Mozambique: The People's Wall of Maputo
At the same time that we increasingly see the advance of new technology which facilitates communication and information, such as smartphones, tablets, Twitter and Facebook, in Maputo, the capital of...
View ArticleBrazil: Ministry of Health forms Partnership with Facebook on Organ Donation
The Blog da Saúde [Health Blog] announced [pt] the Ministry of Health's partnership with Facebook to encourage organ donation by members of the largest social network in the world. “The Minister of...
View ArticleBrazil: Belo Monte Halted, but for How Long?
This article is part of our special coverage Belo Monte Dossier [pt]. When it seemed that all was already lost, the movements opposing the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant were surprised by an...
View ArticleBrazil: Bicycle Brings Books to the Homeless
If good ideas transcend boundaries, this one does it by bicycle. That is, by Bicicloteca [pt], a bicycle that carries a small library through the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The project is a creative...
View ArticlePortugal: Public Television on the Way to Being Privatised
This post is part of our special coverage Europe in Crisis. Soon after the proposal to privatise Portuguese Public Television (RTP) was announced by government privatisation advisor António Borges in...
View ArticleSão Tomé & Príncipe: Deforestation Threatens Biodiversity
São Tomé and Príncipe, like other islands in the Gulf of Guinea such as Bioko and Pagalu, is one of the countries on the West African coast that stands out when the issue at hand is biodiversity. For...
View ArticlePortugal: Digital TV Controversy
The process of implementing Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in Portugal, which has replaced the traditional television transmission signal since April 2012, has brought the population countless...
View ArticleMobile Libraries Help Haitians Overcome Major Earthquake
If today were 12 January, 2010, the world would be about to stop speechless on hearing news of the earthquake that would have destroyed Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The images would be...
View ArticleFormer Brazilian Minister's New Party Mixes Sustainability, Social Media
A former Brazilian presidential candidate and famous environmentalist is leading the charge for the creation of a new political party in the country, one that seeks to use the Internet as a tool for...
View ArticleCentury-Old Trees Face the Axe in Brazil
Residents in Porto Alegre are threatening to climb and occupy century-old trees in southern Brazil to save them from being axed for an expansion project in preparations for the 2014 World Cup. Porto...
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