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January 23rd, 2006
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Afghan Whispers
· 17:22
There is a new Afghan blog which promotes peace and non violence in the world. In Afghan Peacemakers we read :
The concept of non-violence as a method of change is new to Afghanistan. We know two ways to deal with injustice; fight it or tolerance, the second option was fine if I was the one suffering, but it did not provide a way to stop you from inflicting injustice on a third party. The Muslims could choose to endure great injustice. So that's fine, but on the other hand our religious duty is to confront evil; how can we do that. … Non-violence does not answer all questions. It is filled with contradictions.
Afghan Warrior talks about the US air strike in Pakistan:
We feel sorry for the civilians lost and we hope tribal people help their government and identify those whom shelter the terrorists. If the government of Pakistan is against the US air strikes on Pakistani soil, then the Pakistan government must take serious action against the terrorists in those remote lands so there will not be a need for the US to conduct military operations in Pakistan. We know that Pakistan is a close ally of United States in the war against terrorism, but Pakistan should prove it by actions, not words.
There are Afghan bloggers who got really upset by Iranian reaction when President Karzai cancelled his trip to Tehran. According to Sohrab Kabuli (Persian), the Afghan president says the trip was cancelled because of bad weather and technical problem. Karzai added that he would go to Iran after the London Conference on Afghanistan. The blogger says that some Iranian officials and Iranian websites said the Afghan government just got orders from US to cancel this official trip. The blogger considered Iranian government's policy in region is baseless and Iran's behaviour does not fit diplomatic norms. He says, “If Afghanistan is not an independent country for Iran why they send to our country their ambassador and accepted ours!”
0 comments · »»This Week in Palestinian Blogs: Here's Tomorrow
· 16:55
News of the blogosphere…
It's Laila el-Haddad's birthday! She spent a day full of surprises with her son Yousuf.
Sabbah is one of the finalists on Bloggies 2005 Weblog Awards.
Promises of Arabesque Rhapsody has suggested JordanPlanet's citizens form their own Book Club.
She's come up with another idea too, lets not buy the cockroaches shoes!
What we talk about…
On the elections
Laila el-Haddad of Raising Yousuf is reporting from Gaza on the approaching legislative Palestinian elections, in a series of posts for Guardian Unlimited, Laila described the situation in Gaza last week by being unusually quite.
This week, Laila said posters enveloped Gaza City as everyone has become a national hero while some marched down the streets shouting: “Thieves, thieves, you're all thieves” in reference to the ruling party.”Laila gave Fatah (Arabic) party a call to find some answers.
Three days ago, Laila updated saying that the situation is getting heated between Hamas and Fatah. She further talked about the recent bombing in Tel Aviv and its effect on the elections. She has estimated Hamas audience with no less than 50,000 whilst Fatah (Arabic) enjoyed only 20,000 Gazzan in the northern district.
While the 7,000 Palestinian prsioners forms a major group of interest to the different political parties, refugees who make up nearly two thirds of Gaza are being neglected, waiting for their 58-year-old problem to be solved and those who have rotten in camps outside of Israel can not vote. Laila's husband for instance, can not vote either because he holds a refugee permit. Palestinians with refugee permits are not allowed to enter Palestine in the first place.
On elections too, Daoud Kuttab wrote a very informative post describing the situation in Palestine.
Everything else
From umkahlil, Multi-millionaire owner of a chain of hair salons and founder of “Friends of the Israel Defense Forces” have raised 4 million dollars till the day to benefit the “IDF” (Isreali military forces). By the way, Israel's prime minister bureau chief Dov Weisglass plans to ask the US for a 10 billion dollars aid.
umkahlil has something to say to Zionists both the religious and secular of them, and tells the story of young beautiful Fatima who struggled with chemotherapy under occupation.
FADI blogger of KABOBfest sent a letter to Georgetown student newspaper the Hoya in response to the fabrications and lies of Bill Levinson in regard of the ISM and PSM being the same organization, claiming that the PSM is advocating violence and terrorism. FADI added that Levinson had previously written that “Israel should expel the two-legged locusts and annex all the occupied territory. To hell with these vermin.”
From KABOBfest aslo, an article about the economical boycott of Israel which has and continues to spread in Europe despite of the pressure and threats activists are getting from the United States administration and the possibility of being tried in the UK just like these protesters.
