For the 20th anniversary after the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Guardian has gathered a number of online projects reflecting its history and present. Para el 20 º aniversario de la caída del Muro de Berlín, The Guardian ha reunido una serie de proyectos en línea que refleja su historia y presente. Videos  documenting [...]

Archivo Chile is a site that gathers information in all formats primarily about Chile’s social/popular movements, and secondarily about Latin America. The site also emphases human rights, and leftist politics. The site is rather cumbersome to navigate, but full of interesting material. You can find documents on Salvador Allende, Gabriela Mistral, Violeta Parra, and Miguel [...]

openDemocracy is a one stop site for news with a Human Rights and pro-Democracy slant. The site is owned by the openDemocracy Foundation for the Advancement of Global Education which promotes education and the understanding of democracy. The site is divided into 6 main categories: 50.50, openEconomy, openIndia, Our Kingdom, Russia, and Terrorism and Security. [...]

La Silla Vacía is an online forum for all things related to contemporary Colombian politics. The site offers qualified commentary on the country’s political activity, and it is updated multiple times throughout the day. The idea is to keep others informed, as well as offering an open space for debate. Under “La Movida del Día” [...]

Government Attic is a site that collects hundreds of government documents that have been released under the Freedom of Information Act. The site divides its content into “FOIA Logs” and “Documents” for easier browsing, but there is also a search box you can use. The logs will give you a lot of documentation showing the [...]

Razones de vida by Vera Grabe My rating: 5 of 5 stars I looked up this book because I was curious to read the story of one of Colombia’s guerilla groups (The M-19) from their point of view. Vera Grabe‘s story is similar to that of many other guerrilla fighters, they want to believe that [...]

Just as I was falling asleep last night listening to the BBC, I heard about a very interesting software called Haystack. Basically Haystack is software that was developed by Austin Heap, a San Francisco based “techy” to help Iranians bypass government censorship of the web, while simultaneously protecting their identity. The software will allow people [...]

Over the weekend I heard this interesting story on NPR’s “On The Media” about a new tool that will help you get a more balance view of complex stories. Dispute Finder is an added toolbar that will present you with alternative viewpoints to those expressed throughout the web. Basically after downloading the program you visit [...]

AMANDO A PABLO. ODIANDO A ESCOBAR by VALLEJO VIRGINIA My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is Virginia Vallejo’s version of her relationship with Pablo Escobar, and of Colombia’s history during the late 80′s and early 90′s. As Escobar’s lover she seems to have had a front row seat to some of the biggest events [...]

The Swedish Pirate Party captured a seat in the EU parliament today after running a campaign solely based on reforming copyright laws! The party believes that Europe no longer has a balance between respecting authorship and promoting cultural development. Some of the party’s claims include claims that all non-commercial copyright and use should be completely [...]