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High Court Ruling, Secret Document Discovery Overshadow Argentina's Midterm Elections Results, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2013

High Court Ruling, Secret Document Discovery Overshadow Argentina's Midterm Elections Results, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Human Rights Subcommittee Disbanded After Fujimorista Appointed To Head Group, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Nov 2013

Human Rights Subcommittee Disbanded After Fujimorista Appointed To Head Group, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

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A Race To Save Nicaragua’S Largest Land Mammal, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Nov 2013

A Race To Save Nicaragua’S Largest Land Mammal, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Costa Rica’S Election Campaign Gets Off To Rocky Start, George Rodrã­Guez Nov 2013

Costa Rica’S Election Campaign Gets Off To Rocky Start, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


President Enrique Peã±A Nieto Moves To Strengthen Relations With Cuba, Venezuela, Carlos Navarro Nov 2013

President Enrique Peã±A Nieto Moves To Strengthen Relations With Cuba, Venezuela, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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President Enrique Peã±A Nieto Grants Pardon To Teacher Wrongly Accused Of Killing Seven Police Officers In 2000, Carlos Navarro Nov 2013

President Enrique Peã±A Nieto Grants Pardon To Teacher Wrongly Accused Of Killing Seven Police Officers In 2000, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Rio Teachers Strike Sharpens Brazilian Protest Scene, Gregory Scruggs Nov 2013

Rio Teachers Strike Sharpens Brazilian Protest Scene, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

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Venezuela Opens Way For Paraguay To Return To Mercosur, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2013

Venezuela Opens Way For Paraguay To Return To Mercosur, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Scores Of Endangered Sea Turtles Wash Up Dead Along Salvadoran Beaches, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Nov 2013

Scores Of Endangered Sea Turtles Wash Up Dead Along Salvadoran Beaches, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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Still Wounded By 2009 Coup, With Fraud Hovering Overhead, Honduras Heads For Elections That End Historic Bipartisanship, George Rodrã­Guez Nov 2013

Still Wounded By 2009 Coup, With Fraud Hovering Overhead, Honduras Heads For Elections That End Historic Bipartisanship, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Food Sovereignty: An Alternative Paradigm For Poverty Reduction And Biodiversity Conservation In Latin America, M Jahi Chappell, Hannah Wittman, Christopher M. Bacon, Bruce G. Ferguson, Luis García Barrios, Raúl García Barrios, Daniel Jaffee, Jefferson Lima, V. Ernesto Méndez,, Helda Morales, Lorena Soto-Pinto, John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto Nov 2013

Food Sovereignty: An Alternative Paradigm For Poverty Reduction And Biodiversity Conservation In Latin America, M Jahi Chappell, Hannah Wittman, Christopher M. Bacon, Bruce G. Ferguson, Luis García Barrios, Raúl García Barrios, Daniel Jaffee, Jefferson Lima, V. Ernesto Méndez,, Helda Morales, Lorena Soto-Pinto, John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto

Environmental Studies and Sciences

Strong feedback between global biodiversity loss and persistent, extreme rural poverty are major challenges in the face of concurrent food, energy, and environmental crises. This paper examines the role of industrial agricultural intensification and market integration as exogenous socio-ecological drivers of biodiversity loss and poverty traps in Latin America. We then analyze the potential of a food sovereignty framework, based on protecting the viability of a diverse agroecological matrix while supporting rural livelihoods and global food production. We review several successful examples of this approach, including ecological land reform in Brazil, agroforestry, milpa, and the uses of wild varieties in …


President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Administration Apparently Cancels Construction Of New Refinery In Hidalgo State, Carlos Navarro Nov 2013

President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Administration Apparently Cancels Construction Of New Refinery In Hidalgo State, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Government Launches Major Operation Against Caballeros Templarios Cartel In Michoacã¡N State, Carlos Navarro Nov 2013

President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Government Launches Major Operation Against Caballeros Templarios Cartel In Michoacã¡N State, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Bilateral Conflicts In Latin America Persist Despite Integration Efforts, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2013

Bilateral Conflicts In Latin America Persist Despite Integration Efforts, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Paraguay’S Congress Clears Controversial "Privatization" Law, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2013

Paraguay’S Congress Clears Controversial "Privatization" Law, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Central America Seeks To Become Biofuel Producer, Louisa Reynolds Oct 2013

Central America Seeks To Become Biofuel Producer, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

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Cuba Seeks Greater Role In Transatlantic Trade With Mariel Megaport And Foreign Trade Zone, Daniel Vã¡Zquez Oct 2013

Cuba Seeks Greater Role In Transatlantic Trade With Mariel Megaport And Foreign Trade Zone, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

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U.N. Human Rights Review Urges Mexico To Improve Protections For Journalists, Carlos Navarro Oct 2013

U.N. Human Rights Review Urges Mexico To Improve Protections For Journalists, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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President Enrique Peã±A Nieto Issues Executive Order To Ban Slot Machines, Tighten Regulations For Casino Permits, Carlos Navarro Oct 2013

President Enrique Peã±A Nieto Issues Executive Order To Ban Slot Machines, Tighten Regulations For Casino Permits, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Kidnappers Without Borders: An Epidemic In Need Of Global Solutions, Caroline Gray Mcglamry Oct 2013

Kidnappers Without Borders: An Epidemic In Need Of Global Solutions, Caroline Gray Mcglamry

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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After Centuries Of Submission, South American Indigenous Groups Demand Recognition, Inclusion, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2013

After Centuries Of Submission, South American Indigenous Groups Demand Recognition, Inclusion, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Non-Marital Civil Union Proposed In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Oct 2013

Non-Marital Civil Union Proposed In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

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Government Increases Military Presence On Dominican Republic-Haiti Border, Crosby Girã³N Oct 2013

Government Increases Military Presence On Dominican Republic-Haiti Border, Crosby Girã³N

NotiCen

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Rights Advocates Question "Suspicious" Shutdown Of El Salvador’S Tutela Legal, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2013

Rights Advocates Question "Suspicious" Shutdown Of El Salvador’S Tutela Legal, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Chamber Of Deputies Easily Approves President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Tax-Reform Package, Carlos Navarro Oct 2013

Chamber Of Deputies Easily Approves President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Tax-Reform Package, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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New Report Reveals U.S. Spying Operations On Ex-President Felipe Calderã³N, Carlos Navarro Oct 2013

New Report Reveals U.S. Spying Operations On Ex-President Felipe Calderã³N, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Bolivia Calls For Regional Effort Against Corruption, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2013

Bolivia Calls For Regional Effort Against Corruption, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Ex-Soldier Accused Of Killing Chilean Singer Vã­Ctor Jara Faces U.S. Civil Suit, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2013

Ex-Soldier Accused Of Killing Chilean Singer Vã­Ctor Jara Faces U.S. Civil Suit, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Free Trade Zone In Belize's Corozal District Becomes Hub For Contraband Trade, Louisa Reynolds Oct 2013

Free Trade Zone In Belize's Corozal District Becomes Hub For Contraband Trade, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

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Costa Rica Says Nicaragua Adds Insult To Injury, Maintains Diplomacy As Battlefield; Icj Meets Again On Request For More Measures, George Rodrã­Guez Oct 2013

Costa Rica Says Nicaragua Adds Insult To Injury, Maintains Diplomacy As Battlefield; Icj Meets Again On Request For More Measures, George Rodrã­Guez

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