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Argentina Withdraws From Agreement With Mexico, Raising Tariffs On Mexican Motor Vehicles, Carlos Navarro Jul 2012

Argentina Withdraws From Agreement With Mexico, Raising Tariffs On Mexican Motor Vehicles, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


What Is The Outlook For Guyana's Oil Sector?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Jul 2012

What Is The Outlook For Guyana's Oil Sector?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Guyana-Suriname Basin could contain more than 15 billion barrels of oil as well as gas reserves of 42 trillion cubic feet. Guyana has awarded concessions to several major international oil companies as it seeks to exploit that potential, but oil has not yet been struck. What is the outlook for Guyana's oil sector? Does the country have the right regulatory environment in place to attract investment? Will the country's longstanding border dispute with Venezuela or current political gridlock affect the sector's development?


Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo Toppled In Parliamentary Coup, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jul 2012

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo Toppled In Parliamentary Coup, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Organization Of American States Lacks Credibility Among Some Member Countries, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jul 2012

Organization Of American States Lacks Credibility Among Some Member Countries, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Mob Lynching In Dominican Republic: When Citizens Take Justice Into Their Own Hands, Crosby Girã³N Jul 2012

Mob Lynching In Dominican Republic: When Citizens Take Justice Into Their Own Hands, Crosby Girã³N

NotiCen

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Gang Leaders Call For "Peace Talks" With Salvadoran Government, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jul 2012

Gang Leaders Call For "Peace Talks" With Salvadoran Government, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Avian Flu Outbreak Reported In Jalisco, Mexico’S Largest Poultry- And Egg-Producing State, Carlos Navarro Jul 2012

Avian Flu Outbreak Reported In Jalisco, Mexico’S Largest Poultry- And Egg-Producing State, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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P.R.I. Candidate Enrique Peã±A Nieto Wins Presidential Election By Small But Comfortable Margin, Carlos Navarro Jul 2012

P.R.I. Candidate Enrique Peã±A Nieto Wins Presidential Election By Small But Comfortable Margin, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Is There A Limit To China's Role In Latin American Energy?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Jul 2012

Is There A Limit To China's Role In Latin American Energy?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

China's Sky Solar signed a deal to build a $900 million solar energy park in Chile in June while Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was on a four-country visit to the region. During the trip, Wen also signed energy and other agreements with Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil in addition to announcing that the China Development Bank would create a $10 billion credit line to support infrastructure projects in the region. How has China's involvement in Latin America's energy sector evolved? Will it expand beyond the countries and sectors where it has traditionally focused most of its energy investments? If so, where …


Doing Science Within A Culture Of Machismo And Marianismo, Karen Englander, Carmen Yáñez, Xochitl Barney Jul 2012

Doing Science Within A Culture Of Machismo And Marianismo, Karen Englander, Carmen Yáñez, Xochitl Barney

Journal of International Women's Studies

Women have been joining the ranks of professional scientists in increasing numbers although international statistics indicate that women‘s participation varies substantially in different regions. Variation in rates of participation can be explained in part by cultural contexts, and in Mexico, dominant cultural ideologies of machismo and marianismo prevail. To understand the impact, if any, of these ideologies on the lives of women scientists in their professional interactions, a case study was conducted at one research institute. The results indicate that the women scientists report different interactions with men and with other women, and interactions vary with the status of the …


Bit Unfair: An Illustration Of The Backlash Against International Arbitration In Latin America, A, David Ma Jul 2012

Bit Unfair: An Illustration Of The Backlash Against International Arbitration In Latin America, A, David Ma

Journal of Dispute Resolution

With the survival of BITs at fulcrum, the Second Circuit recently decided a highly publicized and notorious case applying international arbitration in Chevron Corp. v. Republic of Ecuador. This comment will discuss Chevron and its effects within the wider corpus of BIT international arbitration to provide an illustration of the current debate and status of the BIT framework. The purported benefits BITs provide to signatory countries exist theoretically, and to test these theoretical underpinnings, this comment will discuss Chevron for the purpose of providing real context to a predominately academic debate. Chevron shall demonstrate that theoretical effects and practical effects …


Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez Benefits From Improved Relations With Colombia, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jun 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez Benefits From Improved Relations With Colombia, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Attempt In Peru To Recall Lima Mayor Susana Villarã¡N Fails, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Jun 2012

Attempt In Peru To Recall Lima Mayor Susana Villarã¡N Fails, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Uses Gains From Last Election To Change Rules For Next, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jun 2012

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Uses Gains From Last Election To Change Rules For Next, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Chevron Faces Asset Seizure In Brazil Over $18 Billion Ecuador Judgment, Karen Hinton Jun 2012

Chevron Faces Asset Seizure In Brazil Over $18 Billion Ecuador Judgment, Karen Hinton

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

This article provides information about the second legal enforcement action filed by Ecuadorian indigenous communities to force Chevron to pay for the clean-up of an oil disaster that resulted in several health problems and environmental destruction. The communities are requesting the seizure over $18 billion in company assets. The article also discusses additional charges existing against Chevron. Also included are a copy of the complaint against Chevron (in Portuguese) and an unofficial translation in English.


