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Peru Reopens Forced-Sterilizations Case, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Nov 2011

Peru Reopens Forced-Sterilizations Case, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Claims Of Election Tampering As President Daniel Ortega Tightens Grip On Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Nov 2011

Claims Of Election Tampering As President Daniel Ortega Tightens Grip On Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Bajo Aguã¡N, Honduras: History Of Rural Poverty Turns Dramatically Violent In Region Where Wealthy Landowners Impose Their Will, George Rodrã­Guez Nov 2011

Bajo Aguã¡N, Honduras: History Of Rural Poverty Turns Dramatically Violent In Region Where Wealthy Landowners Impose Their Will, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora Dies In Helicopter Crash, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora Dies In Helicopter Crash, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Pri) Narrowly Wins Michoacã¡N Gubernatorial Election Amid Allegations That Drug Cartels Influenced Final Results, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Pri) Narrowly Wins Michoacã¡N Gubernatorial Election Amid Allegations That Drug Cartels Influenced Final Results, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Will Mexico Be Able To Exploit Its Shale Gas Resources?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Nov 2011

Will Mexico Be Able To Exploit Its Shale Gas Resources?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Mexico is abandoning plans to build as many as 10 nuclear reactors and will focus instead on natural gas-fired electricity plants, Bloomberg News reported last week. According to Energy Minister Jordy Herrera, Mexico is shifting course in light of new discoveries of natural gas deposits. He added that Mexico would seek private sector investment for about $10 billion during five years to expand a natural gas pipeline network. Is Mexico's plan to scrap new nuclear projects a good idea? How significant are the new natural gas deposits? Will Mexico be able to exploit them to meet growing energy needs? Should …


Mining And Cross-Border Conflicts In Ecuador And Peru, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Nov 2011

Mining And Cross-Border Conflicts In Ecuador And Peru, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Allegations Of Police Brutality As Chile Cracks Down On Student Protestors, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Nov 2011

Allegations Of Police Brutality As Chile Cracks Down On Student Protestors, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Demographic Change Because Of Aging, Low Fertility, And Migration Causes Concern In Cuba, Daniel Vã¡Zquez Nov 2011

Demographic Change Because Of Aging, Low Fertility, And Migration Causes Concern In Cuba, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


As Country Drifts From Peaceful Image, Costa Ricans Turn To Buying Guns, But Ownership Tests Are Flawed, George Rodrã­Guez Nov 2011

As Country Drifts From Peaceful Image, Costa Ricans Turn To Buying Guns, But Ownership Tests Are Flawed, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Effort Emerges To Ban Bullfighting In Mexico City, Other Parts Of The Country, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Effort Emerges To Ban Bullfighting In Mexico City, Other Parts Of The Country, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Mexican Businesses Rank Third In Bribery In 28-Country Index, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Mexican Businesses Rank Third In Bribery In 28-Country Index, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Argentine President Cristina Fernã¡Ndez De Kirchner Wins Re-Election, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2011

Argentine President Cristina Fernã¡Ndez De Kirchner Wins Re-Election, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


New Human Rights Denunciations Against Colombia's Former President ÁLvaro Uribe, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2011

New Human Rights Denunciations Against Colombia's Former President ÁLvaro Uribe, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


High-Profile Femicide Makes Headlines, Louisa Reynolds Nov 2011

High-Profile Femicide Makes Headlines, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


El Salvador Swamped By Billion-Dollar Deluge, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Nov 2011

El Salvador Swamped By Billion-Dollar Deluge, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Chamber Of Deputies Approves Partial Reforms To Electoral Laws, Including Independent Candidacies, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Chamber Of Deputies Approves Partial Reforms To Electoral Laws, Including Independent Candidacies, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Large Desalination Plant Proposed For Playas De Rosarito In Baja California, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Large Desalination Plant Proposed For Playas De Rosarito In Baja California, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Large Desalination Plant Proposed For Playas De Rosarito In Baja California, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Large Desalination Plant Proposed For Playas De Rosarito In Baja California, Carlos Navarro

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

A proposed waterdesalination plant in Playas de Rosarito in Baja California state has drawn some opposition from environmental advocates in the US, but experts in Mexico and an official for a binational infrastructurefunding agency are open to the facility as long as the plant is environmentally sustainable.


