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The Pitfalls Of Unity Efforts In Ecuador, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Mar 2016

The Pitfalls Of Unity Efforts In Ecuador, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Car-Hire Company Uber Under Fire In Uruguay, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Mar 2016

Car-Hire Company Uber Under Fire In Uruguay, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


If Central America Wants To Counter Racial Discrimination, It Must Change Its Mindset, George Rodrã­Guez Mar 2016

If Central America Wants To Counter Racial Discrimination, It Must Change Its Mindset, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Fatal Riot At Nuevo Leã³N Penitentiary Exposes Major Deficiencies In Mexico’S Prison System, Carlos Navarro Mar 2016

Fatal Riot At Nuevo Leã³N Penitentiary Exposes Major Deficiencies In Mexico’S Prison System, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


China's Strategic Partnerships In Latin America: Case Studies Of China's Oil Diplomacy In Argentina, Brazil, Mexico And Venezuela, 1991 To 2015, Yanran Xu Feb 2016

China's Strategic Partnerships In Latin America: Case Studies Of China's Oil Diplomacy In Argentina, Brazil, Mexico And Venezuela, 1991 To 2015, Yanran Xu

Open Access Dissertations

China has developed a diplomatic mechanism to expand its international influence through the establishment of strategic partnerships (SPs). These SPs have sparked a debate among analysts. On the one hand, some optimistic studies applaud the win-win objective of China’s foreign policy and portray China as a successful model for developing countries. On the other hand, more skeptical studies depict China as a rising imperial power that represents a competitive threat to Latin America. My dissertation focuses on China’s SPs with four Latin American countries Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela in the oil sector. It stresses how Chinese strategic partnerships with …


Zika Epidemic In Brazil Sparks Global Panic, Gregory Scruggs Feb 2016

Zika Epidemic In Brazil Sparks Global Panic, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Mission Impossible: Cracking Down On Honduran Corruption And Impunity, George Rodrã­Guez Feb 2016

Mission Impossible: Cracking Down On Honduran Corruption And Impunity, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Journalists Continue To Face Extreme Danger In Veracruz State, Carlos Navarro Feb 2016

Journalists Continue To Face Extreme Danger In Veracruz State, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Music And The Migrant: A Transnational Account Of Cumbia, Irene L. Mekus Feb 2016

Music And The Migrant: A Transnational Account Of Cumbia, Irene L. Mekus

Audre Lorde Prize

This paper looks into the cultural synthesization and the transnational ties of cumbia between Latin America and the United States. Three case studies look at the story of migrants and their transnational ties through cumbia and are analyzed through an ethnomusicology framework.


Chile Signs Tpp Trade Deal With Us, 10 Other Pacific-Rim Nations, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Feb 2016

Chile Signs Tpp Trade Deal With Us, 10 Other Pacific-Rim Nations, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Old Cars, Bad Roads, And Traffic Violations Cause Accidents And Economic Loss In Cuba, Daniel Vã¡Zquez Feb 2016

Old Cars, Bad Roads, And Traffic Violations Cause Accidents And Economic Loss In Cuba, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Paraguayan Congress, Media Weigh In On €˜Mercenary’ Mystery, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2016

Paraguayan Congress, Media Weigh In On €˜Mercenary’ Mystery, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Former Salvadoran President Francisco Flores Dies At 56, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Feb 2016

Former Salvadoran President Francisco Flores Dies At 56, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Conservation Groups Fight To Halt Development In Environmentally Sensitive Area Near Cancãºn, Carlos Navarro Feb 2016

Conservation Groups Fight To Halt Development In Environmentally Sensitive Area Near Cancãºn, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Presidential Contest In Peru Unpredictable, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Jan 2016

Presidential Contest In Peru Unpredictable, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Argentina’S New Government Issues Controversial Decrees, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jan 2016

Argentina’S New Government Issues Controversial Decrees, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


€˜Fifagate’ Unleashes Third Straight Corruption Scandal In Honduras, George Rodrã­Guez Jan 2016

€˜Fifagate’ Unleashes Third Straight Corruption Scandal In Honduras, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Mexico Among The Top Countries In The World Facing Identity Theft, Carlos Navarro Jan 2016

Mexico Among The Top Countries In The World Facing Identity Theft, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Sinaloa Cartel Leader Joaquã­N El Chapo Guzmã¡N Recaptured Six Months After Escape, Carlos Navarro Jan 2016