Leaders Of Brazilian Movement Opposed To Controversial Belo Monte Dam Threatened With Imprisonment, For Lawful Protests, Aida Jun 2012

Leaders Of Brazilian Movement Opposed To Controversial Belo Monte Dam Threatened With Imprisonment, For Lawful Protests, Aida

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

This press release discusses the legal complaints filed in 2012 regarding the violation of human rights of the Belo Monte dam protesters in Brazil.


Thousands Of Cubans Cut Umbilical Cord With State Through Self-Employment, Daniel Vã¡Zquez Jun 2012

Thousands Of Cubans Cut Umbilical Cord With State Through Self-Employment, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Assassination Of Ex-Presidential Candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio Featured In New Movie, Carlos Navarro Jun 2012

Assassination Of Ex-Presidential Candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio Featured In New Movie, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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U.S. Supreme Court Throws Out Most Of Arizona’S Controversial Anti-Immigrant Law, But Allows Controversial Provision To Stand, Carlos Navarro Jun 2012

U.S. Supreme Court Throws Out Most Of Arizona’S Controversial Anti-Immigrant Law, But Allows Controversial Provision To Stand, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Researchers Grow Hybrid Poplar To Produce Biomass And Transform It Into Energy, Ignacio Corvera Jun 2012

Researchers Grow Hybrid Poplar To Produce Biomass And Transform It Into Energy, Ignacio Corvera

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

This article provides information about a University of Talca (in Chile) research project focusing on growing hybrid poplar trees to use as a source of biomass, which can then be utilized as an alternative to fossil fuels.


Former Allies Strike To Send Message To Bolivian President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jun 2012

Former Allies Strike To Send Message To Bolivian President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Colombian Capital Rocked By Bomb Attack, Rumors Of Coup Plots, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jun 2012

Colombian Capital Rocked By Bomb Attack, Rumors Of Coup Plots, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Costa Rica’S Judiciary Reports First Drop In Homicide Rate In Six Years; Minister’S Goal Is Eliminating Epidemic, George Rodrã­Guez Jun 2012

Costa Rica’S Judiciary Reports First Drop In Homicide Rate In Six Years; Minister’S Goal Is Eliminating Epidemic, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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World Bank Allows Canadian Miner To Keep Pursing El Salvador’S Gold, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jun 2012

World Bank Allows Canadian Miner To Keep Pursing El Salvador’S Gold, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Mexico Reports Mixed Progress In Campaign To Reduce Tobacco Usage, Carlos Navarro Jun 2012

Mexico Reports Mixed Progress In Campaign To Reduce Tobacco Usage, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Pacific Alliance, Group Of 20 Summits Boost Mexico’S International Prestige, Carlos Navarro Jun 2012

Pacific Alliance, Group Of 20 Summits Boost Mexico’S International Prestige, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Where Is The Future Of Hydro Projects In Latin America Headed?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Jun 2012

Where Is The Future Of Hydro Projects In Latin America Headed?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Colbún, the Chilean power company holding a 49 percent stake in the controversial HidroAysén project, announced last month that it is ""indefinitely suspending"" the environmental impact assessment for the project's transmission line. It is one of many regional projects that have faced local and environmental opposition, but have also been cited as necessary to meet growing energy needs. Are mega hydropower projects like this doomed in Chile and elsewhere in Latin America? What energy sources will fill in the void if such projects don\'t come to fruition? How are anticipated consequences of climate change, such as drought, going to change …


Popularity Bounce For Chile’S Apologetic President Sebastiã¡N Piã±Era, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jun 2012

Popularity Bounce For Chile’S Apologetic President Sebastiã¡N Piã±Era, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

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Argentina Passes Far-Reaching Gender-Identity, Death-With-Dignity Laws, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jun 2012

Argentina Passes Far-Reaching Gender-Identity, Death-With-Dignity Laws, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


President Ricardo Martinelli Is Panama’S Most Unpopular President, Says Recent Poll, Louisa Reynolds Jun 2012

President Ricardo Martinelli Is Panama’S Most Unpopular President, Says Recent Poll, Louisa Reynolds

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No abstract provided.