The Facebook events that prompted this entry couldn’t have come at a better time. I think it planted a seed and the sessions I attended at BlogHer acted as the water to make it grow. Sitting in on the International Activist Scholarship Winners session really makes me appreciate the freedoms ...

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Mamas on Bedrest, we must stand in support of Cuban activist and Generation Y  Blogger Yoani Sanchez because on some level, we are all Yoani Sanchez. Who  Is Yoani Sanchez? Yoani Sanchez was born in 1975 and raised in Havana Cuba. She began her studies in philology, which according to M...

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...emosOido.com and Translatin gCuba.com? MJP: In addition to Generation Y there were a number of other great bloggers on Yoani's same domain, desdecuba.com , and I wanted to translate them as well. As my Spanish improved, I added Reinaldo Escobar's blog, "Desde Aqui," and then others, and when people emailed offering to help, I ...

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ARGENTINA Don’t Cry For Me Ameritina BOLIVIA Britain and Bolivia BRAZIL Health care in Brazil An injection of reality Brazil’s pioneering state-run health system needs reform if it is to achieve its constitutional mandate of guaranteeing high-quality care for all Seja simp...

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... of sketches of daily life in Cuba -- a dreary, enervating routine of food shortages, transportation troubles and narrowed opportunity -- that she has been posting on her Web site, Generation Y ( desdecuba. com/genera tiony ), since 2007. . . . (p. C6) Recently Ms. SÃ...

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When was the last time you wondered if you would be able to feed your family? Fortunately, for the majority of Americans, that thought never occurs, or is rarely a problem. If mom can’t cook the meal, there is always the local grocery store, fast food joint, or sit-down restaurant. Not so in Cub...

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Wordpress me ha hecho libre. Es una herramienta magnífica que rompe todos los moldes - Yoani Sánchez La bloguera cubana Yoani Sánchez ha querido compartir su experiencia de usuaria de WordPress. Lo hace con un libro-guía lleno de consejos útiles para crear, mantener y aprovechar el pot...

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For anyone interested in United States (US) policy, human rights activism, or the problem of free expression in Cuba, there is a new must-see channel on Vimeo . It belongs to the Cuba Money Project . Last December, journalist, blogger , and Flagler College professor Tracey Eaton began...

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Material Defectuoso , el nuevo disco de Extremoduro, merecía unos días de escucha para digerirlo. ¡Qué bien ha envejecido esta banda! Una obra sobrada de talento, a la altura de su maravilloso "La ley innata". Mientras suena, dejo los enlaces de la semana en los blogs : Cómo ...

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Dando sequência à difícil tarefa de escrever para o aparentemente interminável Desafio das Listas , hoje somos exortados a falar de blogs que nos inspiram. Tarefa difícil. Primeiro, porque todos os blogs inspiram, de um jeito ou de outro. Até mesmo aqueles blogs ridículos cheios de fotos...

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