Global Issues
News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 37
MEDIA-HONDURAS: Ten Murders and No Justice
- Inter Press Service
The murder of Henry Suazo, a correspondent for a radio station based in the capital, brought this year's death toll for reporters in Honduras to 10, and made this Central American nation the second most dangerous country for journalists in Latin America, after Mexico.
Anonymous Afro-Cubans Heroes Remembered for Posterity
- Inter Press Service
Under the spreading shade of a wild fig tree in Old Havana, a small plaque now recalls the sacrifice made by five Afro-Cubans, 'anonymous Abakuá who died trying to save medical students' shot by firing squad, when this island was still a Spanish colony.
JAPAN: Becoming International, But Not Quite
- Inter Press Service
Forget dropping names or slipping the hostess a bill or two. It’s luck that’s important in snagging a reservation at Dhaba, an average-priced Indian restaurant that has become such a must-go place for Tokyo residents that guests are limited to a maximum stay of two hours.
THAILAND: Online Censorship Triggers Fear among Bloggers
- Inter Press Service
When he is not designing another house for this city’s sprawling urbanscape, a Thai architect in his mid-forties worries about another run-in with this kingdom’s cyber police.
Culture Vulture Kids on Argentine TV
- Inter Press Service
A public children’s television channel broadcasting high quality fiction, animation and documentary programmes designed by the Argentine Education Ministry for the two-to-12 age range can now be viewed elsewhere in Latin America via the internet.
CULTURE-CUBA: Night of One Thousand and One Texts
- Inter Press Service
The legendary Scheherazade has exchanged her enthralling tales of 'One Thousand and One Nights' for a compact disc with 1,001 academic articles, essays and books, giving Cubans access to materials that would otherwise be very difficult to obtain.
CUBA: Urban Tribes Prowl Havana Nights
- Inter Press Service
A different city emerges on the weekends in Havana. Young people, whose faces are as strange as they are common, take possession of the city and reinvent it. They are the 'urban tribes,' a global phenomenon that has made its mark on Cuba.
VENEZUELA: New Rules to Rein In the Internet
- Inter Press Service
Controversy has flared up in Venezuela over planned reforms to the law on online media, especially because restrictions that already apply to the content of radio and television broadcasts would be extended to the internet. Portals and networks that transmit messages deemed to be illegal may face heavy fines, or even be shut down.
Wikileaks 'Gossip' Merely Annoying in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
Although revelations by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks concerning Latin America have caused irritation in the region, they have not had any significant effects so far.
ARGENTINA: New Campaign Calls Dropouts Back to School
- Inter Press Service
Convincing young people who have dropped out of school to resume their studies is no easy feat. Which is why a group of social organisations in Argentina are joining with the government to launch a different kind of campaign to bring young people back into the classroom in 2011.
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