The little things that matter…
Here's Tomorrow is part one of a continuing documentary project which focuses on the issue of the Palestinian refugees living in the largest refugee camp in Jordan: Baqa’a Refugee Camp. The documentary is an introductory film which shows the life, hopes and views of those who fleed to Jordan in 1967 (the year of Naksa).
Abu Assad and Abu Sitta, two men with so much pain resorted to beauty in fighting the beast.
Last week Haitham Sabbah started a pledge to request some blog services add Palestine to their country list. Two blog services have responded positively until the day.
From KABOBfest, some cool PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) T-shirt are available here, get yours now.
1 comment · »»Zimbabwe–Great Lakes Blog Roundup
· 11:29
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe, the last of Africa's “big men” turns 82 late next month. Members of the ruling ZANU-PF have begun murmuring about ambitous plans for an extravagant birthday bash despite the failing economy and famished population. The silver lining in Zimbabwe's dark cloud is that the rainy season has been good thus far.
The MDC debacle which has deteriorated into a split of the party many had tippped to bring an end to Mugabe's tyranny is the main topic of discussion in the country. Writing on the subject, The Zimbabwean Pundit points out that the split is more a struggle between the “technorats” and the mobilizers in the party than it is a controversy about whether or not to participate in elections.
In powerful anecdotal piece This is Zimbabwe illustrates just how powerless the Mugabe regime has rendered Zimbabweans.
“This is what it means to be so poor and vulnerable that you lose control of your own life and are forced to rely completely on others on a daily basis - assuming that is, someone will be there for you. This is what it means to be one of the disempowered people of Zimbabwe who have lost hope of any better future.”
Burundi:Agathon Rwasa points out a new blog that features testimonials from survivors of the Rwandan genocide. RW also features a post highlighting how the FNL is exploiting peasants in rural Bujumbura.
D.R.C:With elections on the horizon, Congogirl is worried about the authenticity of the voter registration process. With the election commision announcing that half the country had already registered to vote, she wonders possible this could be so when that is the totality of eligible voters in DRC.
Malawi: Geeta has an interesting post in which she asseses the status of some Malawi's hospitals. She suggests interstingly that, “one can use the condition of hospitals to somehow measure the success of a state in looking after its people.”
0 comments · »»The African women’s blogsphere this week
· 11:15
Some Kenyan women bloggers have been blogging about the famine in Kenya where the government says 4 million people are in need of food aid.
The inequalities and unequal distribution of resources that exist amongst Kenyans greatly disturbs the Girl Next Door who writes about a country where ‘famine, wealth and squalor co-exist’ and where while one part of the country has the food it needs, the other is starving to death. This blogger takes issue with Kenyan government officials and says ’it does not make sense to treat symptoms without looking at the root cause’.
Amongst other issues, Mimmz also writes about the famine’s effect on only parts of the population and wonders whether this means ’Nairobi is still going about its business uninterrupted’.
Nyakehu ponders about the fact that ’there are those buying and selling food to Southern African states’ during the current famine and drought.
Irena has posted several pictures of contented and important looking government officials being driven to unnamed destinations and asks where they ‘are being driven to while others die of hunger'.
African women have also blogged about other issues.
The banning of gay marriages in Nigeria does not surprise to Black Looks as homosexuality is already illegal in the country. ‘What is worrying and of more immediate concern’ she writes, is that this law also outlaws ’any form of protest to press for rights or recognition by homosexuals’ and the consequent difficulties that will be faced by campaigners for the human rights of gay people.
Molara Wood takes the reader on a fascinating and absorbing tour of London’s West End starting at the British Museum and ending on Leicester Square that takes in an an exhibition and movie.
A new year resolution was to open up to new experiences thus Pilli went for a reflexology session which turned out not to be the relaxing experience she was expecting. ‘I would like to recommend this exercise to all those folks who get a kick from painful experiences’, she writes and says she will go on a ‘trip to the beach’ next time she wants a pleasurable foot experience.
‘The rich places in the world are never on people's t-shirts or dangling from their ears’, writes Helenism who posts photographs of two young women she met on a shopping trip were wearing big, beautiful earrings carved in the shape of the map of Africa. ’The more contested a place is, for whatever political reason, the more it becomes a symbol’, she says.
