Global Voices Online

Wave Making notes that the popular, controversial (and often offensive) blog, Pinches Chinos has celebrated its one year anniversary and takes the occasion to examine the complex feelings Mexicans have towards China. As always, the post is also available in Spanish.

Leon Kadoch sees a bright future for up-and-coming Panamanian musician, Manuel Escala.

Author and activist, Luis J. Rodriguez offers his experience at last week's World Social Forum in Caracas.

Vikrum reflects on visiting Dharamshala - the town which is now home to refugees from Tibet, and houses the Tibetan Government in Exile.

BlogHer's new “internationalized” site is now online, with Karen Walrond covering Latin America and the Caribbean.

Indigenous issues blog Voice of the Taino people links to an article entitled “Christianity, Capitalism, Corporations, and the Myth of Dominion”, noting that the “Roman” Catholic Church still has not properly addressed the call by the Taíno and other Indigenous Peoples world wide for the revocation of the 1493 Inter-Ceatera Papal Bull” and that “as Samuel Alito is posed to be confirmed as its next justice, for the first time in U.S. history, five Roman Catholics — a majority — would now sit on the Supreme Court”.

Yamfoot posts two photos of Grand Anse beach, and wonders if the sea's unusual turbulence in the second could mean that submarine volcano “Kick ‘em Jenny” is acting up.

MediaCritic has begun posting a series of conversations with anonymous Guyanese figures. So far he's conversed with London-based Guyanese, Prodigal, a journalist who's moved to another island, and Young Bright Guyanese Female. And Guyana Diaspora profiles CCH Pounder, Guyana-born star of television series The Shield.

Caribbean Colors ventures out on to the highways and byways of Belize during the recent flooding, and takes some photos.

Simone posts Part 4 of her “Moving to Belize” guide, and solicits input from people who've “tried to set up a business abroad with friends”.

Caracas-resident Barbadian Campfyah discovers patilla amarillo.

Titilayo writes about the newly launched Barbados Music Awards, and thinks the event signifies good things for Barbados's music. But she also wonders whether they'll last.

Mzansi Afrika comments on the debate taking place in South Africa over whether condoms should be available in classrooms …”The main argument, surprise, surprise, was from the whole moralistic religious viewpoint that condoms encourage sex, and sex before marriage, especially among teens is bad. The other concerns were around sex and HIV/AIDS.”

Moral Fibre from South Africa, reports on a row over the Afrikaans language between opposition parties and a military judge who complained about the use of the language in an official context… “”… I must say it on record that to me it is disgusting that at this time and age we still find official correspondence or official communication in Afrikaans…”

Nigerian Times reports on the freeing of hostages in Nigeria's Niger Delta.