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Environmental Advocates, Federal Agencies Criticize State-Run Oil Company Pemex For Inadequate Response To Oil Spill Off Coast Of Oaxaca, Carlos Navarro Sep 2012

Environmental Advocates, Federal Agencies Criticize State-Run Oil Company Pemex For Inadequate Response To Oil Spill Off Coast Of Oaxaca, Carlos Navarro

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

This article talks about the August 11 PEMEX oil spill that occurred off the Oaxaca coast. It focuses primarily on PEMEX's inadequate response to containing the spill, as well as the company's alleged lackluster clean up efforts with regards to this spill and to recent past spills.


Paraguay's De Facto President Federico Franco Finds New Role More Difficult Than Expected, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

Paraguay's De Facto President Federico Franco Finds New Role More Difficult Than Expected, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez Confident As Election Nears, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez Confident As Election Nears, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

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Haiti’S History Of Paramilitary Squads Continues, Only This Time Haitians Could Back Group Demanding New Armed Forces, George Rodrã­Guez Aug 2012

Haiti’S History Of Paramilitary Squads Continues, Only This Time Haitians Could Back Group Demanding New Armed Forces, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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El Salvador’S Legislature Backs Down After Lengthy Standoff With High Court, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2012

El Salvador’S Legislature Backs Down After Lengthy Standoff With High Court, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Calderã³N Administration In Nasty Dispute With Media Company In Effort To Recover Broadband-Spectrum Concessions, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Calderã³N Administration In Nasty Dispute With Media Company In Effort To Recover Broadband-Spectrum Concessions, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Electoral Reforms Expected To Gain Momentum, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Electoral Reforms Expected To Gain Momentum, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Will Brazil's Belo Monte Dam Get The Green Light?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Aug 2012

Will Brazil's Belo Monte Dam Get The Green Light?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

A Brazilian federal appeals court on Aug. 14 ordered a halt to construction on the controversial Belo Monte dam until indigenous groups are properly consulted, The Guardian reported. However, on Monday, the Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling that allowed for work on the project to resume. How significant is the charge that the consultation process was not properly followed? Will local groups be able to reach an agreement with developers and the government, which argue that the project is necessary to meet the country's growing energy demand? How could the consultation processes be improved to avoid similar conflicts both …


U.S. Slowly Expanding Military Reach In Latin America, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

U.S. Slowly Expanding Military Reach In Latin America, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

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Studies Look At Labor Situation, Tax Havens In Latin America, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

Studies Look At Labor Situation, Tax Havens In Latin America, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

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Wake Up Call? U.S. Uses Waivers To Warn Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2012

Wake Up Call? U.S. Uses Waivers To Warn Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Fallout From Costa Rican Tax Scandal Ceases After Congress-Government Tug Of War, George Rodrã­Guez Aug 2012

Fallout From Costa Rican Tax Scandal Ceases After Congress-Government Tug Of War, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Report Projects Improved Corn Production For Mexico, But U.S. Drought Could Affect Domestic Prices, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Report Projects Improved Corn Production For Mexico, But U.S. Drought Could Affect Domestic Prices, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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President Felipe Calderã³N Acknowledges Threat Against His Life Early In His Administration, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

President Felipe Calderã³N Acknowledges Threat Against His Life Early In His Administration, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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How Bright Is Solar Energy's Future In Brazil?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Aug 2012

How Bright Is Solar Energy's Future In Brazil?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

A ban on state subsidies for non-domestic solar panel parts is thwarting solar-energy projects in Brazil, Bloomberg News reported Aug. 8. While developers in Chile have announced plans for more than 1,000 megawatts of solar panels this year, that figure is just 67.5 megawatts for Brazil. In the face of cheaper wind power, new shale gas developments and the enormous potential of pre-salt discoveries, what is the short- to medium-term future of solar energy in Brazil? What more should the government do to promote the sector?