What is the point of people spouting beliefs and ideologies they do not follow or adhere to, ponders Afrikan Eye and gives the example of people who claim to love Africa and yet will spend their money buying goods imported from abroad rather than purchase those that are ’beautiful and well crafted’ and made in Africa.
Pilgrimage to self celebrates her 36th birthday, looks back and takes stock of her life and concludes that although people tell her she has achieved several milestones, she still wants to do something that will make a difference. In her mind, the ’what’ question still remains unanswered.
Things are beginning to look up for Nneka who recently gave up smoking and who writes about her debilitating withdrawal symptomsthat included insomnia, irritation and light headedness and generally feeling unwell. Hang in there, Nneka.
0 comments · »»An ordinary week in Bahrain
· 10:28
This is a less hectic week, come on, collectively breath a sigh or relief. Normal life has (almost) returned to Bahrain!
A week where: Ali7 agrees with Jakob Nielsen in that blogs, just like normal websites, need to follow some reasonable usability guides. He stresses the point however that trusting your writing efforts to free blogging engines is probably not the right way of going about things as the author would lose control of what he wrote. (Arabic)
Ali Al-Saeed is now not only a writer, but a co-producer of a documentary that is in the process of being shot by an American film company in Bahrain dealing with women leaders in the Gulf. He's also been tasked to write the documentary's accompanying book.
Zainab Al-Khawajah tells us a bit about her Christmas holidays which she has spent in London; protesting in front of the Bahraini Embassy, speaking at Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner and visiting five human rights organisations handing them reports about Bahrain.
Haitham Sabbah, on the other hand, wishes that he was a parrot!
Discrimination against the Shi'a is the theme discussed this week by Jaffar Al-Omran.
Last but not least, we now have a fellow blogger elected to the Steering Committee of Bahrain's largest political party: Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. Tawfiq Al-Rayyash was one of 60 candidates for the 30-member body that will decide on all future directions of the party, including whether they will participate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections. A very important post and we wish him luck in his new position and wish also that he continues blogging so that we know what's going on in that party and so that he may also benefit from other opinions.
0 comments · »»Around Cambodia with Digital Citizens
· 01:39
A blackout in the United States in 2003 made history and news headline, but not at all in Cambodia. In Stung Treng, while composing an email in a community Internet center, a development worker could not finish because the generator-powered computer was running out of gas.
In Krong Keb, Cambodia’s forgotten beach, as written in the guidebook, ZJ another foreign development worker, is experienced with staying at a guesthouse where there is no electricity supply. “I didn't want to go to Krong Kep… again. My first time there proved to be, well, a disaster of sorts. There were few guesthouses, and unfortunately, where we stayed there was no electricity and the bed was infested with dust mites so badly that when I went back to Phnom Penh I had skin allergies,” she admitted.
Back to Phnom Penh, the capital city of the country, an expat Steve Goodman who has currently launched another photoblog, complained about the unreliable electricity and had to cook with gas. Elsewhere in the city, the power was cut off while a Cambodia-based weblogger was blogging one evening. “As I'm typing the above near the waterfront, about 6:30 PM, there's a sudden power cut. Quite a few of these in the last few weeks,” he wrote. Power shortages also angered an Englishman who exaggerated that “at home, I do not even have any candles left!”
After two decades of war, Cambodia is becoming a top tourism destination. ‘Wonders of Cambodia – The top 7 things to see and do in Cambodia‘, a weblog post of Khmer440, described 7 greatest places to visit in the country, from Angkor Wat to The Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, to beautiful Sihanoukville beach, Preah Vihear province, Battambang town, and to Rattankiri province. Keeping an online journal to share the traveloque with friends and family means a lot to travelers and the rest of the world. Since 2003 Stefan writes about his travel in towns, resorts, and rural areas. Not only expatriates, but a group of young people established a weblog under the name ‘Youth Vision’ and shared their amazing experience of wine drinking that traditionally produced by minor ethnic in Modol Kiri Province, a rural area of the country.
Is all the visiting to Cambodia giving you headache?
For a Taiwanese citizen who planned to visit Cambodia, paperwork and process of obtaining a tourist visa to the country gave him a first impression about the country visa red tape. At the Cambodian embassy in Singapore, his resident country, another $5 extra fee asked from a visa officer for express service. In response to this, a Bulletin of Singapore Bloggers, Tomorrow, popagandhi wrote that “actually the extra US$5 is more of a rule rather than the exception. except when you land at the phnom penh or siem reap airport on an international flight. happens at the land borders too. to go to countries like these you just have to be prepared to take whatever is thrown your way.”
