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Will Opposition To Mega Projects Worsen Chile's Energy Woes?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Sep 2012

Will Opposition To Mega Projects Worsen Chile's Energy Woes?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Chile's Supreme Court last month unanimously rejected the $5 billion Castilla power project, ruling that the 2,100-megawatt plant could ""harm the constitutional guarantee that one can live in an environment free of pollution."" Meanwhile, industry leaders, particularly in the mining sector, have warned that the country's shaky electrical grid is hampering growth and investment. Does the rejection of the Castilla plant represent a major blow to Chile's energy future? How serious are the country's energy woes? Will solar, wind and other cleaner energy sources become more prevalent and help make up some of the shortfall or are they too economically …


Dominican Republic Under Dea Scrutiny, Crosby Girã³N Sep 2012

Dominican Republic Under Dea Scrutiny, Crosby Girã³N

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Nine Bills Aimed At Legalizing Pot Await Legislative Action, With Costa Ricans Disagreeing As Smoking Increases, George Rodrã­Guez Sep 2012

Nine Bills Aimed At Legalizing Pot Await Legislative Action, With Costa Ricans Disagreeing As Smoking Increases, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Electoral Court Officially Declares Enrique Peã±A Nieto Winner In July Elections, Carlos Navarro Sep 2012

Electoral Court Officially Declares Enrique Peã±A Nieto Winner In July Elections, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Environmental Advocates, Federal Agencies Criticize State-Run Oil Company Pemex For Inadequate Response To Oil Spill Off Coast Of Oaxaca, Carlos Navarro Sep 2012

Environmental Advocates, Federal Agencies Criticize State-Run Oil Company Pemex For Inadequate Response To Oil Spill Off Coast Of Oaxaca, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Environmental Advocates, Federal Agencies Criticize State-Run Oil Company Pemex For Inadequate Response To Oil Spill Off Coast Of Oaxaca, Carlos Navarro Sep 2012

Environmental Advocates, Federal Agencies Criticize State-Run Oil Company Pemex For Inadequate Response To Oil Spill Off Coast Of Oaxaca, Carlos Navarro

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

This article talks about the August 11 PEMEX oil spill that occurred off the Oaxaca coast. It focuses primarily on PEMEX's inadequate response to containing the spill, as well as the company's alleged lackluster clean up efforts with regards to this spill and to recent past spills.


Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez Confident As Election Nears, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez Confident As Election Nears, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

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El Salvador’S Legislature Backs Down After Lengthy Standoff With High Court, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2012

El Salvador’S Legislature Backs Down After Lengthy Standoff With High Court, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Calderã³N Administration In Nasty Dispute With Media Company In Effort To Recover Broadband-Spectrum Concessions, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Calderã³N Administration In Nasty Dispute With Media Company In Effort To Recover Broadband-Spectrum Concessions, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Electoral Reforms Expected To Gain Momentum, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Electoral Reforms Expected To Gain Momentum, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Will Brazil's Belo Monte Dam Get The Green Light?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Aug 2012

Will Brazil's Belo Monte Dam Get The Green Light?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

A Brazilian federal appeals court on Aug. 14 ordered a halt to construction on the controversial Belo Monte dam until indigenous groups are properly consulted, The Guardian reported. However, on Monday, the Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling that allowed for work on the project to resume. How significant is the charge that the consultation process was not properly followed? Will local groups be able to reach an agreement with developers and the government, which argue that the project is necessary to meet the country's growing energy demand? How could the consultation processes be improved to avoid similar conflicts both …


U.S. Slowly Expanding Military Reach In Latin America, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

U.S. Slowly Expanding Military Reach In Latin America, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Studies Look At Labor Situation, Tax Havens In Latin America, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

Studies Look At Labor Situation, Tax Havens In Latin America, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Wake Up Call? U.S. Uses Waivers To Warn Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2012

Wake Up Call? U.S. Uses Waivers To Warn Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Fallout From Costa Rican Tax Scandal Ceases After Congress-Government Tug Of War, George Rodrã­Guez Aug 2012

Fallout From Costa Rican Tax Scandal Ceases After Congress-Government Tug Of War, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


President Felipe Calderã³N Acknowledges Threat Against His Life Early In His Administration, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

President Felipe Calderã³N Acknowledges Threat Against His Life Early In His Administration, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Effectiveness Of Colombia's Extradition Policy Questioned, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

Effectiveness Of Colombia's Extradition Policy Questioned, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Shocking Supreme Court Decision Causes Indignation In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Aug 2012

