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Voces Bolivianas - MacBook Sleeve Fundraiser

As the start-up funding from Rising Voices comes to an end, the project that I am part of, Voces Bolivianas must find new and creative ways to find funding to continue our projects.  The list of participants and communities that want to be a part of this web 2.0 world continues to grow.  The number […]

Voces Bolivianas on the ASUS EEE

Checking out the Voces Bolivianas website on my friend Luis Carlos’ ASUS EEE Laptop in Budapest.

Mashups

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Links for June 15, 2008

Carlos Mesa interview with the Santa Cruz newspaper El Deber.
Bloguivianos 2008 - National blogger’s conference to be held in La Paz and El Alto.
Marcelo Martins Moreno hopes to give the Bolivian National Team 3 points today vs. Chile..”I hope to be englightened in order to score goals.”

An Offer You Can’t Refuse

Apparently the 419 scams are going multi-lingual….
Hola queridos
Cómo estás junto con tu familia? Es bueno escribir hoy sin embargo, no es ni obligatorio ni de ninguna manera me obligan a ir en contra de su voluntad. Mi nombre es Sliverline Marvin.I mañana 20 años, la única hija y el hijo del jefe (Late) Mr Emmanuel […]

Question about Bolivia…

The Pulitzer Center is asking, “What role should the US play in reducing the production of illicit drugs - such as cocaine and heroin - in places like Bolivia and Afghanistan?” So far it appears that few, if any, Bolivians are responding…

Global Voices Blog Summary About May 4 Referendum

Originally posted at Global Voices
Santa Cruz, Bolivia will head to the polls today in a department-wide referendum on a controversial autonomic statute, which would grant more administrative and economic powers to the state government. Not every Cruceño (resident of the department) will participate, however, as many share the opinion of the central government that […]

Updates on Bolivian Voices Day - April 19

With a little less than a week away, things are coming together nicely.  We have 8 confirmed sites in 6 cities, and the possibility of one more.
On the Voces Bolivianas Website, we will hightlight of these 8 sites in order to give a background on who will be leading these workshops and a little bit […]

Logo for Bolivian Voices Day


Bolivian Voices Day - April 19

Please note the new date of April 19,
The need to reach more Bolivians in underrepresented groups created the need to launch the campaign “Bolivian Voices in Your Community” in order to ask for the help of local bloggers to bring a Bolivian Voices 2-month project to they communities and teach the use of web 2.0 […]

Voces Bolivianas Looking to Expand

We’ve had a great run up to now with the project Voces Bolivianas.  The interest in the project has been better than expected.  The team that has made this all possible, Hugo, Mario, Dora and now Jessica and Enrique really are the motor of this project.  For that reason, the time has come to look […]

Traditions in El Alto, Bride and Groom at the Airport

Novios en el Aeropuerto de El Alto
Video sent by barrioflores

Bulb


Working at the Airport


Voces Bolivianas in the Palm of My Hand


In SCZ.


LAB is Back

In La Paz.
Don’t count on me buying a ticket. Looks like something you would see at the Terminal de Buses. All that is missing is the person yelling out in front of the counters, “Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Ya Sale…” (Now Leaving for Cochabamba).

Manfred and his iPhone.

From Spanish blogger Rosa J.C. during her trip to Cochabamba [es]. (Bold-my emphasis).
Se trata de un personaje controvertido, con una reconocida labor como alcalde de la ciudad pero con un polémico pasado como militar.  Al margen de su vehemencia su “american way”, ¿sabeis que es lo que más me llamó la atención? ¡Tenía un iPhone!
He […]

More Photos from Bolivia Rally in Buenos Aires

Martin Santarelli has an excellent photo set on his Flickr of the rally in downtown Buenos Aires. Check out the obelisco in the distance. This certainly is not La Paz…

Photo by Martin Santarelli and used under a Creative Commons license.

Rising Voices Mini-Grants

Original link here 
Application Deadline: November 30, 2007Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices, is now accepting project proposals for the second round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for citizen media outreach projects. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to teach citizen media techniques to communities that are poorly positioned to […]