Although he was confronted by the officer, he hopes to visit Cambodia in a positive manner.
Travel around Asia
As part of Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program 2005 (SSEAYP), a Cambodian lecturer Somongkol Teng, proudly represents Cambodian youth, to join other young people from ASEAN nations to travel to 6 countries. This Japan-sponsored youth program, with 11 countries from ASEAN and Japan participating, is scheduled to travel to Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Philippines and Japan via cruise ship. On his weblog, a chronicle of photo ongoing photographs chronicle the group's journey.
Links
Americas
Eduardo Avila, watching CNN en Español, was disappointed with Morales' inaugural speech: “The historic and poignant moment was spoiled by the speech that had a stream of consciousness feel to it.” Jim Shultz says, “in a ceremony that hasn’t taken place since the conquest half a millenia ago, Bolivia´s first indiginous president was granted powers by the indian communities of the altiplano.” Patricia has a brightly colored photo set of the ceremony. Looking ahead, Nick Buxton writes, “I am acutely aware of the pressures Bolivia will be under both from outside (in particular multinationals and international financial institutions) but also those who have profited immensely from an “apartheid” system who won’t easily accept change.”
Americas
Eduardo Acros wonders why the Argentine daily, El Clarín isn't giving recognition to Mariano Amartino (who blogs for El Clarín at Weblog Sobre Weblogs) for finding leaked screenshots of Internet Explorer 7 on a little-known tech website. Arcos notes that Argentina's other major daily, La Nacion, does in fact link to Mariano's post.
Americas
The votes are in and Nicaragua Living declares Flor de Caña the most beloved alcoholic beverage. More information on Flor de Caña is available on Wikipedia.
Americas
Panamanian chef, Melissa De Leon has been selected as a finalist in the best Latin American weblog category of the “2006 Bloggies.” Other finalists in the Latin America category include Bestiaria, Motel de Moka, Ponchorama, and Guyana Gyal. Congratulations to all.
Americas
Un Lobo en Perú profiles Peruvian presidential candidate, Ollanta Humala whose popularity among registered voters has soared in recent months. Maxwell A. Cameron writes that Humala has been implicated in human rights abuses which took place in 1992.
Americas
Venepoetics translates an opinion piece by Oswaldo Barreto in which he expresses his bewilderment that fellow social activists around the world are coming to Venezuela in solidarity with Chávez while speaking out against tyranny. Katy adds on some sarcastic annotations to an O Globo introduction to the Forum. Solana Larsen writes that rumors are flying that Brazilian president, Lula da Silva will not be attending because a corruption scandal has made him “persona non grata.” Miguel Octavio, suprised by the size of the crowd, calls yesterday's opposition march, “quite succesful,” while Oil Wars asks, “is it just me or does anyone else notice [the opposition] holds rallies when they are sure there aren't going to be any elections anytime soon to burst the balloon of their absurd numbers?”
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa Unchained points to a review of “African Renaissance: Roadmaps to the Challenge of Globalization” by Fantu Cheru….Africa’s dependence on foreign aid, he says, has done the opposite of its claimed mission, but in fact has been used to keep Africa’s people disempowered through the support of dictatorships and undemocratic regimes.”
Sub-Saharan Africa
Linuxchix Africa reports on Africa Source II recently held in Kampala, Uganda….”Africa Source II focussed on how technology, in particular Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) can be integrated into the project work of NGO's.”
Sub-Saharan Africa
South African poet blogger, the Imperfect Poet, reflects on his ability and evolution as a poet and writer….At the heart of this epiphany is that, for me to comfortably call myself a poet and a writer, I need to delve deeper into my forms of choice and create context from the wealth of work that has come before me. In doing this, I am in a stronger position to be able to define and identify what it is I do and how it fits into the general scheme of things”
Sub-Saharan Africa
Grandiose Parlour asks some serious questions of Nigerian legislators in the light of the decision to close down the Tinapa Tourist Resort project due to violence in the Niger Delta…….”Are elected representatives accessible to their people that voted them in? Do representatives hold regular consultation with their constituents? Do representatives have any local visibility- local offices and staff- beyond what they claim on paper to justify the office/staff allowance they receive?