Will New Regulations Derail Energy Investment In Argentina?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Oct 2011

Will New Regulations Derail Energy Investment In Argentina?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

The government of newly re-elected President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ordered oil, gas and mining companies to repatriate all proceeds from export sales in a bid to control significant capital flight, Dow Jones reported. According to national statistics agency Indec, oil, natural gas, metals and other related products accounted for $7.7 billion in exports during the first nine months of the year. Is the new regulation a good idea? Will the regulation have a significant effect on oil and gas companies, which have long faced what they call burdensome taxes and pressure to keep domestic prices low? What consequences could …


Region Continues Push To Give Voting Rights To Citizens Living Abroad, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2011

Region Continues Push To Give Voting Rights To Citizens Living Abroad, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Uruguay's Frente Amplio In Crisis, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2011

Uruguay's Frente Amplio In Crisis, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Charges Against Military Leaders Of 2009 Coup In Honduras Vanish; Human Rights Organization Ponders International Legal Action, George Rodriguez Oct 2011

Charges Against Military Leaders Of 2009 Coup In Honduras Vanish; Human Rights Organization Ponders International Legal Action, George Rodriguez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


El Salvador's Peacetime Killings Set To Surpass Civil War Casualty Numbers, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2011

El Salvador's Peacetime Killings Set To Surpass Civil War Casualty Numbers, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Tests Expose Presence Of Banned Steroid In Mexican Meat-Production Cycle, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Tests Expose Presence Of Banned Steroid In Mexican Meat-Production Cycle, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Citizen Coalition To Bring President Felipe Calderã³N’S Failed War Against Drug Traffickers To International Criminal Court, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Citizen Coalition To Bring President Felipe Calderã³N’S Failed War Against Drug Traffickers To International Criminal Court, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


The Finance–Growth Link Revisited And The Role Of Institutions As A Source Of Finance In Latin America, Luisa Blanco Oct 2011

The Finance–Growth Link Revisited And The Role Of Institutions As A Source Of Finance In Latin America, Luisa Blanco

School of Public Policy Working Papers

In a panel framework that includes 18 countries, this paper studies the short and long run effect of financial development on economic growth and the determinants of financial development in Latin America. Financial development shows a positive effect on economic growth in the long run, but a negative effect in the short run for the full sample. When the sample is divided by income levels, this result holds only for the high income group. For the low income group, financial development has no significant effect on economic growth in the short run or in the long run. In the analysis …


The Impact Of Insecurity On Democracy And Trust In Institutions In Mexico, Luisa Blanco Oct 2011

The Impact Of Insecurity On Democracy And Trust In Institutions In Mexico, Luisa Blanco

School of Public Policy Working Papers

Using survey data from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and Encuesta Nacional Sobre la Inseguridad (ENSI) for Mexico during the period 2004-2010, this paper analyses the impact of insecurity and crime victimization on support and satisfaction with democracy and trust in institutions. With the LAPOP data, perceptions about higher insecurity decrease support and satisfaction with democracy. Perceptions of insecurity and crime victimization have a negative significant effect on trust in institutions, and this finding is robust to using LAPOP and ENSI data. Perceptions of insecurity and crime victimization have a larger negative effect on trust in institutions that …


Can Shale Gas Really Transform The Region's Energy Sector?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Oct 2011

Can Shale Gas Really Transform The Region's Energy Sector?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Argentina has the world's third largest technically recoverable shale-gas resources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, with several large shale gas discoveries recently announced in the country's Neuquén Basin. Mexico is ranked fourth globally, while Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and several other Latin American countries also boast of the potential for their shale resources. Will shale gas lead to another energy boom for Latin America? How do investors view the potential for shale gas deposits, which involve new technologies and uncertain regulatory structures, compared to the region's rich conventional resources? How will shale gas affect existing natural gas businesses, as …


Journalists Face Attacks And Even Death In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Oct 2011

Journalists Face Attacks And Even Death In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.