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Managing the River of Media

We are all overwhelmed by too much information. Either we feel burdened by thousands of unread emails, articles, and blog posts, or we generally feel out of the information loop, as if others have secret access to content that we're not privy to. If we don't develop...

[Friends in Movies] Bhutan, TV, and the Internet

People have suddenly realized that there are so many things that they desire that they were not even aware of before. And the truth is that most of these television channels are commercially driven, and so the Bhutanese people are driven to consumerism. That's...

Mexico’s SB-1070

The following is my translation of Alberto Escorcia's post, "Ley General de Población, una SB-1070 a la mexicana", which was originally published on Pateando Piedras under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share alike license. Photographs are by Don Bartletti of the Los...

Coca, Cocaine, and Narcotrafficking in the Andes, 2010

The Peruvian Center for the Investigation of Drugs and Human Rights has launched a new map-based info-graphic titled “Coca, Cocaine, and Narcotrafficking in the Andes, 2010” to provide readers with information about drug cultivation and its impact at the local level in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru.

[Case Study] Artículo 19

Artículo 19 is the Mexico City-based chapter of Article 19, a global organization based in London that promotes freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide. The Mexico City chapter carries out the organization's mission in Mexico and Central America...

The State of Venezuela’s Social Web

Hanging out with Venezuela's veteran bloggers in 2006 It had been nearly four years since I was last in Caracas, hanging out with some of Venezuela's earliest bloggers including Luis Carlos Diaz and Iria Puyosa. I am pleased, though not at all surprised, to see that...