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Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrés Gaudín Oct 2011

Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrés Gaudín

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

Native peoples from the Bolivian Amazonia—the lowlands—who do not feel represented by President Evo Morales are staging a prolonged protest against the construction of a highway through a natural park that is also their ancestral habitat. On Aug. 15, they began a more than 600 km march to La Paz, the capital, planning to arrive in the second half of October. They will meet directly with Morales, who is also indigenous and the first head of state to receive an indigenous delegation at the Palacio Quemado, the seat of government.


Dismal Approval Ratings For Both Of Chile’S Principal Coalitions, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2011

Dismal Approval Ratings For Both Of Chile’S Principal Coalitions, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli's Alianza Por El Cambio Falls Apart, Louisa Reynolds Oct 2011

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli's Alianza Por El Cambio Falls Apart, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Thousands Still Homeless Almost Two Years After Earthquake, Charles Arthur Oct 2011

Thousands Still Homeless Almost Two Years After Earthquake, Charles Arthur

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


New Revelations Raise Questions About Role Of President Barack Obama’S Administration In Operation Fast And Furiousâ, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

New Revelations Raise Questions About Role Of President Barack Obama’S Administration In Operation Fast And Furiousâ, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Flooding In Southeast Mexico Reinforces Warnings About Climate Change, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Flooding In Southeast Mexico Reinforces Warnings About Climate Change, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Nossa And Nuestra América: Inter-American Dialogues, Robert Patrick Newcomb Oct 2011

Nossa And Nuestra América: Inter-American Dialogues, Robert Patrick Newcomb

Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

Is Brazil part of Latin America, or an island unto itself? As Nossa and Nuestra América: Inter-American Dialogues demonstrates, this question has been debated by Brazilian and Spanish American intellectuals alike since the early nineteenth century, though it has received limited scholarly attention and its answer is less obvious than you might think. This book charts Brazil's evolving and often conflicted relationship with the idea of Latin America through a detailed comparative investigation of four crucial Latin American essayists: Uruguayan critic José Enrique Rodó, Brazilian writer-diplomat Joaquim Nabuco, Mexican humanist Alfonso Reyes, and Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, one of Brazil's …


Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2011

Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Ecuador Examines Freedom Of Speech, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Oct 2011

Ecuador Examines Freedom Of Speech, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Nicaragua: Rosy Growth Numbers An Added Boost For President Daniel Ortega As Election Nears, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2011

Nicaragua: Rosy Growth Numbers An Added Boost For President Daniel Ortega As Election Nears, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Belizean Gang Suppression Unit Accused Of Human Rights Violations, Louisa Reynolds Oct 2011

Belizean Gang Suppression Unit Accused Of Human Rights Violations, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Drug Violence, Extortions Affect Some School Districts In Mexico, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Drug Violence, Extortions Affect Some School Districts In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Governing Partido Acciã³N Nacional Suffers Political Fallout From Recent Casino Arson In Monterrey, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Governing Partido Acciã³N Nacional Suffers Political Fallout From Recent Casino Arson In Monterrey, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Measuring Development Through Women’S Empowerment: A Case Of Comparison, Brazil & Bolivia, Stephanie Roberts, Kishore G. Kulkarni Oct 2011

Measuring Development Through Women’S Empowerment: A Case Of Comparison, Brazil & Bolivia, Stephanie Roberts, Kishore G. Kulkarni

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

In the past several decades there has been a growing awareness of the importance of women’s empowerment in overall development. It is not sufficient to consider only economic growth, but rather we must also look to human development (and specifically that of women) when observing progress in any country. This can be difficult to define and measure, as one must be sensitive to cultural and historical differences as well as overall standards of living for a society. However, even considering these differences, it is essential that women be equal partners in the development process for their nations to truly be …


Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez Nationalizes Gold Industry, Repatriates Gold Reserves, Andrã©S Gaudin Oct 2011

Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez Nationalizes Gold Industry, Repatriates Gold Reserves, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo's Vision Crippled By Friends And Enemies, Andrã©S Gaudin Oct 2011

Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo's Vision Crippled By Friends And Enemies, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Costa Ricans Feel Cornered By Crime And Try To Defend Themselves, George Rodrã­Guez Oct 2011

Costa Ricans Feel Cornered By Crime And Try To Defend Themselves, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Mexico’S Most Violent Drug Gang Sows Terror In Petã©N, Louisa Reynolds Oct 2011

Mexico’S Most Violent Drug Gang Sows Terror In Petã©N, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


More Than Half Of Border Governors Skip Annual Conference, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

