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Brazil: Rancher Acquitted Of Murdering U.S. Nun Dorothy Stang At Retrial, Ladb Staff Jun 2008

Brazil: Rancher Acquitted Of Murdering U.S. Nun Dorothy Stang At Retrial, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Fallout From Farc Files Intensifying On The Isthmus, Ladb Staff Jun 2008

Fallout From Farc Files Intensifying On The Isthmus, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Center-Left Prd In Deep Crisis On 19th Anniversary, Ladb Staff Jun 2008

Center-Left Prd In Deep Crisis On 19th Anniversary, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Decree No. 202-08 - Regulation Of Law No. 57-07 To Promote The Development Of Renewable Sources Of Energy, Presidente De La República Dominicana May 2008

Decree No. 202-08 - Regulation Of Law No. 57-07 To Promote The Development Of Renewable Sources Of Energy, Presidente De La República Dominicana

Latin American Energy Policies

This decree outlines the basic regulatory framework to be applied throughout the national territory to encourage and regulate the development and investment in projects that exploit renewable sources of energy.


Brazil's Outspoken Environment Minister Marina Silva Tenders Resignation, Ladb Staff May 2008

Brazil's Outspoken Environment Minister Marina Silva Tenders Resignation, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Guatemala Veers Toward The Traditional In Its Quest For Energy Independence, Ladb Staff May 2008

Guatemala Veers Toward The Traditional In Its Quest For Energy Independence, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Law No. 73 - Law Of Economic Incentives For The Development Of Puerto Rico, Asamblea Legislativa, Puerto Rico May 2008

Law No. 73 - Law Of Economic Incentives For The Development Of Puerto Rico, Asamblea Legislativa, Puerto Rico

Latin American Energy Policies

This law focuses on the need for the country to modernize its manufacturing sector in order to be competitive in the global economy. As part of this effort, this law states that the country needs to take action to reduce energy costs by using renewable sources of energy.


Mexico Attains Surprisingly Strong Gdp In First Quarter Of 2008, Ladb Staff May 2008

Mexico Attains Surprisingly Strong Gdp In First Quarter Of 2008, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Chilean Congress Removes Education Minister Over Subsidy Abuse Scandal, Ladb Staff May 2008

Chilean Congress Removes Education Minister Over Subsidy Abuse Scandal, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Hydroelectric Projects In Brazil's Amazon Raise Concerns Among Neighbors, Guest Author May 2008

Hydroelectric Projects In Brazil's Amazon Raise Concerns Among Neighbors, Guest Author

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Costa Rica's Environment Bashed By Economic Boom, But The Country Can't Afford A Downturn, Ladb Staff May 2008

Costa Rica's Environment Bashed By Economic Boom, But The Country Can't Afford A Downturn, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Drug Violence Spikes In Mexico As U.S. Congress Considers Plan Merida Funding, Ladb Staff May 2008

Drug Violence Spikes In Mexico As U.S. Congress Considers Plan Merida Funding, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's Cousin Arrested For Ties To Death Squads, Ladb Staff May 2008

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's Cousin Arrested For Ties To Death Squads, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Voters In Bolivia's Santa Cruz Province Approve Autonomy, Ladb Staff May 2008

Voters In Bolivia's Santa Cruz Province Approve Autonomy, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Haiti Continues Without Government As Legislature Rejects President's Pick For Prime Minister, Ladb Staff May 2008

Haiti Continues Without Government As Legislature Rejects President's Pick For Prime Minister, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


President Leonel Fernandez Set For A Third Term In Dominican Republic Elections, Ladb Staff May 2008

President Leonel Fernandez Set For A Third Term In Dominican Republic Elections, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


President Alvaro Colom Suspends Constitutional Guarantees In Guatemala, Ladb Staff May 2008

President Alvaro Colom Suspends Constitutional Guarantees In Guatemala, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Federal Judge Fines Mexican Poet Who Insulted Flag, Ladb Staff May 2008

Federal Judge Fines Mexican Poet Who Insulted Flag, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Farm Protests Force Resignation Of Argentine Economy Minister, Ladb Staff May 2008

Farm Protests Force Resignation Of Argentine Economy Minister, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Colombia, Ecuador Clash Following Colombian Raid On Farc Camp, Ladb Staff May 2008

Colombia, Ecuador Clash Following Colombian Raid On Farc Camp, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Region Discusses Strategy To Ensure Food Sovereignty And Security, Ladb Staff May 2008

Region Discusses Strategy To Ensure Food Sovereignty And Security, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Brazil's Petrobras Examining Potential New Oil Field Discovery, Ladb Staff May 2008

Brazil's Petrobras Examining Potential New Oil Field Discovery, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Honduran Prosecutors' Hunger Strike Against Corruption And Impunity Gains Massive Support, Ladb Staff May 2008

Honduran Prosecutors' Hunger Strike Against Corruption And Impunity Gains Massive Support, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Fernando Lugo's Election Ends Six Decades Of Colorado Rule In Paraguay, Ladb Staff Apr 2008

Fernando Lugo's Election Ends Six Decades Of Colorado Rule In Paraguay, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Former Argentine President Fernando De La Rua Faces Bribery Charges, Ladb Staff Apr 2008

Former Argentine President Fernando De La Rua Faces Bribery Charges, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Fernandez Faltering In Bid For A Third Dominican Presidency, Ladb Staff Apr 2008

Fernandez Faltering In Bid For A Third Dominican Presidency, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Discontent On El Salvador's Right As Arena Picks Police Chief Avila To Succeed President Saca, Ladb Staff Apr 2008

Discontent On El Salvador's Right As Arena Picks Police Chief Avila To Succeed President Saca, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Officials In South Texas Join Class-Action Lawsuit Challenging Border Wall, Ladb Staff Apr 2008

Officials In South Texas Join Class-Action Lawsuit Challenging Border Wall, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Another Catholic Bishop Makes Controversial Statements Related To Drug-Trafficker Donations To Church, Ladb Staff Apr 2008

Another Catholic Bishop Makes Controversial Statements Related To Drug-Trafficker Donations To Church, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Unequal Votes And The Unequal Branch: Congressional Behavior And Neoliberalism In Argentina, Brazil, And Uruguay, Brendan V. Duke Apr 2008

Unequal Votes And The Unequal Branch: Congressional Behavior And Neoliberalism In Argentina, Brazil, And Uruguay, Brendan V. Duke

Political Science Honors Projects

Argentine, Brazilian, and Uruguayan presidents all supported neoliberal reforms. The reactions of their congresses, however, varied remarkably. The Argentine and Brazilian Congresses often ignored policy, approving reforms in exchange for pork and patronage. The Uruguayan Congress, on the other hand, often rejected reforms on policy grounds. This paper argues that the disproportionate rural tilt of the Argentine and Brazilian legislatures, which the Uruguayan legislature lacked, explains this discrepancy. Scholars have frequently referred to an overrepresented, underdeveloped periphery and underrepresented developed metropolis in Argentina and Brazil. I test this characterization, finding it generally true albeit with significant exceptions. I argue that …