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Mexico Implements Controversial Cell-Phone-Registration Program In Effort To Combat Extortion, Kidnapping, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

Mexico Implements Controversial Cell-Phone-Registration Program In Effort To Combat Extortion, Kidnapping, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


P. Del S. 1519 - Public Policy Law For Energy Diversification Through Renewable, Sustainable And Alternative Energy In Puerto Rico, Senado De Puerto Rico Apr 2010

P. Del S. 1519 - Public Policy Law For Energy Diversification Through Renewable, Sustainable And Alternative Energy In Puerto Rico, Senado De Puerto Rico

Latin American Energy Policies

This document contains the policy act put forth by the Puerto Rico Senate to create a law that promotes energy diversification through the use of renewable energy. By adopting a Renewable Energy Portfolio, Puerto Rico aims to reduce its dependence on energy sources from fossil fuels such as oil, reduce and stabilize its energy costs, control the price volatility of electricity in the country, preserve and improve the environment, natural resources and quality of life, promote energy conservation and social welfare through various mechanisms, including the establishment and achievement of goals within a mandatory timetable and economic tax incentives to …


Ecuador And Colombia: The Gulf Widens, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

Ecuador And Colombia: The Gulf Widens, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Bolivia: Local Elections Bring Surprises, Opposition From Left, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

Bolivia: Local Elections Bring Surprises, Opposition From Left, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Central America: Living On The Guatemala-Belize Border, Louisa Reynolds Apr 2010

Central America: Living On The Guatemala-Belize Border, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Nicaragua: President Daniel Ortega And Former President Arnoldo Aleman "Dream" Of A 2011 Showdown, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Apr 2010

Nicaragua: President Daniel Ortega And Former President Arnoldo Aleman "Dream" Of A 2011 Showdown, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Tourism Industry Yet To Recover From H1n1 Impact; Drug-Related Violence, Slump In U.S. Economy Worsen Situation, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

Tourism Industry Yet To Recover From H1n1 Impact; Drug-Related Violence, Slump In U.S. Economy Worsen Situation, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Remittances Continue Slump In 2009 And Into Early 2010, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

Remittances Continue Slump In 2009 And Into Early 2010, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Market Approaches To Water Allocation: Lessons From Latin America, Carl Bauer Bauer Apr 2010

Market Approaches To Water Allocation: Lessons From Latin America, Carl Bauer Bauer

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Latin American experiences with water markets offer lessons to the U.S. because they have emerged in different political and economic contexts. The Western U.S. experience has been longer and has defined some of the world's classic cases of market allocation of water. These cases, however, have been driven by domestic factors and have evolved within domestic social and institutional contexts, which are easy for people in the U.S. to take for granted. Looking at Chile and Mexico can help us see Western U.S. water allocation with fresh eyes. These Latin American cases have been strongly influenced by international theories and …


Argentina: Government Agenda Blocked By Opposition, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

Argentina: Government Agenda Blocked By Opposition, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Chile: Pinochet Victims Wary Of President Pinera, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

Chile: Pinochet Victims Wary Of President Pinera, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Region: Central American Droughts Threaten Food Security, Sean Mattson Apr 2010

Region: Central American Droughts Threaten Food Security, Sean Mattson

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Guatemala: Rising Discontent Against Energy Company Union Fenosa, Louisa Reynolds Apr 2010

Guatemala: Rising Discontent Against Energy Company Union Fenosa, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


President Felipe Calderon, Center-Left Opposition Parties Differ On Energy Policy, State-Run Oil Company Pemex, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

President Felipe Calderon, Center-Left Opposition Parties Differ On Energy Policy, State-Run Oil Company Pemex, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


President Felipe Calderon Introduces Anti-Monopoly Initiative, Ladb Staff Apr 2010

President Felipe Calderon Introduces Anti-Monopoly Initiative, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Boletín V.15:No.2 (2010), Fordham University Latin American And Latino Studies Institute Apr 2010

Boletín V.15:No.2 (2010), Fordham University Latin American And Latino Studies Institute

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

No abstract provided.


Qubit, April 2010 Apr 2010

Qubit, April 2010

Qubit (Cuban science fiction magazine)

The April 2010 issue of the Qubit.


Peru: Poverty Does Not Diminish And Social Spending Does Not Bring Relief, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Peru: Poverty Does Not Diminish And Social Spending Does Not Bring Relief, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Chile: Sebastian Pinera Takes Helm Of Quake-Rattled Nation, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Chile: Sebastian Pinera Takes Helm Of Quake-Rattled Nation, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Haiti: Progressive Civil-Society Organizations Shut Out Of Reconstruction Planning, Charles Arthur Mar 2010

Haiti: Progressive Civil-Society Organizations Shut Out Of Reconstruction Planning, Charles Arthur

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


American Hypocrisy In Foreign Policy: Operation Fubelt And The Overthrow Of Salvador Allende, David G. Huggins Mar 2010

American Hypocrisy In Foreign Policy: Operation Fubelt And The Overthrow Of Salvador Allende, David G. Huggins

Calvert Undergraduate Research Awards

There are many examples of United States hypocrisy in foreign policy, in numerous countries in virtually every region of the world. This paper will look at just one of those examples, the United States involvement in the overthrow of President Salvador Allende of Chile. Declassified government documents related to the CIA operation, codenamed FUBELT, are used to show key personnel involved and major aspects of the operation. These documents show a blatant disregard of the United States government's own ideology and policies regarding democracy, as well as its disregard of the United Nations documents that it signed to guarantee the …


Mexico Inaugurates Second Major Wind-Energy Plant, Sourcemex Mar 2010

Mexico Inaugurates Second Major Wind-Energy Plant, Sourcemex

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

In early March, President Felipe Calderon inaugurated La Rumorosa wind-energy project in Baja California state, prompting the executive to declare that Mexico is becoming the most advanced country in Latin America in harnessing this type of energy. Mexico views a commitment to renewable energy as a necessary component of its campaign to fight global climate change.During March, Mexico also completed financing plans for a supercritical pressure coal-fired power plant under construction in Guerrero state. This technology is designed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and operation costs. La Rumorosa to supply power to Mexicali in Baja California state La Rumorosa, which will …


Indigenous Rights, Culture In Forefront In Mexico During Centennial, Bicentennial Celebrations, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Indigenous Rights, Culture In Forefront In Mexico During Centennial, Bicentennial Celebrations, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Mexico Inaugurates Second Major Wind-Energy Plant, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Mexico Inaugurates Second Major Wind-Energy Plant, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Venezuela: Domestic Issues Could Bring Upset In Legislative Elections, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Venezuela: Domestic Issues Could Bring Upset In Legislative Elections, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Uruguay: Former Dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry Convicted Of Violating Constitution, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Uruguay: Former Dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry Convicted Of Violating Constitution, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Panama: President Ricardo Martinelli Moves His Agenda Forward, Sean Mattson Mar 2010

Panama: President Ricardo Martinelli Moves His Agenda Forward, Sean Mattson

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Nicaragua: Energy-Hungry Country Opts For Large-Scale Hydro Dam, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Mar 2010

Nicaragua: Energy-Hungry Country Opts For Large-Scale Hydro Dam, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Politicians, Drug Traffickers Among Top Beneficiaries Of Government's Program To Aid Small, Medium-Sized Farmers, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Politicians, Drug Traffickers Among Top Beneficiaries Of Government's Program To Aid Small, Medium-Sized Farmers, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Mexican Government Denies Ecuador's Request For Extradition Of Mexican Citizen Lucia Morett, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Mexican Government Denies Ecuador's Request For Extradition Of Mexican Citizen Lucia Morett, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.