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Mexico Demands Answers From Egypt For Military Attack On Mexican Tourists, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Mexico City Observes 30th Anniversary Of Devastating Earthquake, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Positive Progress In Colombia’S Peace Process, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Legislature Calls For State Control Of Peru’S Largest Oil Block, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

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U.S. Government Clears Nicaragua Of "Property-Waiver" Requirement, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Honduran Ley Picapiedra Puts Prisoners To Work, Isolates Dangerous Inmates, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Independent Commission Casts Doubt On Government Account Of Student Murders In Guerrero State In 2014, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Finance Secretariat’S Budget Proposal For 2016 Takes Into Account Energy Reforms, Weak Global Oil Market, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Independent Commission Casts Doubt On Government Account Of Student Murders In Guerrero State In 2014, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Media Reports Link Paraguayan President To Contraband Cigarettes, Drug Cartels, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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One Year Before Rio Olympics, Shaky Preparations Raise Social Questions And Calls For Accountability, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

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New Murder Milestones For El Salvador As Gang Conflict Rages On, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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First Wave Of Haitian Deportees Leaves Dominican Republic, Crosby Girã³N

NotiCen

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Coahuila Becomes Third State In Mexico To Prohibit Bullfighting, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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U.S. Government Had Requested Extradition Of El Chapo Guzmã¡N Just Days Before Drug Capo Escaped, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Regional Border Conflicts Simmer, But Are Not Expected To Erupt, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Unity Problems Hamper Venezuelan Opposition Ahead Of Legislative Elections, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Guatemala’S President Otto Pã©Rez Molina Finally Gives In To Widespread Calls For Resignation, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

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Presidential Decree Could Reinstate In Vitro Fertilization In Costa Rica, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Mexico Launches New Effort To Prevent Poaching Of Turtle Eggs In Oaxaca Beaches, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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President Enrique Peã±A Nieto Shakes Up Cabinet, Carlos Navarro

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Leopoldo Lugones And Jorge Luis Borges On Science: The Garden Of Forking Opinions, John G. Zehnder

Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato

This paper attempts to show how the fantastic authors Leopoldo Lugones and Jorge Luis Borges expressed different viewpoints about science and technology through their short stories. These Argentine authors are among Latin America’s most famous authors in the genre of the fantastic. However, these two literary luminaries diverged greatly with regard to their opinion about the role of science in society. While Lugones considered scientific progress to a grave threat to the moral fabric and well-being of society, Borges believed that scientific theories underpin and intersect with a variety of different experiences and thus can serve as tools to explore …

Gas And Development: Rural Territorial Dynamics In Tarija, Bolivia, Leonith Hinojosa, Anthony Bebbington, Guido Cortez, Juan Pablo Chumacero, Denise Humphreys Bebbington, Karl Hennermann

Sustainability and Social Justice

Framed by concepts of territorial project, social coalitions, and scalar relationships, we analyze rural territorial dynamics under conditions of rapid expansion in natural gas extraction. Analyzing recent economic, political, and territorial transformations of Bolivia's gas-rich region, Tarija, we argue that pre-existing territorial projects of a diverse set of subnational and national actors have: (i) shaped the influence of the gas industry on local dynamics; (ii) changed the scale relationships between local communities, the state, and companies; and (iii) mediated the transformation of territories in ways determined by the nature and aspirations of these territorial projects.

Gas And Development: Rural Territorial Dynamics In Tarija, Bolivia, Leonith Hinojosa, Anthony J. Bebbington, Guido Cortez, Juan Pablo Chumacero, Denise Humphreys Bebbington, Karl Hennermann

Geography

Framed by concepts of territorial project, social coalitions, and scalar relationships, we analyze rural territorial dynamics under conditions of rapid expansion in natural gas extraction. Analyzing recent economic, political, and territorial transformations of Bolivia's gas-rich region, Tarija, we argue that pre-existing territorial projects of a diverse set of subnational and national actors have: (i) shaped the influence of the gas industry on local dynamics; (ii) changed the scale relationships between local communities, the state, and companies; and (iii) mediated the transformation of territories in ways determined by the nature and aspirations of these territorial projects.

Extraterritorial Investments, Environmental Crisis, And Collective Action In Latin America, Pablo Ospina Peralta, Anthony J. Bebbington, Patric Hollenstein, Ilana Nussbaum, Eduardo Ramírez

Geography

A growing number of extraterritorial private-sector actors, often in partnership with the state, are expanding the frontiers of extractive and primary export economies to new rural territories in Latin America. This paper analyzes the conditions that might drive meaningful efforts to address environmental problems in territories dominated by large, externally controlled natural resource-based activities. It studies three cases: salmon aquaculture in Chiloé (Chile), fruit growing in O'Higgins (Chile), and gas production in Tarija (Bolivia). We conclude that such efforts are unlikely to occur unless environmental problems directly threaten the short-term viability of the activities or social movements emerge to demand …

Explaining Spatial Diversity In Latin American Rural Development: Structures, Institutions, And Coalitions, Julio A. Berdegué, Javier Escobal, Anthony J. Bebbington

Geography

This article summarizes the results of a research program conducted in 11 Latin America countries, addressing two questions: (1) what factors determine territorial development dynamics that lead to economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved income distribution? (2) What can be done to stimulate this kind of territorial dynamics? We highlight five "bundles of factors" that we found in 19 case studies of territorial development. 1,. 1In fact, 20 case studies were started, but the final report of one of them was not accepted during the program's quality control process, and thus we never considered this case study in our analyses. …

Conceptualizing Spatial Diversity In Latin American Rural Development: Structures, Institutions, And Coalitions, Julio A. Berdegué, Anthony J. Bebbington, Javier Escobal

Geography

This article is the introduction to a volume containing findings from a program conducted over five years in 11 Latin America countries, to answer three questions: (1) Are there rural territories that have experienced simultaneous economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved distribution of income?; (2) What factors determine these territorial dynamics?, and, (3) What can be done to stimulate and promote this kind of territorial dynamics? The article outlines the analytical and policy issues and the methodology, summarizes the remaining 10 papers in the collection, and presents a conceptual framework that itself is one of the results of the program.

Depressive Symptoms Affect Working Memory In Healthy Older Adult Hispanics, Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal, Monica Salazar-Villanea, Edward Liebmann, Esteban Montenegro-Montenegro, David K. Johnson

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Objectives: Low and middle income nations will experience an unprecedented growth of the elderly population and subsequent increase in age-related neurological disorders. Worldwide prevalence and incidence of all-types of neurological disorders with serious mental health complications will increase with life expectancy across the globe. One in ten individuals over 75 has at least moderate cognitive impairment. Prevalence of cognitive impairment doubles every 5 years thereafter. Latin America’s population of older adult’s 65 years and older is growing rapidly, yet little is known about cognitive aging among healthy older Latinos. Clinically significant depressive symptomatology is common among community-dwelling older adults and …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern researchers study why clean water, sanitation efforts may not reach women as intended

Chile’S Dictatorship-Era Spy Chief Manuel Contreras Dead At 86, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

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