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Mexico To Host Follow-Up Conference On Global Climate Change In December 2010, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

Mexico To Host Follow-Up Conference On Global Climate Change In December 2010, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


President Felipe Calderon Appoints Agustin Carstens New Central Bank Head; Two Cabinet Changes Announced, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

President Felipe Calderon Appoints Agustin Carstens New Central Bank Head; Two Cabinet Changes Announced, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Troubles Continue For Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

Troubles Continue For Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


El Salvador: Foreign Mining Companies Still Trying To Pry Open Country's Gold Veins, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

El Salvador: Foreign Mining Companies Still Trying To Pry Open Country's Gold Veins, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Declines To Review Complaint That Shutdown Of Electrical Utility Violated Union Rights, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

Supreme Court Declines To Review Complaint That Shutdown Of Electrical Utility Violated Union Rights, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Mexico Falls Several Slots In Global-Corruption Index For 2009, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

Mexico Falls Several Slots In Global-Corruption Index For 2009, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Candidates Emerge To Succeed Brazilian President Lula, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

Candidates Emerge To Succeed Brazilian President Lula, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Threats To Sexual And Reproductive Rights Emerge In Peru, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

Threats To Sexual And Reproductive Rights Emerge In Peru, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Nobel Economist Riles President Felipe Calderon's Administration With Criticism Of Economic Policies, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

Nobel Economist Riles President Felipe Calderon's Administration With Criticism Of Economic Policies, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Senate Elects Two New Supreme Court Justices, Ladb Staff Dec 2009

Senate Elects Two New Supreme Court Justices, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Volume 16, Number 2 (Winter 2009), Peace And Conflict Studies Dec 2009

Volume 16, Number 2 (Winter 2009), Peace And Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

No abstract provided.


An Emerging South-South Coalition Strategy: China, Africa And Latin America, Tricia Gray Dec 2009

An Emerging South-South Coalition Strategy: China, Africa And Latin America, Tricia Gray

Peace and Conflict Studies

Concomitant with the astronomical rise of China in international politics, there has been an increased frequency and intensity of foreign relations between Global South states. This research attempts to, first, illuminate these largely overlooked foreign policy activities, and, second, to evaluate the implications of the trends. A South-South strategy is based on improving the position of developing countries in multilateral organizations, struggling against international marginalization, enhancing economic and technical cooperation, and challenging hegemonism and imperialism. This study concludes that a South-South coalition framework is a useful model for understanding Global South states’ foreign policy behavior and for addressing future conflicts.


Democracy And The Environment In Latin America, Javier Albert Escamilla Dec 2009

Democracy And The Environment In Latin America, Javier Albert Escamilla

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This study examines the ability of democratic and non-democratic states alike to protect the environment. Democracy has long been an important concept in the study of politics and environmental protection is an increasingly important issue in world politics. Advocates of democracy claim democratic states are better able to protect the environment than non-democracies. In contrast there are those that argue democracy's emphasis on individual rights leads to excessive resource consumption. This thesis employs a mixed methods approach to determine if democratic countries protect the environment more than their non-democratic counterparts. In short democracies do protect the environment better than non-democracies …


Resolution 370 - Power Lines Subsidy, Corporación De Fomento De La Producción, Chile Nov 2009

Resolution 370 - Power Lines Subsidy, Corporación De Fomento De La Producción, Chile

Latin American Energy Policies

The objective of this resolution is to regulate the subsidy that is awarded for projects of power transmission lines that utilize unconventional renewable energy sources.


Brazil, Neighbors Turn Tentatively Toward Renewable Energy, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Brazil, Neighbors Turn Tentatively Toward Renewable Energy, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Venezuelan Relations With Colombia Worsen, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Venezuelan Relations With Colombia Worsen, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Nicaragua: Ortega Power Push Divides, Isolates Country, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Nicaragua: Ortega Power Push Divides, Isolates Country, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Jalisco Communities, Environmental Groups Seek To Halt Construction Of Dam Near Guadalajara, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Jalisco Communities, Environmental Groups Seek To Halt Construction Of Dam Near Guadalajara, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Resolution 367 - Regulation Of Coverage For Loans To Finance Investment Projects In Non-Conventional Renewable Energy, Corporación De Fomento De La Producción, Chile Nov 2009

Resolution 367 - Regulation Of Coverage For Loans To Finance Investment Projects In Non-Conventional Renewable Energy, Corporación De Fomento De La Producción, Chile

Latin American Energy Policies

This resolution approves the text that establishes the regulation of coverage for loans to finance investment projects in non-conventional renewable energy.


No End In Sight For Worsening Mapuche Conflict In Chile, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

No End In Sight For Worsening Mapuche Conflict In Chile, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Argentine Congress Passes Controversial Communications Law, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Argentine Congress Passes Controversial Communications Law, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Honduras: Interview With Frente Leader Betty Matamoros Flores, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Honduras: Interview With Frente Leader Betty Matamoros Flores, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Region: Central America Needs Intelligent Approach To Solve Citizen-Safety Crisis, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Region: Central America Needs Intelligent Approach To Solve Citizen-Safety Crisis, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Community Medicine. Introduction To A Critical Analysis, J Silva Nov 2009

Community Medicine. Introduction To A Critical Analysis, J Silva

English

Objectives: To discuss the evolution of the concept of "community" and to analyze associated expressions like "community health" and "community medicine," related to proposals of integrative and preventive medicine.


Public Health: The History Of An Idea And A Concept, E Nunes Nov 2009

Public Health: The History Of An Idea And A Concept, E Nunes

English

Objectives: To describe the historical and conceptual trajectory of Public Health and to reveal its origins in preventive projects and social medicine.


The Medical Profession. A Construction Of The Professional Ideology, E Jarillo Nov 2009

The Medical Profession. A Construction Of The Professional Ideology, E Jarillo

English

Objectives: Describe the ideological components in the educational process of medical professionals and their practice.


Uruguayan Presidential Race Goes To Runoff, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Uruguayan Presidential Race Goes To Runoff, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Executive Decree No. 121 - Environmental Regulations In Mining, Presidente Constitucional De La República, Ecuador Nov 2009

Executive Decree No. 121 - Environmental Regulations In Mining, Presidente Constitucional De La República, Ecuador

Latin American Energy Policies

This decree states the environmental technical standards that must be incorporated in mining activities. Such activities include mining prospecting, exploration, processing, refining and commercialization.


Decree No. 119 - Mining, Presidente Constitucional De La República, Ecuador Nov 2009

Decree No. 119 - Mining, Presidente Constitucional De La República, Ecuador

Latin American Energy Policies

This decree establishes the necessary guidelines for implementing the Mining Law of 2009, including administrative oversight, regulation, and the management of the mining registry.


Congress Approves Revenues Budget That Includes Controversial Tax Increases, Ladb Staff Nov 2009

Congress Approves Revenues Budget That Includes Controversial Tax Increases, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.