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Federal Authorities Investigate Pemex Officials, Employees For Involvement In Fuel-Theft, Ladb Staff Aug 2009

Federal Authorities Investigate Pemex Officials, Employees For Involvement In Fuel-Theft, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Environmental Guide For Exploration Activities Of Mineral Deposits In Per, Ministry Of Energy And Mines - Perú Aug 2009

Environmental Guide For Exploration Activities Of Mineral Deposits In Per, Ministry Of Energy And Mines - Perú

Latin American Energy Policies

This law aims to provide recommendations to companies for doing a responsible exploration of mineral deposits, provide them a guide for successful rehabilitation of the exploration activities, as possible, resulting in soil stability, acceptable water quality, vegetation cover and general conditions suitable for the subsequent use of the land, and establish cooperation between the private companies and the government sector to set up an exploration and associated rehabilitation in an acceptable and responsible way.


Evaluation Of Ec Funded Mine Action Programmes In Latin America, 2002-2007 - Regional Report, Russell Gasser Aug 2009

Evaluation Of Ec Funded Mine Action Programmes In Latin America, 2002-2007 - Regional Report, Russell Gasser

Global CWD Repository

The EC Anti-Personnel Landmine Regulation of 2001 mandated evaluations of EC Mine Action strategy every three years. The first report was a Global Evaluation published in 2005, this report forms one part of the 2008 evaluation by regions and covers Latin America, 2002-2007.

Total EC funding for mine action in Latin America in the period 2002-2007 was about 8 million euros, roughly 2% of the EC total worldwide budget for mine action. Sixty-eight percent of the eight million euros was from the dedicated thematic Anti-Personnel Landmine budget line and 31% was from the geographic budget for Colombia. There were also …


Two Essays On Financial Sector Performance In Latin America, Omar M. Al Nassar Aug 2009

Two Essays On Financial Sector Performance In Latin America, Omar M. Al Nassar

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This dissertation consists of two essays on financial sector performance in Latin America. These two essays complement each other so that, when placed together, they are expected to provide policymakers with guidelines on how to design appropriate financial sector reform strategies in an attempt to promote long-term economic development, and thus to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows not only for Latin American countries, but also for developing countries in general.

Chapter one investigates the extent to which the short and the long-run relationship between financial development and economic growth exists in Latin America. It focuses on two major …


Embattled Paraguayan President Lugo Gets Help From Neighbor Brazil, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Embattled Paraguayan President Lugo Gets Help From Neighbor Brazil, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Expanded U.S. Military Presence Increases Tensions With Colombia's Neighbors, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Expanded U.S. Military Presence Increases Tensions With Colombia's Neighbors, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Mexico Announces New Rules Prohibiting Banks From Charging Commissions For Certain Services, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Mexico Announces New Rules Prohibiting Banks From Charging Commissions For Certain Services, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Mexico Cements Relations With Chile; Dispute Emerges On Rice Imports From Uruguay, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Mexico Cements Relations With Chile; Dispute Emerges On Rice Imports From Uruguay, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Problems Between Government And Media Continue In Venezuela, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Problems Between Government And Media Continue In Venezuela, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Amazonian Indigenous Allege Persecution From Peruvian Government, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Amazonian Indigenous Allege Persecution From Peruvian Government, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Talks Fail; Exiled President Manuel Zelaya Says He Is Headed Home To Honduras Regardless Of Feared Consequences, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Talks Fail; Exiled President Manuel Zelaya Says He Is Headed Home To Honduras Regardless Of Feared Consequences, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


A Diminished President Daniel Ortega Seeks Constitutional Change To Permit Him A Fourth Presidential Tour In Nicaragua, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

A Diminished President Daniel Ortega Seeks Constitutional Change To Permit Him A Fourth Presidential Tour In Nicaragua, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Colombia, Ecuador Present Separate Extradition Requests For Mexican Citizen Lucia Morett, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Colombia, Ecuador Present Separate Extradition Requests For Mexican Citizen Lucia Morett, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Canada Implements Visa Requirement For All Mexican Visitors, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Canada Implements Visa Requirement For All Mexican Visitors, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


U.N. Decries Human Rights Abuses In Colombia, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

U.N. Decries Human Rights Abuses In Colombia, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Feeling Of Insecurity Used As Political Tool In South America, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Feeling Of Insecurity Used As Political Tool In South America, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, Tired Of Waiting, Calls For Insurrection, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, Tired Of Waiting, Calls For Insurrection, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


World Court Settles San Juan River Dispute; Nicaragua And Costa Rica Both Claim Victory, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

World Court Settles San Juan River Dispute; Nicaragua And Costa Rica Both Claim Victory, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Mexican Legislators Propose Controversial Plan To Deal With Street Children, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Mexican Legislators Propose Controversial Plan To Deal With Street Children, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


New Projections Foresee Contraction Of 7% Or More In Mexican Economy In 2009, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

New Projections Foresee Contraction Of 7% Or More In Mexican Economy In 2009, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Uruguayan Presidential Campaign Heats Up Following Primaries, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Uruguayan Presidential Campaign Heats Up Following Primaries, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Kirchners Suffer Devastating Loss In Argentina's Midterm Elections, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Kirchners Suffer Devastating Loss In Argentina's Midterm Elections, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Low-Key U.S. Places Honduras Coup Resolution In Hands Of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Low-Key U.S. Places Honduras Coup Resolution In Hands Of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Honduras' High-Cost Coup: Donors Cut Hundreds Of Millions In Aid And Loans, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Honduras' High-Cost Coup: Donors Cut Hundreds Of Millions In Aid And Loans, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Partido Revolucionario Institucional Sweeps Midterm Elections At Expense Of Governing Party, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Partido Revolucionario Institucional Sweeps Midterm Elections At Expense Of Governing Party, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Federal Government & Low-Cost Carrier Aviacsa Embroiled In Bitter Legal Battle, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Federal Government & Low-Cost Carrier Aviacsa Embroiled In Bitter Legal Battle, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


International Consensus: Military Coup In Honduras Must Not Stand, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

International Consensus: Military Coup In Honduras Must Not Stand, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Ricardo Martinelli Sworn In As New President Of Panama; A Businessman Comes To Power, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Ricardo Martinelli Sworn In As New President Of Panama; A Businessman Comes To Power, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Energías Renovables: Diagnóstico, Barreras Y Propuestas, Secretary Of Energy, Republic Of Argentina; Reeep; Fundacion Bariloche Jul 2009

Energías Renovables: Diagnóstico, Barreras Y Propuestas, Secretary Of Energy, Republic Of Argentina; Reeep; Fundacion Bariloche

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Prospective study of renewable energies aimed at removing technical, economic, regulatory, and financial barriers to power generation.


Fatal Fire At Child-Care Center Has Repercussions On Gubernatorial, Mayoral Elections In Sonora State, Ladb Staff Jul 2009

Fatal Fire At Child-Care Center Has Repercussions On Gubernatorial, Mayoral Elections In Sonora State, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.