More Than Half Of Border Governors Skip Annual Conference, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Renewable Energy Best Practices In Promotion And Use For Latin America And The Caribbean, Andrea Luecke Oct 2011

Renewable Energy Best Practices In Promotion And Use For Latin America And The Caribbean, Andrea Luecke

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

According to the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), the number of countries with policies directed at promoting renewable energy has doubled over the past five years (REN21, 2011. The United States, along with European and Asian countries, is actively promoting renewable energy to catalyze and achieve profound economic and environmental changes. By contrast, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been slow to adopt renewable energy because of poverty, lack of awareness, and lack of government support to mitigate climate change, stabilize energy supplies, or invest in innovation (UN Industrial Development Organization, 2011). …


Controversy Over Separation Of Church And State Resurfaces After Cardinal Claims Vatican Influenced Supreme Court Vote On Abortion, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Controversy Over Separation Of Church And State Resurfaces After Cardinal Claims Vatican Influenced Supreme Court Vote On Abortion, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Perspectives For Distributed Generation With Renewable Energy In Latin America And The Carribean: Analysis Of Case Studies For Jamaica, Barbados, Mexico, And Chile, Christiaan Gischler, Nils Janson Oct 2011

Perspectives For Distributed Generation With Renewable Energy In Latin America And The Carribean: Analysis Of Case Studies For Jamaica, Barbados, Mexico, And Chile, Christiaan Gischler, Nils Janson

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

This paper deals with how to promote distributed generation (DG) done with renewable energy (RE) in emerging markets of Latin American & the Carribean (LAC), with the purpose of increasing competitiveness & achieving sustainable economic growth. It also argues that the key rationale for promoting renewable DG in LAC is to reduce the cost of electricity for a country as a whole. The paper examines four case studies (Jamaica, Barbados, Mexico, & Chile) to assess what these countries are or are not doing, and why, in promoting renewable DG, and finds that they have some viable options for renewable DG …


How Will Brazil's Pre-Salt Regulatory Debate Turn Out?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Oct 2011

How Will Brazil's Pre-Salt Regulatory Debate Turn Out?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

The Brazilian government last month released a long-anticipated plan for sharing oil royalties among states. However, congressional leaders have continued to struggle to broker a compromise with producer and nonproducer state governments, which are each threatening to challenge proposals they deem insufficient in court. The deal is a requirement to implement the government's new framework for exploration and production of the country's massive subsalt reserves. What are the main obstacles to reaching a deal? How likely is the government to reach an agreement before the end of the year? When is Brazil likely to be able to conduct a new …


Boletín V.17:No.1 (2011), Fordham University Latin American And Latino Studies Institute Oct 2011

Boletín V.17:No.1 (2011), Fordham University Latin American And Latino Studies Institute

Boletín (Fordham University. Latin American and Latino Studies Institute)

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Peru: Building The Road To Change, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Sep 2011

Peru: Building The Road To Change, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

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Uruguayan Right Moves To Lower Criminal-Responsibility Age., Andrã©S Gaudã­N Sep 2011

Uruguayan Right Moves To Lower Criminal-Responsibility Age., Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


What Accounts For The Drop In Price Of Wind Power?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Sep 2011

What Accounts For The Drop In Price Of Wind Power?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

In a Brazilian energy auction last month, companies agreed to sell power at the world's cheapest rates for wind energy, leading some analysts to speculate that developers will have difficulty fulfilling those contracts, Bloomberg News reported Aug. 31. Recently completed auctions in Peru and Uruguay similarly saw prices for wind power fall significantly, and the Uruguayan government is now considering purchasing four times as much energy than expected from wind farms. What accounts for the dramatic drop in price for wind power? Is the trend likely to continue in these countries and elsewhere? Will companies have trouble fulfilling the contracts?


Hiv Prevalence In Cuba Remains Low, But Prejudice And Stigmas Remain, Daniel Vã¡Zquez Sep 2011

Hiv Prevalence In Cuba Remains Low, But Prejudice And Stigmas Remain, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Jesuit Massacre: El Salvador’S Corte Suprema De Justicia Shields Accused Soldiers From International Prosecution, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Sep 2011

Jesuit Massacre: El Salvador’S Corte Suprema De Justicia Shields Accused Soldiers From International Prosecution, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Insurance Organization Reports Large Increase In Thefts Of Motor Vehicles In Mexico, Carlos Navarro Sep 2011

Insurance Organization Reports Large Increase In Thefts Of Motor Vehicles In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.