Tag: South America

Google to Invest $140 Million in Chile Data Center

READ AT LATINOUSA.ORG.

Shadow and Act: Trailer for ‘Tomb’ Sci-Fi Thriller From Trinidad & Tobago

LINK: Nicholas Attin’s Futurism Relies on Storytelling and Character Rather Than Visual Gimmicks

Fangoria Reviews Erotic Horror Comic ‘The Discipline’

Read at Fangoria.com.

Story by Peter Milligan and art by Argentine artist Leandro Fernandez. (Can’t wait. This needs to come out NOW.)

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February Latin America Tech News Round-Up

LINK: Mexico’s first Apple store, Yahoo shuts down its Buenos Aires office and more

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Science and Technology Policy in Colombia

Click here to read at Dissidentvoice.org.

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‘Our Life is Not a Game,’ Say World Indigenous Games Protesters

Click here to read at the Christian Science Monitor.

BrazilarcherA Rikbaktsa archer competes at Brazil’s Indigenous Games

Amazon Tribes Want to Remain Isolated–So They’re Getting the Internet

LINK: For the Waura, getting internet has been a years-long process

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#POCtober: Vampires Beyond the Mythology of Europe

Thanks to Bram Stoker’s Dracula and all the eventual Hollywood adaptations of that prim, Victorian body horror, much of the west sees vampires from a very narrowly European perspective. But the living dead and tales of feinds lapping up the blood of mere mortals are recurring fixtures through out the world’s folklore and popular cultures. Below are listed but a few of the world’s many and varied takes on these creatures and the lore that makes them a global trope in supernatural story telling.

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Vampires Throughout Asia

Native American Vampires of Myth and Legend

African Vampire Mythology

Bloodthirsty Vampires Of India

Bats in South American Folklore and Ancient Art

Enchanted Doorway: Vampires in Japanese Myth

Algul: The Arabic Vampire

The Camazotz of Mayan Legend

True Vampires of the Philippines and Malaysia

Beyond Twilight: 9 Lesser-Known Vampires

Vampire Legends from around the World: Australia & Asia

Latino Review On The Eli Roth Cannibal Flick ‘The Green Inferno’

<a href="http://www.latino-review.com/news/film-review-the-green-inferno"Check it out at latino-review.com.

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KFC Apologizes For ‘Racist’ Facebook Image

Check it out at The Huffington Post – Latino Voices.

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