The Office of Tibet, New York, last week launched its Spanish language website www.tibetoffice.org/sp/
Apart from news, commentaries and official press releases, the website provides rich background information on all aspects of Tibet. The background information is divided into four major categories: Tibet, Dalai Lama, Exile Tibetans and Sino-Tibetan Dialogue.
Each category provides detailed information on different issues. For example, the Sino-Tibetan Dialogue Navigation gives a brief overview of history of Sino-Tibetan contacts from 1979 to 2003 with an easy access to all the major documents such as His Holiness Dalai Lama’s Five-Point Peace Plan, Strasbourg Proposal, Yale Initiative, Guidelines for Future Tibet’s Policy and Basic Features of Its Constitution, and Press Statement of the Envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama issued on September 28, 2002 after their return from China and Tibet.
The new Spanish language website also carries news reports and articles on Tibet from major Spanish language newspapers of Latin American region. In future, the website will cover Tibet-related events organized by various organizations and individuals supporting Tibet in Latin American region.
Many Latin Americans have welcomed the website. A writer from Uruguay said, “You can’t imagine how important it is for me to receive this wonderful news. This will be of tremendous value to the Latin American people, who wish to know more about Tibet and its people”.
An Assistant Editor of one of the most influential newsmagazine in Brazil wrote: “How good to know that we are having a Spanish version of your site! Lovely.”
A professor of the UN Peace University in Costa Rica wrote, “Congratulations!! This will certainly help to galvanize and coordinate the support for Tibet in the region.”
A former Ambassador of El Salvador to the United States said, “Congratulations !! it is a great effort”.
The Director of the Mexico City-based Good Heart Institute commented, “Webpage is excellent and ‘Salud’ for all your hard work in bringing the Tibetan cause to the forefront in Latin America”.
In addition to the website, the Office of Tibet is also bringing out its first edition of the Spanish version of the 32-page upgraded quarterly newsmagazine, News Tibet, this month. Both the new Internet site and newsletter are part of our efforts to make information on Tibet more accessible to the mainstream people in Latin America.
