Elizabeth

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Life enthusiast, passionate traveler, foodie devotee and marketer by vocation. I am a citizen of the world who strongly believes freedom, dignity, environmental conscience and peace should be the constant, not the exception.

I live in Chile today, but who knows where I'll be tomorrow simply because I think the world is a very interesting place to stay in one place forever.

You can follow me on Twitter @elimaguire

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15 April 2013

Venezuela: Internet blocked for “three minutes” on Election Day

Written by Marianne Diaz Hernandez · Translated by Elizabeth · Advocacy, Feature, Human Rights, News, Regulation, Venezuela

Late on Election Day in Venezuela on Sunday, April 14, Internet access through the country's primary service provider CANTV was interrupted for about twenty minutes according to users' declarations and for "no more than three minutes" according to the authorities.

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18 July 2012

Mexico: The Government Signed ACTA While Mexicans Were Asleep

Written by Elizabeth Rivera · Translated by Elizabeth · Advocacy, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Intellectual Property, Internet governance, Languages, Latin America, Law, Mexico, News, Privacy, Regulation

The Mexican government signed its adhesion to ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) on Wednesday, July 11th. 2012 in Japan while it was the middle of the night in Mexico. Netizens showed their outrage complaining that the federal government acted against the will of the people and of the Senate.

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