Global Voices: Daily Digest—October 3, 2011

Brazil: Historic Speech at UN for Brazil's First Female President
Dilma Vana Rousseff, the first female president elected in Brazil, also became the first woman to open an annual meeting of the General Assembly of United Nations (UN), on September 21, 2011. Historically Brazil has been the country that opens the sessions since the first, which took place in 1947. read>>

Ukraine: President Yanukovych in The Simpsons?
The newest episode of The Simpsons' became viral and was shared by numerous Facebook, Twitter and LiveJournal users in Ukraine, as it humorously portrayed the country and a Kiev mafioso named Victor, who, as many netizens pointed out, resembled the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. read>>

Zambia: Appointment of White Vice President Causes Online Buzz
The shocking, but not entirely unexpected, appointment of Zambia's new Vice President Guy Scott has created buzz online Scott is an indigenous white Zambian. Gershom Ndhlovu reports. read>>

Chile: With Therapeutic Abortion Up for Vote, Chile is Pro-Tweet
As Chile's Senate decides whether to join the all but five countries around the world that allow therapeutic abortion, Chileans are signing on to social networks en masse to talk straight to politicians about the previously swept-under-the-rug topic. read>>

Colombia: Mining Debate Continues as New Minister is Appointed
Among the many riches of Colombia are gold, silver, emeralds, coal and nickel deposits; however, safety concerns have led many to question the management of the country's mining industry. read>>

Philippines: Fake Government Photo Spawns Meme
Online furor over a Philippine government agency's posting of a fabricated photo of its officials inspecting a typhoon-struck avenue on its official Facebook page has spawned a meme wherein netizens make their own versions of the officials superimposed on different locations. read>>

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