Sinaloa Cartel Leader Joaquã­N El Chapo Guzmã¡N Recaptured Six Months After Escape, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Chilean Radio-Show Caller Admits Role In Post-Coup Executions, Disappearances, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jan 2016

Chilean Radio-Show Caller Admits Role In Post-Coup Executions, Disappearances, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Panama Supreme Court Orders Arrest Of Former President Ricardo Martinelli, Louisa Reynolds Jan 2016

Panama Supreme Court Orders Arrest Of Former President Ricardo Martinelli, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Fraud Is A Major Stumbling Block In Haiti’S Presidential Election, George Rodrã­Guez Jan 2016

Fraud Is A Major Stumbling Block In Haiti’S Presidential Election, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Opposition Assumes Control Of Venezuelan Legislature, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jan 2016

Opposition Assumes Control Of Venezuelan Legislature, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Cop 21: Latin America Faces Uncertain Road Ahead Following Paris Climate Agreement, Johanna Marris Jan 2016

Cop 21: Latin America Faces Uncertain Road Ahead Following Paris Climate Agreement, Johanna Marris

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Does Democracy Translate Across Borders? Participatory Democracy And The New Left In Latin America: An Experimental Approach To Democratization, Elena M. De Costa Jan 2016

Does Democracy Translate Across Borders? Participatory Democracy And The New Left In Latin America: An Experimental Approach To Democratization, Elena M. De Costa

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


U.S. Intervention In Latin America: An Evolving Policy, Or A Quest For Supremacy?, John G. Marshall Jan 2016

U.S. Intervention In Latin America: An Evolving Policy, Or A Quest For Supremacy?, John G. Marshall

CMC Senior Theses

All nation's foreign policy attempts to create social, economic, and political conditions in the world that most favor that nations interests. This thesis outlines the major decision points in U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, analyzing the reasoning behind the decisions and their impact. Recent U.S. counter-insurgency efforts have offered a different justification for intervention, and this thesis explores the authenticity of these new justifications in light of recent terrorist events.


Consuming The Image: Hierarchies Of Beauty And Power In Us Latino, Colombian, And Dominican Cultural Productions, Angela Postigo Jan 2016

Consuming The Image: Hierarchies Of Beauty And Power In Us Latino, Colombian, And Dominican Cultural Productions, Angela Postigo

Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies

This dissertation focuses on dominant contemporary depictions of women in order to investigate the related processes of producing and policing physical attractiveness and privilege in mainstream cultural productions. I examine how certain US Latina, Colombian, and Dominican female portrayals fit definite paradigms of ideal beauty and contribute to patterns of power within magazines, films and television, music, and literary novels. I explore the ways in which the majority of dominant representations in all three countries favor specific beauty ideals linked with an Anglo or Northern European archetype, thus limiting the acceptable model and excluding a great part of the racially …


Mapuche Resilience: Environmental Justice In Chile, Hannah N. Lussier Jan 2016

Mapuche Resilience: Environmental Justice In Chile, Hannah N. Lussier

ENV 434 Environmental Justice

This paper presents a close analysis of the Mapuche Conflict and its implications from an Environmental Justice perspective. It serves to outline the plight of the Mapuche, a South American indigenous group, in their continued struggle to gain the rights to autonomic control over their ancestral territory from the Chilean government. By utilizing a holistic approach to research, this paper serves to provide a background on the conflict as well as to incorporate claims to justice. It chronicles the depth and breadth of media attention on the issue by incorporating perspectives from scholarly articles, news sources and social media platforms. …


Folk Religion And The Pentecostalism Surge In Latin America, William Price Payne Jan 2016

Folk Religion And The Pentecostalism Surge In Latin America, William Price Payne

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Interest Groups And Exchange Rate Policy Choice In Brazil And Venezuela: Incorporating The Workers, James Suggett Jan 2016

Interest Groups And Exchange Rate Policy Choice In Brazil And Venezuela: Incorporating The Workers, James Suggett

Dissertations and Theses

Why did Brazil and Venezuela choose different exchange rate policies in 2003? Brazilian President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva chose to maintain the managed float established by his predecessor; Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez chose to switch to a fixed exchange rate. Economic explanations typically consider structural factors drawn from Optimum Currency Area (OCA) theory as well as macroeconomic indicators such as level of reserves and inflation. Political explanations examine regime type, parliamentary structure, and interest groups. This study further explores the role of interest groups in determining exchange rate policy choice. Existing research on interest groups focuses primarily on major …