Do Nigerians know what to expect from their representatives…?
Sub-Saharan Africa
MentalAcrobatics also comments on the Africa Cup of Nations asking us to place our bets now for the outcome of the World cup to be played in Germany in July….”no one, least of all football pundits and “experts”, know what to expect from the African teams at the World Cup this time round. The four countries making their World Cup debuts Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Angola have everyone shaking their heads”.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenyan blogger Gukira comments on the ills of being apathetic and accepting defeat…”Apathy kills. It destroys the soul. It wounds the spirit. It leaves us limping in fields where the grass grows high, the sun blinds, and we need our collective strength”.
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Trials and Tribulations of a Freshly Arrived Denizen comments on the Nigeria v Ghana game in the African Cup of Nations being held in Egypt. Nigeria 1 Ghana 0.
East Asia
The Lucretius Plan catches malaria on the island of Flores, Indonesia. Finding little by way of Western medicine, he goes to a local healer who massages him to release the bad wind.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenyan Pundit reports on the recent coverage of African bloggers in the African mainstream media….
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Bearded Man provides his daily roundup of Zimbabwe which includes a report that the government intends to impose Mandarin on Zimbabwean university students.…..”Now, given that Sindebele, Shona or English are serious tongue twisters depending on where you originate from and grew up, I envisage that Chinese will cause more problems for the students. The introduction is in line with the government's ‘look east' policy.”
East Asia
A Xeno Boy in Sg posts a meditation on a quote from a government minister, who predicted dire consequences if the public supported an opposition party's proposal to scrap the country's ethnic integration policies. He writes: “When the notion that “racial harmony will be destroyed” is invoked in this manner in Singapore, it is an effective silencing.”
East Asia
In Taiwan, many are upset about the appearance of Internet slang in questions on the all-important college exam. Pinyin News explains what some mean, including ::>_<:: which represents someone crying, and reflects on how young people today might find that more relevant than classical Chinese.
Eastern & Central Europe
Who Knew Armenians Could Rap?, a new blog on Armenian hip-hop, reports on the Armenian genocide in rap.
Eastern & Central Europe
ArmYouth Blog discusses the meeting between the Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers and the proposed Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
Eastern & Central Europe
Carpetblogger (who is sadly relocating from Baku to Kiev) reports on Azerbaijan's day of mourning on January 20 to commemorate those who died when the Soviet used force to crush the independence movement 16 years ago.
East Asia
Pinyin News discusses the sorry state of translation in Korea, as compared to Japan. Many translations are not direct from English but from Japanese translations, and (apparently) Korea does not have a proper English-Korean dictionary. According to Taiwan-based Mind of Mike, though, there's little worry: “English Sucks!”
Eastern & Central Europe
neweurasia reports that Uzbek authorities have labelled the internet a dangerous tool to dehumanize people.
South Asia
Media crosses borders - but this time it's making money in a language which they already have programmes for. Rezwan on Indian Media eyeing the Bangla market.
Eastern & Central Europe
Tim Newman says that Russia's new deal for Uzbek gas is yet another piece of evidence that charges that US policy towards Uzbekistan was driven by a desire for gas and oil are utterly false.
South Asia
Shirazi writes on a town “In northern Pakistan, Chilas - a small town - was once an important crossroads on the ancient trading route taken by travellers like Marco Polo. A jeep track leads from Chilas over the Babusar Pass to the Kaghan Valley.”
Sub-Saharan Africa
Friends of Ethiopia comments on a documentary film “Black Gold” which focuses on the plight of Ethiopian coffee growers and the huge difference between what is paid to the farmers and the profits of the distributors……”The film’s effectiveness is bolstered by juxtaposed scenes of fat and happy Americans and Europeans slurping up frozen chai lattes and clucking about how big Starbuck’s is getting with scenes of children going into “therapeutic feeding centers” in the region where Starbuck’s gets its coffee because they can’t afford to by corn”.
South Asia
Kamla on a post about the colour brown as a determinant of ethnicity. Mexican-Punjabis and other stories that made California in the early part of the 20th century.
Eastern & Central Europe
the beatroot, in commenting on a travel guide for the fictional country of Molvania, takes issue with the failure of political correctness to extend to central and east Europeans.
