Global Voices: Daily Digest—October 3, 2011
Global Voices: Daily Digest—October 3, 2011
Brazil: Historic Speech at UN
for Brazil's First Female President
Dilma Vana
Rousseff, the first female president elected in Brazil, also
became the first woman to open an annual meeting of the
General Assembly of United Nations (UN), on September 21,
2011. Historically Brazil has been the country that opens
the sessions since the first, which took place in 1947. read>>
Ukraine: President
Yanukovych in The Simpsons?
The newest episode of The
Simpsons' became viral and was shared by numerous Facebook,
Twitter and LiveJournal users in Ukraine, as it humorously
portrayed the country and a Kiev mafioso named Victor, who,
as many netizens pointed out, resembled the Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovych. read>>
Zambia: Appointment of
White Vice President Causes Online Buzz
The shocking,
but not entirely unexpected, appointment of Zambia's new
Vice President Guy Scott has created buzz online Scott is an
indigenous white Zambian. Gershom Ndhlovu reports. read>>
Chile: With Therapeutic
Abortion Up for Vote, Chile is Pro-Tweet
As Chile's
Senate decides whether to join the all but five countries
around the world that allow therapeutic abortion, Chileans
are signing on to social networks en masse to talk straight
to politicians about the previously swept-under-the-rug
topic. read>>
Colombia: Mining Debate
Continues as New Minister is Appointed
Among the many
riches of Colombia are gold, silver, emeralds, coal and
nickel deposits; however, safety concerns have led many to
question the management of the country's mining industry.
read>>
Philippines: Fake
Government Photo Spawns Meme
Online furor over a
Philippine government agency's posting of a fabricated photo
of its officials inspecting a typhoon-struck avenue on its
official Facebook page has spawned a meme wherein netizens
make their own versions of the officials superimposed on
different locations. read>>