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Pri Candidate Enrique Peña Nieto Proposes To Expand Efforts To Open State-Run Oil Company Pemex To Private Investment, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Pri Candidate Enrique Peña Nieto Proposes To Expand Efforts To Open State-Run Oil Company Pemex To Private Investment, Carlos Navarro

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

Taking a position similar to that of recent presidents from the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) and his own Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto suggested that private investment is necessary to keep the staterun oil company PEMEX viable.


As Country Drifts From Peaceful Image, Costa Ricans Turn To Buying Guns, But Ownership Tests Are Flawed, George Rodrã­Guez Nov 2011

As Country Drifts From Peaceful Image, Costa Ricans Turn To Buying Guns, But Ownership Tests Are Flawed, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Argentine President Cristina Fernã¡Ndez De Kirchner Wins Re-Election, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2011

Argentine President Cristina Fernã¡Ndez De Kirchner Wins Re-Election, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


New Human Rights Denunciations Against Colombia's Former President ÁLvaro Uribe, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2011

New Human Rights Denunciations Against Colombia's Former President ÁLvaro Uribe, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


High-Profile Femicide Makes Headlines, Louisa Reynolds Nov 2011

High-Profile Femicide Makes Headlines, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Region Continues Push To Give Voting Rights To Citizens Living Abroad, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2011

Region Continues Push To Give Voting Rights To Citizens Living Abroad, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Journalists Face Attacks And Even Death In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Oct 2011

Journalists Face Attacks And Even Death In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrés Gaudín Oct 2011

Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrés Gaudín

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

Native peoples from the Bolivian Amazonia—the lowlands—who do not feel represented by President Evo Morales are staging a prolonged protest against the construction of a highway through a natural park that is also their ancestral habitat. On Aug. 15, they began a more than 600 km march to La Paz, the capital, planning to arrive in the second half of October. They will meet directly with Morales, who is also indigenous and the first head of state to receive an indigenous delegation at the Palacio Quemado, the seat of government.


Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli's Alianza Por El Cambio Falls Apart, Louisa Reynolds Oct 2011

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli's Alianza Por El Cambio Falls Apart, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


New Revelations Raise Questions About Role Of President Barack Obama’S Administration In Operation Fast And Furiousâ, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

New Revelations Raise Questions About Role Of President Barack Obama’S Administration In Operation Fast And Furiousâ, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2011

Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Ecuador Examines Freedom Of Speech, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Oct 2011

Ecuador Examines Freedom Of Speech, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Governing Partido Acciã³N Nacional Suffers Political Fallout From Recent Casino Arson In Monterrey, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Governing Partido Acciã³N Nacional Suffers Political Fallout From Recent Casino Arson In Monterrey, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Measuring Development Through Women’S Empowerment: A Case Of Comparison, Brazil & Bolivia, Stephanie Roberts, Kishore G. Kulkarni Oct 2011

Measuring Development Through Women’S Empowerment: A Case Of Comparison, Brazil & Bolivia, Stephanie Roberts, Kishore G. Kulkarni

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

In the past several decades there has been a growing awareness of the importance of women’s empowerment in overall development. It is not sufficient to consider only economic growth, but rather we must also look to human development (and specifically that of women) when observing progress in any country. This can be difficult to define and measure, as one must be sensitive to cultural and historical differences as well as overall standards of living for a society. However, even considering these differences, it is essential that women be equal partners in the development process for their nations to truly be …


Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo's Vision Crippled By Friends And Enemies, Andrã©S Gaudin Oct 2011

Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo's Vision Crippled By Friends And Enemies, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Costa Ricans Feel Cornered By Crime And Try To Defend Themselves, George Rodrã­Guez Oct 2011

Costa Ricans Feel Cornered By Crime And Try To Defend Themselves, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Boletín V.17:No.1 (2011), Fordham University Latin American And Latino Studies Institute Oct 2011

Boletín V.17:No.1 (2011), Fordham University Latin American And Latino Studies Institute

Boletín (Fordham University. Latin American and Latino Studies Institute)

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Uruguayan Right Moves To Lower Criminal-Responsibility Age., Andrã©S Gaudã­N Sep 2011

Uruguayan Right Moves To Lower Criminal-Responsibility Age., Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Hiv Prevalence In Cuba Remains Low, But Prejudice And Stigmas Remain, Daniel Vã¡Zquez Sep 2011

Hiv Prevalence In Cuba Remains Low, But Prejudice And Stigmas Remain, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


After A Lull, Chile’S Education Reform Movement Marches On, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Sep 2011

After A Lull, Chile’S Education Reform Movement Marches On, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Battles Corruption Allegations In Her Administration, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Sep 2011

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Battles Corruption Allegations In Her Administration, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Costa Rica Decrees Moratorium On Oil Exploitation For Remainder Of President Chinchilla's Term, George Rodriguez Sep 2011

Costa Rica Decrees Moratorium On Oil Exploitation For Remainder Of President Chinchilla's Term, George Rodriguez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Continued Turbulence In Bolivia's Relations With U.S., Andrã©S Gaudã­N Sep 2011

Continued Turbulence In Bolivia's Relations With U.S., Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


President Cristina Fernã¡Ndez Poised To Win Re-Election, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Sep 2011

President Cristina Fernã¡Ndez Poised To Win Re-Election, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Otto Pã©Rez Molina Leads The Polls Ahead Of Guatemala's Presidential Election, Louisa Reynolds Sep 2011

Otto Pã©Rez Molina Leads The Polls Ahead Of Guatemala's Presidential Election, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Cell Phone Company Owned By Billionaire Carlos Slim Apparently Beats Huge Fine Levied By Anti-Monopoly Commission, Carlos Navarro Aug 2011

Cell Phone Company Owned By Billionaire Carlos Slim Apparently Beats Huge Fine Levied By Anti-Monopoly Commission, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


South America's Relative Economic Stability Attracts Immigrants, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Aug 2011

South America's Relative Economic Stability Attracts Immigrants, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


From Cop’S Statements In Canada To Bishops’ Remarks In Costa Rica, Slutwalking Takes To San Jos㩠Streets, George Rodriguez Aug 2011

From Cop’S Statements In Canada To Bishops’ Remarks In Costa Rica, Slutwalking Takes To San Jos㩠Streets, George Rodriguez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


El Salvador’S Supreme Court Revisits 1989 Jesuit-Massacre Case, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2011

El Salvador’S Supreme Court Revisits 1989 Jesuit-Massacre Case, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Guatemalan Women Fight For Right To Political Participation., Louisa Reynolds Aug 2011

Guatemalan Women Fight For Right To Political Participation., Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.