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Argentina: Opposition Poised To Leverage Its Majority In Congress, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Region: British "Black Gold" Prospectors Fawn Over Falklands, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Nicaragua: Recession And Job Loss Mark "Horrible Year", Ladb Staff

NotiCen

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Guatemala: Wave Of Mob Lynchings Leaves 41 Dead, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

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President Felipe Calderon Proposes Ambitious Electoral And Political Reforms, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

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Drug-Cartel Enforcers Zetas Branch Out Into Other Operations, Including Smuggling Stolen Fuel Products Into Texas, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

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Climate Change And Indigenous Peoples In Latin America, Amy C. Rademacher

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research focused on the detrimental effects of climate change on indigenous peoples in Latin America. Indigenous peoples throughout the region tend to live subsistence livelihoods, which tie them closely to their land and the surrounding environment. This close relationship often means that indigenous peoples acutely experience the effects of climate change and are more susceptible to its negative outcomes than other populations. Further, indigenous peoples in the region lack the mitigation and adaptation capacities to deal with damaging climatic effects.

This research was designed to view the impacts of climate change on indigenous peoples through a human rights framework, …

Latin American And Spanish Online Videos: Vendor Offerings For Us Academic Libraries, Jesús Alonso-Regalado

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the availability and features of Latin American and Spanish online videos available through video vendors and other providers to US academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines US, Spanish, and Latin American video vendors that offer online videos about and/or are produced in Latin America and Spain. The study focuses on: content, technical aspects, and terms of purchase. For video vendors providing digital delivery systems, searching capabilities and special features are also analyzed. The paper also evaluates video providers interested in working with academic libraries. The availability of videos …

Resource Nationalism And Energy Security In Latin America: Implication For Global Oil Supplies, David R. Mares

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Energy policy is usefully characterized by the degree to which resource nationalism and energy security are pursued. The balance achieved between these two key concepts dramatically affects global energy supplies. Over the past century, both of these ideas have played particularly significant roles in Latin America, where the oil industry first developed outside the US, and an area that continues to draw the attention of the world market. Because Latin America is a growing source of hydrocarbons for the world market, its energy policies are of increasing importance. The challenge is to understand why a country works with or against …

Political Genocide In Latin America: The Need For Reconsidering The Current Internationally Accepted Definition Of Genocide In Light Of Spanish And Latin American Jurisprudence , Howard Shneider

American University International Law Review

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It Takes Two To Tango, And To Mediate: Legal Cultural And Other Factors Influencing United States And Latin American Lawyers’ Resistance To Mediating Commercial Disputes, Don Peters

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

This article examines legal cultural and other factors influencing the resistance to mediating commercial disputes displayed by U.S. and Latin American lawyers. After surveying current contexts in which commercial mediation occurs in the United States and in Latin American countries and summarizing data regarding commercial ac- tors’ knowledge of the benefits of mediating, it analyzes the relatively infrequent use of mediation despite its potential advantages over adju- dicating. Focusing on lawyers, the article next explores factors that influence U.S. and Latin American lawyers when they converse with commercial clients about selecting dispute resolution methods. Analyzing similarities arising from universal decision-making …

A Plurinational State: The Impact Of The Mas On The Status Of Indigenous People In Bolivia, Pamela Medina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In 2005 the largely indigenous country of Bolivia elected its first indigenous president, Evo Morales of the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) Party. Morales ran on a promise of re-distributing wealth, to aid in the development of one of Latin America's poorest countries. Morales' first term in office marked a historical achievement for the indigenous movement in Bolivia, and sparked social change in the country. The government also experienced a momentous achievement through the re-writing of the Bolivian constitution, acknowledging the country's multi-ethnic and pluri-national character. Although his social, domestic and foreign policies have been controversial, particularly in the United States, …

Steve C. Ropp On Human Rights In Latin America: A Politics Of Terror And Hope. By Sonia Cardenas. Philadelphia, Pa: University Of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. 256pp., Steve C. Ropp

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Human Rights in Latin America: A Politics of Terror and Hope. By Sonia Cardenas. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. 256pp.

