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Bolivia Pushes Claim To Recover Pacific Coast, Andrã©S Gaudã­N May 2014

Bolivia Pushes Claim To Recover Pacific Coast, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Labor Unions Join Forces To Oppose Paraguay’S Controversial €˜Privatization’ Law, Andrã©S Gaudã­N May 2014

Labor Unions Join Forces To Oppose Paraguay’S Controversial €˜Privatization’ Law, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Possible Role Reversals As Caribbean Economies Face Slow Growth, Gregory Scruggs May 2014

Possible Role Reversals As Caribbean Economies Face Slow Growth, Gregory Scruggs

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No abstract provided.


O.A.S. Anti-Corruption Mechanism Visits Haiti, Where Corruption Is Deeply Rooted, George Rodrã­Guez May 2014

O.A.S. Anti-Corruption Mechanism Visits Haiti, Where Corruption Is Deeply Rooted, George Rodrã­Guez

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No abstract provided.


A Modernism Against Maestros: Horacio Quiroga And The Transnational Automaton, Jacqueline Fetzer May 2014

A Modernism Against Maestros: Horacio Quiroga And The Transnational Automaton, Jacqueline Fetzer

All Theses

In this paper I will explore the possibility that Horacio Quiroga's regional treatment of modernist themes is more than a creole adaptation or mimicry of the European maestros, instead placing Quiroga in dialogue with an international framework of contemporary texts that explore conflicting attitudes towards modernity through dark portrayals of science and technology. I focus on Quiroga's 1910 novella El hombre artificial (The Artificial Man), a text with an amalgamation of themes and plot devices that have caused the work itself to be dismissed for being of 'poor quality.' Yet these themes and formal features integrally connect Quiroga's novella to …


Tourism And Globalization In Latin America And The Caribbean: The Ethics And Concerns Of Mass Tourism And Ecotourism, Dana Kamens May 2014

Tourism And Globalization In Latin America And The Caribbean: The Ethics And Concerns Of Mass Tourism And Ecotourism, Dana Kamens

Anthropology

The ethics of ecotourism and mass tourism have different implications on the local populations and environment in developing regions, such as in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper explores the ethics related to these two types of tourism, what the advantages and disadvantages of combining them would be, how they affect the local populations and environment, and the necessary actions to successfully change and create a sustainable tourism industry. Information and examples from various authors and their scholarly research were used to formulate a discussion about the ethics of ecotourism and mass tourism. Overall, the importance of creating a …


Developing Space: Political And Socio-Economic Rationales Of Emerging Space Programs, Sandra Cabrera-Alvarado, Sara Langston, Tanay Sharma May 2014

Developing Space: Political And Socio-Economic Rationales Of Emerging Space Programs, Sandra Cabrera-Alvarado, Sara Langston, Tanay Sharma

Publications

A presentation on developing space programs in Latin America and the need to work together cooperatively to maximize budgets to support scientific and technological research.


Former Michoacã¡N Interim Governor Arrested On Charges Of Colluding With Drug Cartel, Carlos Navarro Apr 2014

Former Michoacã¡N Interim Governor Arrested On Charges Of Colluding With Drug Cartel, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Critics Suggest President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Telecommunications Proposal Attempts To Legislate Censorship, Carlos Navarro Apr 2014

Critics Suggest President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Telecommunications Proposal Attempts To Legislate Censorship, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Media Concentration Threatens Press Freedom In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Apr 2014

Media Concentration Threatens Press Freedom In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Uruguayan President Josã© Mujica Agrees To Host Guantã¡Namo Bay Detainees, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Apr 2014

Uruguayan President Josã© Mujica Agrees To Host Guantã¡Namo Bay Detainees, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Guatemalan Former President Alfonso Portillo Admits He Accepted Bribes From Taiwan, Louisa Reynolds Apr 2014

Guatemalan Former President Alfonso Portillo Admits He Accepted Bribes From Taiwan, Louisa Reynolds

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No abstract provided.


El Salvador’S Gang Truce Hanging By Thread, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Apr 2014

El Salvador’S Gang Truce Hanging By Thread, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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No abstract provided.


Spike In Lime Prices In Mexico Linked To Disease, Unrest In Key Growing Areas, Carlos Navarro Apr 2014

Spike In Lime Prices In Mexico Linked To Disease, Unrest In Key Growing Areas, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Argentina, Mexico Discuss Increased Cooperation In Motor Vehicle, Auto Parts Sectors, Carlos Navarro Apr 2014

Argentina, Mexico Discuss Increased Cooperation In Motor Vehicle, Auto Parts Sectors, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Argentine Officers, Bankers, Business Owners Face Human Rights Abuse Trials, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Apr 2014

Argentine Officers, Bankers, Business Owners Face Human Rights Abuse Trials, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Prosecutors Stumble In Ecuador’S First Truth Commission Trials, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Apr 2014

Prosecutors Stumble In Ecuador’S First Truth Commission Trials, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Money And Democracy: The Dangers Of Unregulated Campaign Finance, Louisa Reynolds Apr 2014

Money And Democracy: The Dangers Of Unregulated Campaign Finance, Louisa Reynolds

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No abstract provided.


How To Become Costa Rica's President In Three Awesome Steps, George Rodrã­Guez Apr 2014

How To Become Costa Rica's President In Three Awesome Steps, George Rodrã­Guez

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No abstract provided.


Indigenous Rights Key Factor Behind Court’S Decision To Prohibit Additional Genetically Altered Soy In Campeche State, Carlos Navarro Apr 2014

Indigenous Rights Key Factor Behind Court’S Decision To Prohibit Additional Genetically Altered Soy In Campeche State, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Judge Declares Full Bankruptcy For Mexicana, Orders Airline To Sell Assets, Carlos Navarro Apr 2014

Judge Declares Full Bankruptcy For Mexicana, Orders Airline To Sell Assets, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Climate Change, Mining Threaten Chile's Unprotected Glaciers, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Apr 2014

Climate Change, Mining Threaten Chile's Unprotected Glaciers, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Eager To Cash In, South America’S Soy-Producing Nations Ignore Monoculture’S Many Risks, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Apr 2014

Eager To Cash In, South America’S Soy-Producing Nations Ignore Monoculture’S Many Risks, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Work Resumes On Panama Canal Enlargement But Key Issues Remain Unresolved, Louisa Reynolds Apr 2014

Work Resumes On Panama Canal Enlargement But Key Issues Remain Unresolved, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Iachr On-Site Visit Fails To Make Progress On Plight Of Haitian Migrants, Crosby Girã³N Apr 2014

Iachr On-Site Visit Fails To Make Progress On Plight Of Haitian Migrants, Crosby Girã³N

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No abstract provided.


New Electoral Watchdog Agency Starts Work Under Cloud Of Suspicion, Carlos Navarro Apr 2014

New Electoral Watchdog Agency Starts Work Under Cloud Of Suspicion, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


U.S. Producers Seek Countervailing Duty On Imports Of Mexican Sugar, Carlos Navarro Apr 2014

U.S. Producers Seek Countervailing Duty On Imports Of Mexican Sugar, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Illegal Cigarette Trade Linked To Paraguay’S President, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Apr 2014

Illegal Cigarette Trade Linked To Paraguay’S President, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Protests, Misinformation Fail To Force Regime Change In Venezuela, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Apr 2014

Protests, Misinformation Fail To Force Regime Change In Venezuela, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


President Daniel Ortega Sets Sights On Nicaragua’S Forestry Resources, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Apr 2014

President Daniel Ortega Sets Sights On Nicaragua’S Forestry Resources, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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No abstract provided.