Global Voices Online

Desde el aula, the blog version of a radio show, discusses prostitution networks in Argentina [ES]

Manuel Buitrago of MABB comments on the development of Bolivia's democracy.

Jazzero explains [ES] how the World Bank listed Argentina as the wealthiest country in Latin America.

After a tour of his new apartment in San Telmo, Jeff Barry hypothesizes why Argentina has such a high literacy rate.

Veneblogs has a roundup of Venezuelan expat bloggers who met up last Saturday in Miami.

George Conard, on his way home to Seattle, checks out the much-vaunted wi-fi connection in Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Inside Somaliland highlights the expulsion from Somaliland of French academic Roland Marchal, who slammed the summary style of his deportation in a letter to the interior minister.

ngomrom comments on what Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni might have to lose from a peace settlement in neighboring Sudan.

Sotho gives a detailed Sesotho language lesson, covering suffixes which locate something somewhere, how to ask for the toilet, and how to do everything politely.

Sleepless draws our attention to a report by UNICEF on the traumatic effects of the Darfur atrocities, and re-tells a tale that made a prominent African community leader cry in public.

New Mongols remembers a Mongolian, Cpl. Enver Bajin, who was killed in the Vietnam War (1957-1975).

Nathan at Registan examines an article about the Andijon massacre in the Guardian based on recent interviews with Uzbek refugees in Romania.

An American Dramaturg in Armenia writes about the opening night of a Shakespearian monodrama festival in the capital, Yerevan.

Afghan Lord gives a brief rundown of the evolution of the news media in Afghanistan.

One Step at a Time reports on the beating last week of Chechen singer-songwriter Liza Umarova in a Moscow street.

Sabbah says that Bahrain World Trade Centre (BWTC) will incorporate the first towers in the world to generate their own electricity using wind turbines.

Laila Um Yousuf of Raising Yousuf: a diary of a mother under occupation blog writes an interesting article after her first visits to what used to be Israeli settlements in Gaza. She says:

Palestinians wandered around in disbelief, trying to absorb the scene and the moment. For some, like 26-year old Omar Budran, who lost a leg to an Israeli helicopter gunship that fired at a group of Palestinians not far from the settlement in the crowded Nusseirat refugee camp two years ago, the day was particularly poignant.

“It’s an incredible day for me. I am overwhelmed with happiness, and I am optimistic what the future might bring,” he said.

But many Palestinians, while basking in the momentary elation, expressed concerns for the future. Dermatologist Muna al-Farra, who has finally been able to access land her family owns in the Abo Holi junction, said she was worried about the longer-term implications of Gaza being turned into like a large prison.

Mark Elf of Jews sans frontieres writes about the BBC's pro-Israel biased reporting over the Middle East conflict.

This is the story of an airline that could and should have been the united pride of the Arab world. Secret Dubai comments on Abu Dhabi decision to quit Gulf Air and quotes Western diplomat who said that, “National airlines and national pride are still more important to the Gulf states than anything else. The GCC operates more in name than anything else.” In an ideal world, the six GCC states would sink their money and energy into greater cooperation and coordination - not just of their airlines, but also of aviation services of all kinds.

CSR Asia has an article on Bangladeshi migrant workers winning seven year court battle against their Malaysian employers over unpaid wages.

A wonderful photo post on the Bangladeshi Live Journal Community, that provides glimpses of Bangladesh in New York. From vegetables to neon signs, it's all there!

Known Turf has a story on Delhi and tailors, while Kamla has a say on Bangalore's infrastructure.

LIRNEasia presents findings of a study that assesses the success of WiFi based expansion of Internet access and identifies the conditions that gave rise to this innovation in Indonesia.

Sambhar Mafia on the partisan coverage given to various sports in Indian MSM, and how some accomplishments are ignored.

Karim Elsahy attended one of Egyptian bloggers meetup last night and the outcome was a new project; Itharak.com. The idea behind Itharak (”get moving” in Arabic) is to get people to pledge to do things that will give them the chance to make some changes in the coming Parliamentary elections in Egypt.

My Issues Are Showing posts about the Trinidadian folk legend of the Soucouyant. In a comment, Abeni says the same legend exists in St. Vincent.

Vietnamese God has some fun photos of the “walking clothes shops” of Northern Vietnam.

Danwei has a rather cynical (and somewhat racy) post on what is and isn't a Chinese state secret.

Marmot points to a South Korean opinion poll revealing that 53 percent of South Koreans polled believe the U.S. is most responsible for the continued division of the Korean Peninsula.

Metroblogging Manila believes that the latest transport strike is an exercise in futility thanks to the energy situation.

Jeff Ooi at Screenshots has links to lots of commentary Dr Mahathir's speech at a human rights conference last Friday where Western diplomats diplomats walked out on him after he criticized the U.S. and U.K for invading Iraq.

Jakartass celebrates his 500th day of blogging.

ESWN translates an article about “hottest subject on the Chinese Internet recently:” The Case of Wang Binyu.