Effectiveness Of Colombia's Extradition Policy Questioned, Andrã©S Gaudin Aug 2012

Effectiveness Of Colombia's Extradition Policy Questioned, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Shocking Supreme Court Decision Causes Indignation In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Aug 2012

Shocking Supreme Court Decision Causes Indignation In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Skepticism About Reforms Increases Flow Of Undocumented Cuban Immigrants To U.S., Daniel Vã¡Zquez Aug 2012

Skepticism About Reforms Increases Flow Of Undocumented Cuban Immigrants To U.S., Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli Backs Down On Sale Of State-Owned Assets, Louisa Reynolds Aug 2012

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli Backs Down On Sale Of State-Owned Assets, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

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Former Quintana Roo Governor Villanueva, Sinaloa Cartel’S 'Queen Of The Pacific' Appear In U.S. Courts To Answer To Drug-Related Charges, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Former Quintana Roo Governor Villanueva, Sinaloa Cartel’S 'Queen Of The Pacific' Appear In U.S. Courts To Answer To Drug-Related Charges, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Supreme Court Considering Several Cases That Would Uphold Civilian Court Jurisdiction In Military Violations Of Civilian Rights, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Supreme Court Considering Several Cases That Would Uphold Civilian Court Jurisdiction In Military Violations Of Civilian Rights, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Will Venezuela's Petro-Diplomacy Survive?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Aug 2012

Will Venezuela's Petro-Diplomacy Survive?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Henrique Capriles, the Venezuelan opposition leader running for president against Hugo Chávez, said on Aug. 1 that he would scrap preferential oil deals with foreign allies including Argentina, Cuba and others, Reuters reported. Capriles said the country would save $6.7 billion annually under his plan, money that he would use for domestic social spending. Meanwhile, state-run oil company PDVSA reportedly will need to set aside between $4 billion and $7 billion annually for the next five years to make payments on its heavy debt burden, analysts have forecast. Has Venezuela's petro-diplomacy run the end of its course? Which countries would …


A Community Of Women In Clorinda Matto De Turner's Indole, Cordelea Ann Haecker Aug 2012

A Community Of Women In Clorinda Matto De Turner's Indole, Cordelea Ann Haecker

Theses and Dissertations

The focus of this study is Clorinda Matto de Turner’s novel, Índole. After an introduction to the topic in Chapter I, Chapter II will explore the feminist ideas that Matto de Turner described in her essays and other short writings. It will specifically deal with the idea of a community of women, gender and androgyny, Matto de Turner’s appeal for women’s rights, the concept of “la mujer peruana”, and the duties of women workers. In Chapter III, I will analyze Índole and examine the domestic community that the novel presents. I will discuss female morality and responsibility for the morality …


Ecuadoran Government Will Modify Laws To Favor Mining, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Aug 2012

Ecuadoran Government Will Modify Laws To Favor Mining, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Brazil Plans To Expand Defense Industry, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Aug 2012

Brazil Plans To Expand Defense Industry, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Ecuadoran Government Will Modify Laws To Favor Mining, Luis Ángel Saavedra Aug 2012

Ecuadoran Government Will Modify Laws To Favor Mining, Luis Ángel Saavedra

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

It has become customary for large transnational mining companies to pressure governments to modify national legislation to suit company interests. However, this was not expected to happen in Ecuador since its Constitution specifically protects the rights of nature and is very clear on the control the state must have of extractive activities as well as on the state's share of earnings from this industry. This is to the dismay of environmental and human rights organizations, who view the policy reforms as unconstitutional.


Global Financial Crisis Takes Toll On Central America, Louisa Reynolds Aug 2012

Global Financial Crisis Takes Toll On Central America, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Wave Of Haitian Migrants Causes Tensions With Dominican Republic, Crosby Girã³N Aug 2012

Wave Of Haitian Migrants Causes Tensions With Dominican Republic, Crosby Girã³N

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Increase In Women Elected To Congress In July Improves Mexico's Gender-Equity Ratio, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Increase In Women Elected To Congress In July Improves Mexico's Gender-Equity Ratio, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Accidents At Two Coal Mines In Coahuila State Renew Safety Concerns, Carlos Navarro Aug 2012

Accidents At Two Coal Mines In Coahuila State Renew Safety Concerns, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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