Information Technology Adoption In Latin American Microenterprises, Travis Good, Mehruz Kamal, Sajda Qureshi, Nancy Jimenez

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

The majority of businesses in developing regions across the world are microenterprises. In recent years, this form of business has been particularly resilient to economic downturns. While microenterprises are the least likely to succeed, when they do, their growth increases by a factor of 3.4% when they adopt technology. However, the challenges faced by microenterprises make it very difficult for them to adopt technology successfully. Existing theoretical models of ICT adoption have centered on intent to adopt in large organizations, and thus lack applicability to microenterprises, wherein the intent to adopt is an individual decision. This paper builds on prior …

Guyana Power Sector Policy And Implementation Strategy, Verlyn Klass

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

This document outlines the Guyana Power Sector Policy that has been developed following a study of eight (8) areas of the Guyana power sector with a view to formulating policies to ensure the viability of the sector. In each of these areas the study highlighted issues which if properly addressed could make a significant impact on the power sector. Where appropriate, different options were investigated and recommendations made. This document states the need to create incentives to attract private investment for renewable power projects in the hinterland regions.

Hate Speech And The Language Of Racism In Latin America: A Lens For Reconsidering Global Hate Speech Restrictions And Legislation Models, Tanya K. Hernandez

Faculty Scholarship

In Latin America, like many countries in Europe, hate speech is prohibited. Yet Latin America is rarely included in the transnational discussion regarding the regulation of hate speech. Instead, the discourse focuses on a comparison of the advisability of Europe's hate speech regulations and free speech acceptance of hate speech in the United States. As a result, the ability to fundamentally examine the connections between hate speech and inequality, in addition to the most effective legal mechanisms for addressing it, is undermined. It is especially critical to broaden the hate speech debate now that we are seeing an apparent rise …

Improving The Status Of Indigenous Women In Peru, Jennifer Zavaleta

CMC Senior Theses

Neoliberal agrarian reforms in Latin America have lead to both advances and set backs for the women’s and indigenous movements. While most neoliberal policies were the same in terms of goals, like creating institutions that encourage a capitalist markets, the results were somewhat heterogeneous in part due to the role of the women’s and indigenous movements in individual countries. The rise of the international women’s movement, which was marked by the UN’s decade on women from 1975-1985, coincided with an unfavorable economic climate in Latin America.

Extraction, Territory, And Inequalities: Gas In The Bolivian Chaco, Denise Bebbington, Anthony J. Bebbington

Sustainability and Social Justice

Conflicts over extractive industry have emerged as one of the most visible and potentially explosive terrains for struggles over distribution, territory, and inequality in the Andes. We explore these relationships in Bolivia, focusing on gas extraction in the Chaco region of the southeastern department of Tarija. We consider how the expansion of extractive industry intersects with territorializing projects of state, sub-national elites, and indigenous actors as well as with questions of inequality and inequity. We conclude that arguments over the territorial constitution of Bolivia are inevitably also arguments over gas and the contested concepts of equity underlying its governance. © …

Tycoon Steamrolls Divided Left In Chile's First-Round Presidential Contest, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Bolivian President Evo Morales Wins Resounding Re-Election Bid, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Costa Rica: Nation Seeks Big Emissions Cut, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

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Guatemala: A Killer's Paradise, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

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Mexico To Host Follow-Up Conference On Global Climate Change In December 2010, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

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President Felipe Calderon Appoints Agustin Carstens New Central Bank Head; Two Cabinet Changes Announced, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

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Frente Amplio's Jose Pepe Mujica Wins Runoff Election In Uruguay, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Troubles Continue For Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Costa Rica: Woman's Bid For Presidency Appears Bound For Success, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

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El Salvador: Foreign Mining Companies Still Trying To Pry Open Country's Gold Veins, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

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Supreme Court Declines To Review Complaint That Shutdown Of Electrical Utility Violated Union Rights, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

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Mexico Falls Several Slots In Global-Corruption Index For 2009, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

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