Shocking Supreme Court Decision Causes Indignation In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Skepticism About Reforms Increases Flow Of Undocumented Cuban Immigrants To U.S., Daniel Vã¡Zquez Aug 2012

Skepticism About Reforms Increases Flow Of Undocumented Cuban Immigrants To U.S., Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli Backs Down On Sale Of State-Owned Assets, Louisa Reynolds Aug 2012

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli Backs Down On Sale Of State-Owned Assets, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Former Quintana Roo Governor Villanueva, Sinaloa Cartel’S 'Queen Of The Pacific' Appear In U.S. Courts To Answer To Drug-Related Charges, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Former Quintana Roo Governor Villanueva, Sinaloa Cartel’S 'Queen Of The Pacific' Appear In U.S. Courts To Answer To Drug-Related Charges, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


A Community Of Women In Clorinda Matto De Turner's Indole, Cordelea Ann Haecker Aug 2012

A Community Of Women In Clorinda Matto De Turner's Indole, Cordelea Ann Haecker

Theses and Dissertations

The focus of this study is Clorinda Matto de Turner’s novel, Índole. After an introduction to the topic in Chapter I, Chapter II will explore the feminist ideas that Matto de Turner described in her essays and other short writings. It will specifically deal with the idea of a community of women, gender and androgyny, Matto de Turner’s appeal for women’s rights, the concept of “la mujer peruana”, and the duties of women workers. In Chapter III, I will analyze Índole and examine the domestic community that the novel presents. I will discuss female morality and responsibility for the morality …


Brazil Plans To Expand Defense Industry, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Aug 2012

Brazil Plans To Expand Defense Industry, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Increase In Women Elected To Congress In July Improves Mexico's Gender-Equity Ratio, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Increase In Women Elected To Congress In July Improves Mexico's Gender-Equity Ratio, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile's Araucanía Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2012

"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile's Araucanía Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

A flurry of arson attacks, land occupations, and violent police raids have refocused public attention on Chile's longsimmering "Mapuche conflict," which is once again showing signs of boiling over. Sonamed for the involvement of ethnic Mapuches, Chile's largest indigenous group, the conflict also involves nonMapuche farmers and rural business magnates, as well as heavily armed carabineros [uniformed police], which maintain a constant presence in and around certain 'hotspot' communities in the Biobío and Araucanía regions. Fueling tensions are issues of poverty, land ownership, and racism.


"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile’S Araucanã­A Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2012

"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile’S Araucanã­A Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Uruguayan President Josã© Mujica Proposes That Government Produce, Sell Pot, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Aug 2012

Uruguayan President Josã© Mujica Proposes That Government Produce, Sell Pot, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Political Trial That Toppled Paraguay’S President Is Inspiring Idea In Honduras Three Years After Coup, George Rodrã­Guez Aug 2012

Political Trial That Toppled Paraguay’S President Is Inspiring Idea In Honduras Three Years After Coup, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Ask What Your Country Can Do For You: Social Spending And Satisfaction With Democracy In Latin America, Kenneth Retzl Aug 2012

Ask What Your Country Can Do For You: Social Spending And Satisfaction With Democracy In Latin America, Kenneth Retzl

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Past research on social policy in Latin America has primarily focused on how each countries' policies were formed, the institutional framework that bred the policies, or the economic constraints that necessitated certain reforms. Little work has been done to examine the effects those policies have had on the populace. This thesis attempts to determine if there is a relationship between social spending and satisfaction with democracy. The research takes two forms. First I present case studies of Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The second is an ordered logit hierarchical linear model utilizing survey responses from the 2005 Latinobarometer survey. In total …


The Role Of Liquidity In The Market For American Depositary Receipts: Evidence From Latin America, Alma Delia Hales Aug 2012

The Role Of Liquidity In The Market For American Depositary Receipts: Evidence From Latin America, Alma Delia Hales

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Since 2003 Latin America has exhibited macroeconomic stability that starkly contrasts conditions in the 1990s. Capital flows from the United States to Latin American equity markets, particularly through American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), increased from 2003 until 2008 when they declined due to the global financial crisis. However, by 2010, capital flows to most Latin American countries exceeded their pre-crisis levels. In spite of the reported macroeconomic stability and rising capital flows, Latin American stock markets remain underdeveloped and exhibit low domestic liquidity. This dissertation analyzes the relationship between low domestic liquidity and the market for ADR issues from four Latin …