Global Voices

Artículos

• Bangladesh struggles to balance reform efforts and calls for elections after the revolution

  
  29 de junio, puesto en línea por Civic Media Observatory
  The narratives describe a tense and uncertain political transition, with the interim government aiming for reforms before elections in April 2026, while key political parties push for earlier polls by December 2025.

• Hausa replaces French as the official language of Niger, in a bold assertion of sovereignty

  
  28 de junio, puesto en línea por Jean-Christophe Brunet
  As of March 2025, Hausa, which is spoken by almost 50 percent of the population, has been named the official language of Niger, replacing French, which was imposed during the colonial period.

• In the '80s, some Yugoslav rockers made songs about homosexual love

  
  28 de junio, puesto en línea por Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe
  As Yugoslavia’s mainstream society grew increasingly patriarchal during the 1980s, some of the country's rock bands would routinely perform songs that spoke about same-sex love.

• Neighbors come together to defend urban trees in Caracas, Venezuela

  
  27 de junio, puesto en línea por Rebecca Wilson
  The indiscriminate cutting of three rubber trees in the capital of Venezuela reveal the challenges facing a city that must embrace its urban trees

• In Taiwan, Atayal language digital activist Pasang Teru: ’Small, consistent efforts will lead to change‘

  
  27 de junio, puesto en línea por Yanne C.
  “It's important to make young people feel that Indigenous languages is a cool thing, rather than just another task to study. Only by making language a part of life can it truly last.”