Después de dormir unas 50 horas consecutivas, voy a tener muchas cosas que decir acerca de las conversaciones bien interesantes que se han realizado aquí en la Cumbre 2008 de Voces Globales en Budapest, Hungría. Por el momento, les dejo con un video de 10 minutos que intenta rodear todo que los proyectos de Rising [...]

After I sleep for 50 hours in a row, I’m going to have lots and lots to say about all of the fascinating conversations that have taken place here at the Global Voices Summit in Budapest. For now, however, I leave you with a ten minute video that tries to encompass much of what the [...]

Originally published on the Global Voices Summit blog.
While the first session of the 2008 Global Voices Summit focused on how internet censorship works in Belarus, Japan, Egypt, and Pakistan, and how activists have responded to those limitations, the second session was specifically focused on how censorship affects bloggers and citizen media. It was liveblogged by [...]

Today I find myself in Bogotá, a metropolis which, with its high elevation, bohemian vagabonds, and surrounding green hills, reminds me quite a bit of Mexico City. Last time I was here I barely got out of La Candelaria and embassy row. This time I’m in Barrio Chico staying at a quaint little hotel with [...]

ConVerGentes, the San Javier La Loma-based group of young journalists who form part of HiperBarrio, have started a podcast. (Subscribe with iTunes.)
Their first episode, in Spanish, features the following topics:
1.) Introduction to ConVerGentes and HiperBarrio by Diego Ospina.
2.) The names and blog URLs of all of the podcasters.
3.) Project leader Gabriel Montoya gives an [...]

Los muchachos de ConVerGentes presentan su primer podcast.
1.) Introducción a ConVerGentes por Diego Ospina.
2.) Los nombres y blogs de los participantes de ConVerGentes.
3.) Gabriel Montoya cuenta la historia de Campus Party. Algunos otros comparten sus expectativas por la conferencia.
4.) Cómo se distingue Bogotá y Medellín?
5.) Deneiber presenta Ay Amor, Cuando Hablad las Miradas por Guayacán.
6.) [...]

Revaz me está visitando acá en Medallo. Siempre es divertido poder presentar una ciudad querida, como Medellín, a un amigo querido. Aquí está en Envigado:

Este año Revaz ha estado trabajando como maestro ayudante en Oakland, California. Les dio a sus alumnos dos talleres al fin del año – el primer enfocaba en la historia de [...]

It’s funny to read through the other reviews and see how upset McSweeney’s readers get when they have to suffer through something non-literary. Issue number 26 of McSweeney’s is split up into three different books – two 4 X 6 paperback collections of short stories and one 8 X 6 hardcover fictionalized dossier based on [...]

There is just no way around it, the very first step to becoming a global citizen is learning another language. Not only does monolingualism prevent you from communicating with the vast majority of the world’s population; it also prevents you from truly understanding other cultures. Our cultures are deeply embedded in our languages and dialects [...]