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Monthly Archives: July 2012
How the Media Portrays Africa, China, and India Differently
The media always shows India and China as making great progress. China and India are on the path to the good life. Thus the elite families portrayed in this album.
Africa, on the other hand, is perpetually portrayed as an impoverished wasteland. Dictators, starvation, war – it’s hell. Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Media
Tagged Africa, China, food, Hungry Planet, India, Media, media portrayal, Peter Menzel, poor, rich, Time Magazine
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How Enrique Peña Nieto Won Mexico’s Presidential Election
Mexico has recently elected as president Governor Enrique Peña Nieto. The handsome new president won 38.2% of the vote, 6.6% over Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Peña Nieto’s vote was also 12.8% over Josefina Vázquez Mota, from the right-wing National Action Party (PAN). Continue reading
The Gender Imbalance in People Fleeing North Korea
In the past decade an interesting phenomenon has occurred in South Korea: a small but steady flow of refugees from the northern end of the peninsula. Continue reading