South Asia
Pakistan seems adamant on supressing Muktar Mai's voice over and over again says Sepia Mutiny. This woman who has inspired so many others to speak out against violation of rights and against governments isn't having an easy time.
Americas
“I fear receiving a phone call or an email giving me dreaded news,” says Mbayisyen, contemplating the changes wrought upon daily life in Haiti by the recent increase in kidnappings.
Middle East & North Africa
Teste democracy (Democracy Test in English!) says other political parties can learn a lot from new National Confidence Party. Blogger adds ” this new party has a site, a news paper and on its site we know how can we become party members“(Persian). This party has been launched by cleric Karrubi.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopian Paradox writes it is impossible to improve the livelihood of people when they are deprived of freedom and continue to live in fear.….”It is impossible to achieve prosperity and development under a repressive rule. A repressive rule inhibits people of their energies. And in a country where people are inhibited of their potentials, the land cannot be developed. It is people who need to grow, develop and improve.”
Sub-Saharan Africa
Black Star Journal questions whether the African Union deserves to exist. The AU was created to uphold human rights and promote “peace security and stability on the continent” … The President of the AU should therefore come from a country that respects these values
Sub-Saharan Africa
In contrast Afro Homo takes a completely different approach. In reponse to the Archibishop Akinola, head of the Nigerian Anglican Church,who believes homosexuality is “Unnatural and Unafrican” he writes……”How would he know? Christianity only became a mainstream religion a few decades ago. Does he find universities, electricity, monogamy and his fancy Archbishop costume “Unafrican” too? What about its sister religion, Islam? African or Unafrican? I'll the history books judge. Be assured that he'll hate the verdict too”
Sub-Saharan Africa
The main conversation in the Nigerian blogosphere this week has been the banning by the Nigerian government of same sex marriages. It will also be illegal for anyone to campaign for gay rights in the country. Trae of Trae Days unleashes a homophobic and misogynist diatribe….Anyways me thinks lesbos probably need a dick whipping”
Middle East & North Africa
Nibras Kazimi of Talisman Gate has heard rumours that a secret deal has been struck between Ayad Allawi and Nadim Al-Jabiri of the Fadhila Party under American auspices. This could move 20 seats from the UIA to Allawi's coalition. The idea being that Allawi can then assemble enough supporters to make him president. More on the backroom dealings here.
Middle East & North Africa
Raed Jarrar jotted a sample email and asked his reader to send it to White House, which should be quick to apologize for its mistakes, such as bombing of civilians in Pakistan, he said. “This war administration should start admitting its mistakes. Whether you were a US citizen or not, you can either urge your government's representatives to contact the White House, and/or email your message directly to them yourself.”
Middle East & North Africa
Iqbal Al Tamimi, a TV journalist and one of Sharjah slasher’s victims, has asserted that she was quoted without her knowledge or consent by the local daily Gulf News. Secret Dubai don't agree and tells her that the best thing for her would be a course in basic journalism and media law.
Middle East & North Africa
In my humble opinion.. the far more worrying aspect about the current Al-Sabah family feud is not who will finally be named Emir of Kuwait, but that the reforms that the late Sheikh Jaber implemented might fall by the wayside or even get rolled back sooner than we fear, Zaydoun said.
Middle East & North Africa
Hasan Agha, says by inviting Moqtada Sadr to Iran, Iranian rulers clearly show their role in making troubles in Iraq to whole world(Persian). According to blogger, it seems Iranian rulers are playing last cards!
Americas
Solidaridad Fronteriza reports (ES) that members of religious organizations in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, have carried out religious rites at the mass grave containing the bodies od 24 Haitians who died of suffocation on January 11 in a vehicle in which they were trying to cross the border into the Dominican Republic. According to Baturrico (ES), another Haitian was killed during protests over the manner in which the bodies were being repatriated.
Americas
VSO intern Michiyo notes a few Guyanese idioms she finds strange. As usual, she offers a Japanese translation of the post as well.
Americas
Caribbean Free Radio posts its 40th podcast, an interview with Trinidadian rapso ground 3canal in which the band's members are highly critical of some of the new trends in the national Carnival.
Americas
“I have reached the point where am tired of standing at the graves of young men who have died in traffic accidents,” says Abeni, who is pleased to see that the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government plans to introduce a law making the wearing of motorcycle helmets mandatory.
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