If one wanted to eat some typical food in Guatemala, where would you go? Guate 360 [es] would recommend the stand of Doña Mela, located in the Central Market, who has been serving delicious meals for the past 50 years.
The city of Cochabamba launched a campaign to collect waste, such as used batteries which were supposed to be disposed of properly, but Gustavo Cardoso of Observancia [es] notes with pictures that they ended up in the regular landfill defeating the purpose.
Xady of Expresate [es] provides the latest update on the campaign in the Medellín, Colombia neighborhood of La Loma, where local bloggers from the Convergentes project are pitching in to build a house for one of their community members, Suso.
After the municipal elections on November 9 in Nicaragua, there were conflicting claims of victory by the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) led by President Daniel Ortega and the Liberal Constitutionalist Party. The opposition accused the FSLN of massive election fraud and which resulted in street demonstrations and protests. The two groups clashed in the streets of the capital city of Managua making way for much uncertainty.
Chevrolet and NatGeo have launched a reality show that mixes driving, tourism, gadgets and blogging throughout South America. On The Road Again follows 6 bloggers in 6 different countries, driving around, taking tours and documenting their experiences through streaming video, blog posts and pictures, and it will later on be featured on a NatGeo channel show. Leo Prieto from Chile writes:
The following is an email interview with Alvaro Berroteran, who started the blog Nicaragua Y Su Blog [es], which has been promoting new and existing blogs in the Nicaraguan blogsophere. Berroteran lives in the city of Granada and currently works in web design, but is a painter by trade. Recently, through other web 2.0 tools, such as Twitter, Berroteran has connected with others in the Nicaraguan blogosphere to help launch a new project called Blogs Nicaragua [es].
Global Voices: When did Nicaragua Y Su Blog begin?
Today Venezuela is taking part in elections for mayors and governors. These elections will paint the political map between States and Municipalities aligned with President Hugo Chávez or not. These results depends largely on Chávez' popularity and can determine whether he tries to reform the Constitution once again allowing for reelection in 2012.
Venezuelan bloggers and twitter users are covering the election with the tag #23N (November 23). One can see the various tweets that are already using this tag.
The indigenous march has arrived to Bogotá and Bogotá Subterranea [es] is welcoming them with open arms.
A string of lynchings and attempted lynchings around Bolivia has caused a bit of concern around the country. The latest and most high-profile case [es] took place in the Altiplano town of Achacachi. Reports say that 11 men and women, who were allegedly accused of robbery were captured by local residents and were set ablaze. Two of the accused died, and the other 9 were badly burnt, but were saved when soldiers and the town's mayor pleaded that the lynching should stop.
Silvio of Lapicero Digital [es] writes about the lack of news in the Peruvian media about deaths caused by mercury contamination in Choropampa. The recent death of the Mayor of Choropampa, Vicente Zarate Minchán is thought to be a result of the contamination caused by the mercury spill that took place 8 years ago.
Pablo Flores provides a summary of the recent National Gathering of Volunteers in Montevideo, Uruguay. These volunteers have been working with the Ceibal Plan, which has been distributing and working with the XO computers throughout the country.
Approximately one month ago, the exhibit “Migration of the Saints” was inaugurated at the gallery Vértice located in the Lima neighborhood of San Isidro. The works by the artist Cristina Planas are iconoclastic in nature, and portrays the saints in an unconventional format. In the blog Palabras Van y Vienen II [es], M. Isabel Guerra interviews Planas, where she talks about why she chose this subject matter:
In El Salvador, David Mejia takes a shopping trip to downtown San Salvador where he writes that some of the streets are fast becoming pedestrian walkways [es] due to the street vendors taking up space on the street.
Hazel Feigenblatt writes in her blog about the difference in attention that local tourists from Costa Rica receive, when compared to the customer service received by foreign tourists [es] , and how it seems that locals are treated like second-class citizens. Many commenters share their own bad experiences.
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