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Second-Year Slide Continues For Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jul 2015

Second-Year Slide Continues For Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Argentina Responds To "Grotesque Provocations" Concerning Islas Malvinas, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jul 2015

Argentina Responds To "Grotesque Provocations" Concerning Islas Malvinas, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Costa Rica Launches Strategy Against Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing, George Rodrã­Guez Jul 2015

Costa Rica Launches Strategy Against Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Massive Corruption, Incompetence Contributed To Escape Of Notorious Drug Trafficker Chapo Guzmã¡N From High-Security Prison, Carlos Navarro Jul 2015

Massive Corruption, Incompetence Contributed To Escape Of Notorious Drug Trafficker Chapo Guzmã¡N From High-Security Prison, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Outgoing Governors Of Sonora, Nuevo Leã³N Accused Of Corruption, Carlos Navarro Jul 2015

Outgoing Governors Of Sonora, Nuevo Leã³N Accused Of Corruption, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Brazil-U.S. Bilateral Relations Mended By Delayed State Visit, Gregory Scruggs Jul 2015

Brazil-U.S. Bilateral Relations Mended By Delayed State Visit, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Legislative Primaries Held In Venezuela As Talks With U.S. Continue, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jul 2015

Legislative Primaries Held In Venezuela As Talks With U.S. Continue, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Dominican Republic Approves Re-Election In Constitutional Reform, Crosby Girã³N Jul 2015

Dominican Republic Approves Re-Election In Constitutional Reform, Crosby Girã³N

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Fifa Scandal Highlights Caribbean’S Political Culture Of Corruption, Gregory Scruggs Jul 2015

Fifa Scandal Highlights Caribbean’S Political Culture Of Corruption, Gregory Scruggs

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Administration Under Pressure To Clarify 2014 Tlatlaya Massacre, Carlos Navarro Jul 2015

President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Administration Under Pressure To Clarify 2014 Tlatlaya Massacre, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Legislature Reverses Colombia’S Decade-Old Term-Limit Reform, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jul 2015

Legislature Reverses Colombia’S Decade-Old Term-Limit Reform, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernã¡Ndez Responds To Calls For Resignation With Calls For Dialogue, George Rodrã­Guez Jul 2015

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernã¡Ndez Responds To Calls For Resignation With Calls For Dialogue, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Crackdown Reduces Number Of Unaccompanied Central American Minors Reaching U.S.-Mexico Border, Carlos Navarro Jul 2015

Crackdown Reduces Number Of Unaccompanied Central American Minors Reaching U.S.-Mexico Border, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Mexican Voters Elect More Women To Chamber Of Deputies During June Vote, Carlos Navarro Jul 2015

Mexican Voters Elect More Women To Chamber Of Deputies During June Vote, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Compulsory Voting In Latin America: Good Or Bad For Democracy?, Ian Hansen, Dr. Darren Hawkins Jun 2015

Compulsory Voting In Latin America: Good Or Bad For Democracy?, Ian Hansen, Dr. Darren Hawkins

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Using survey data from across Latin America, I sought to determine whether compulsory voting laws have negative effects on constituents’ views toward democracy. I expected to find that such laws influence voters to have lower appraisals of democracy in their country.

The analysis yielded results that lend significant support to my theory. Controlling for individual demographic variables and the country-level indicators of GDP per capita and GINI Index (which measures economic inequality), it appears that compulsory voting laws do, in fact, have a statistically significant effect on support for and satisfaction with democracy. Further, although the substantive effects are small, …


Teachers Strike, Student Protests Add To Chilean Government’S Woes, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jun 2015

Teachers Strike, Student Protests Add To Chilean Government’S Woes, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Citizen Bill Calls For Easing Peru’S Abortion Ban In Rape Cases, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Jun 2015

Citizen Bill Calls For Easing Peru’S Abortion Ban In Rape Cases, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Former Honduran President Manual Zelaya Says Coup Staged To Hand Country To Foreigners, George Rodrã­Guez Jun 2015

Former Honduran President Manual Zelaya Says Coup Staged To Hand Country To Foreigners, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Voter Participation In 2015 Elections Surprisingly High, Carlos Navarro Jun 2015

Voter Participation In 2015 Elections Surprisingly High, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Paper Represents De Facto Legalization Of Gay Marriage In Mexico, Carlos Navarro Jun 2015

Supreme Court Paper Represents De Facto Legalization Of Gay Marriage In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


€˜Pink Party’ Experiment Falls Flat For Uruguay’S Reeling Right, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jun 2015

€˜Pink Party’ Experiment Falls Flat For Uruguay’S Reeling Right, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Thousands Of Candidates Will Vie For Posts In Haiti's Long-Awaited Elections, George Rodrã­Guez Jun 2015

Thousands Of Candidates Will Vie For Posts In Haiti's Long-Awaited Elections, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Martyred Archbishop ÓScar Romero Beatified In El Salvador, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jun 2015

Martyred Archbishop ÓScar Romero Beatified In El Salvador, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Corruption Scandals Prompt Extreme Cabinet Makeover In Chile, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar May 2015

Corruption Scandals Prompt Extreme Cabinet Makeover In Chile, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Peruvian Mining Project Challenged, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A May 2015

Peruvian Mining Project Challenged, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Special U.S. Military Task Force Prepares To Land In Honduras, Critics Say To Secure U.S. Interests, George Rodrã­Guez May 2015

Special U.S. Military Task Force Prepares To Land In Honduras, Critics Say To Secure U.S. Interests, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


The Latin American Development Process And The New Legislative Trends, Enrique E. Bledel May 2015

The Latin American Development Process And The New Legislative Trends, Enrique E. Bledel

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Others Join Ecuador’S Workers In Labor Day Protest, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra May 2015

Others Join Ecuador’S Workers In Labor Day Protest, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Dominican Republic Commemorates 50th Anniversary Of U.S. Invasion And Demands Official Apology, Crosby Girã³N May 2015

Dominican Republic Commemorates 50th Anniversary Of U.S. Invasion And Demands Official Apology, Crosby Girã³N

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Could A Trial Finally Be In The Works For El Salvador’S Jesuits-Massacre Case?, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar May 2015

Could A Trial Finally Be In The Works For El Salvador’S Jesuits-Massacre Case?, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.