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Escape valves in the Mexican elections
In Mexico, it’s nothing new, even though it seems like it. A couple of decades ago, during the long rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, some voices of discontent called on people to vote forRNW on Facebook
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Article: CinemAsia turns an eye on young Uyghurs
In a darkened cinema, a trendily-dressed young Asian man uses chopsticks to pick popcorn out of a bucket. The eye-catching poster is publicising the 6th edition of CinemAsia Film Festival which came to a close recently in Amsterdam.
Article: The power of indigenous languages
Nearly 100 Indian languages i8n Mexico and Central America are facing extinction. In an attempt to keep them alive, teachers are coming up with new means of documenting the languages and passing them on to the younger generation.
Article: Mr Putin, it’s good to talk
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is in the Netherlands for talks with the Dutch prime minister and the official opening of Russia-Netherlands Year of Friendship.
Video: "I would've been a rebel"
A former supporter of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo, explains how he would’ve become a rebel had he remained in Ivory Coast. Moussa Sylla is a mechanic living in the Netherlands.
Article: Knowledge behind barriers
Across the continent Africans are fighting to break down pay walls to academic knowledge. Their fight for Open Access might prove fundamental in closing Africa’s knowledge gap with the developed world.
Video: 'Whenever I get death threats, I move'
Dennis Wamala is gay, but that’s illegal in Uganda, where he lives.
Video: It's OK to be gay for young Venezuelans
“I have a lot of gay friends. They do their thing, and I do mine”, says a tall young black man. “We’re all free to be ourselves”, according to another young person.
Article: Mugabe wields old weapons with Zimbabwe radio ban
Even 33 years after winning the fight for independence, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe remains a harsh critic of the white colonial government’s system.
Video: Mexican journalist refuses to be silenced
Sergio Haro is a reporter for the Zeta weekly in northern Mexico. He’s been working as a journalist for two decades in a country where 172 reporters have been murdered in the past 12 years.
Article: The Libyan media landscape: a creative chaos?
Monitoring Libya’s post-revolution media landscape has proved to be a nightmare.
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