Tag: Brazil

Oct 18 2007

Digital, Europe, Language, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Technology, USA, Web 2.0, World

World Digital Library

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A World Digital Library is coming together after an agreement signed yesterday between Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communications and Information, and James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress...

Jul 12 2007

Venezuela, World

Banco del Sur

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Several nation leaders in Latin America seem to be waking up to the fact that International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) loans aren’t truly benefiting the majority of...

May 08 2007

Europe, World

Fuel for thought

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Now when pollution and global warming seem to be an accepted concern, people around the world are trying to come up with new option for running their cars (instead of...

Apr 09 2007

World

Swimming the Amazon

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Today, Martin Strel, became the first person to swim the entire Amazon River. Strel completed his journey in 66 days, and averaged about 52 miles a day. His journey began...

Apr 08 2007

Language, Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

Framingham Library

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This week I got to visit the Framingham Public Library to see their Newcomer & Neighbors Center. The city has seen a large growth in their immigrant populations, and currently...

Apr 01 2007

Technology, World

Brazilian Rainforest is Connecting to the Web

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Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva has just announced a plan to make the country’s Amazon region internet accessible! The belief is that Indigenous communities can participate in the struggle to...

Mar 31 2007

Africa, Americas, Asia, Education, Latin America, Open Source, Technology, Tools, Uruguay, USA, World

OLPC – One Laptop per Child

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One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization trying to address the lack of resources many Third World Countries struggle with and how these affect education and hinder technological...

Mar 22 2007

Europe, World

Remittances

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A couple of days ago, the UK’s Guardian published a story about record breaking remittances going to Latin America. The high numbers involved shouldn’t really come as a surprise to...