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July 5th, 2008
Venezuela: Bloggers Pay Tribute to Eugenio Montejo
· 05:09
Venezuelan bloggers pay tribute to Eugenio Montejo, one of the country's greatest poets, who won the national prize of literature and the international prize Octavio Paz. One blogger even recounts meeting Montejo and being introduced to him by his father who said, "son, meet one of the greatest poets of this country, Eugenio Montejo." 0 comments · »»
June 21st, 2008
Venezuela: Government Halts Proposed Education and Intelligence Policy Changes
· 20:09
In 2007, when President Hugo Chávez announced that he was going to begin the “5 engines for the construction of socialism in Venezuela,” he did not know that one year later that he would be changing speeds or in some cases, going in reverse. This is part 1 in a series of articles about some of these changes in education and intelligence policies. 4 comments · »»
June 3rd, 2008
Venezuela: Gaining Admission to Public Universities
· 04:01
There is a proposal to change the current public university admissions system in Venezuela. The government seeks to eliminate the admissions test in favor of something with a social value by recognizing the disparity between public and private secondary schools. Local bloggers wonder how the changes might affect the perception of a university diploma, but also about what these tests actually measure. The policy has yet to be placed in effect, but the debate continues. 1 comment · »»
May 27th, 2008
Venezuela: The Poet Who Enjoyed the Simple Things in Life
· 04:24
Poet Aquiles Nazoa had always led a simple life. His poetry illustrated the beauties of daily life and the humorous soul of all Venezuelans. He was also one of the most furious advocates of Human Rights during the 1960s in Venezuela. Venezuelan bloggers pay tribute to this poet, who had a certain love of the simple things in life. 0 comments · »»
May 19th, 2008
Venezuela: Samuel Villegas and His Last Book
· 03:48
Samuel Villegas, an admired Venezuelan writer, was recently buried after several years of convalescence. A few days before his passing, he received a last homage and presented his last book, Muros del Sol (The Sun's Walls) inside the hospital while accompanied by his friends, who arranged a simple, but very moving service. Venezuelan bloggers also write about Villegas' work and wonder why more information about him cannot be found online. 2 comments · »»
May 13th, 2008
Venezuela: Publishing House Provides Works Online
· 01:05
There is good news for fans of literature in Spanish. Thanks to an initiative from the Venezuelan Ministry of Culture, literary works from the publishing house Ayacucho Library is now available online for free. Bloggers celebrate the selection of works that make it easier to access literature. 2 comments · »»
May 4th, 2008
Blogger of the Week: Laura Vidal
· 02:02
One of the Lingua translators from Global Voices in Spanish, Laura Vidal, enjoyed her experience so much, that she wanted to become more involved and try her hand at writing about blogs in her native country of Venezuela. Her recent work has helped showcase much of what Venezuelan bloggers have to offer, and many of her subject matter goes beyond the polarized politics that usually comes to mind. 9 comments · »»
May 2nd, 2008
Venezuela: Left in the Dark
· 03:41
More than 13 states and the most important cities of Venezuela were affected by a power outage last Tuesday, leaving many without electricity for several hours. The subway system of the capital city of Caracas collapsed and left thousands of people having to walk through city streets already crowded with vehicles. In spite of the difficulties, some bloggers were able to record some thoughts on the day's events through Twitter and their blogs. 1 comment · »»
Links about Venezuela
June 18th, 2008
Rick Lowe at Weblog Bahamas cannot believe that the question of the Bahamas joining PetroCaribe appears to be on the table once again, adding that the move “would drastically and quickly increase the national debt of The Bahamas. Something we can ill afford in these very trying economic times.”
June 17th, 2008
Notes From The Margin sheds some light on the Barbados/Venezuela maritime controversy, saying: “The waters under discussion can ONLY be Venezuela's if you accept that
1. Half of Guyana is actually Venezuela.
2. That two countries (Venezuela and Trinidad) can commit a third and fourth countries (Barbados and Guyana) to some form of agreement…without consulting them.”
May 17th, 2008
Luis Carlos Díaz of Periodismo de Paz [es] writes about the events that will take place in Caracas, Venezuela on the World Day Against Homophobia.
April 28th, 2008
Luis Carlos Díaz of Periodismo de Paz [es] provides an update on the controversy involving the Simpsons in Venezuela. Turns out that the show will be moved to “supervised” prime time slot in the evening, but would allow for more children to see it because most are in school during the original programming slot.
April 17th, 2008
Caribbean Beat Blog reveals that on the island of Cubagua, situated between Venezuela's northeastern shoreline and the resort island of Margarita, “researchers reportedly have found archaelogical traces of three distinct periods of human history in the Americas.”
April 1st, 2008
Luis Carlos Díaz of Periodismo de Paz [es] recounts some of the bad experiences with care for his loved ones in the Sanatrix Clinc in Caracas, Venezuela and posts on his blog to draw attention to to the poor service. The blog post also shows up as the third result in a Google search.
March 28th, 2008
Both Uncommon Sense and Child of the Revolution share their opinions on the President of the Cuban Union of Journalists telling a conference “of left-wing ‘media workers' in Caracas that there is ‘absolute respect' for the personal safety of journalists under the Castro regime.”
March 25th, 2008
Kira Kariakan of Anotaciones al Borde [es] comments on Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez' suggestion that the U.S. was behind the Tibetan protests in order to destablize China.
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