and she post her favorite poem.
March 25th, 2008
On Holy Friday in El Salvador, many faithful continue the tradition of creating sand carpets on the streets of the cities. Hunnapuh [es] collects images of these colorful creations.
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