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Redeamericas: Building Research Capacity In Young Leaders For Sustainable Growth In Community Mental Health Services In Latin America, L. Yang, C. Pratt, E. Valencia, S. Conover, R. Fernández, M.S. Burrone, M.T. Cavalcanti, G. Lovisi, G. Rojas, R. Alvarado, S. Galea, L. N. Price, E. Susser Feb 2017

Redeamericas: Building Research Capacity In Young Leaders For Sustainable Growth In Community Mental Health Services In Latin America, L. Yang, C. Pratt, E. Valencia, S. Conover, R. Fernández, M.S. Burrone, M.T. Cavalcanti, G. Lovisi, G. Rojas, R. Alvarado, S. Galea, L. N. Price, E. Susser

Publications and Research

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and initial accomplishments of a training program of young leaders in community mental health research as part of a Latin American initiative known as RedeAmericas. RedeAmericas was one of five regional ‘Hubs’ funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to improve community mental health care and build mental health research capacity in low- and middle-income countries. It included investigators in six Latin American cities – Santiago, Chile; Medellín, Colombia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Córdoba, Neuquén, and Buenos Aires in Argentina – working together with a team affiliated …


Government Proposes Lowering Criminal Responsibility Age In Argentina, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2017

Government Proposes Lowering Criminal Responsibility Age In Argentina, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Bolivians Promote Fourth Term For President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2017

Bolivians Promote Fourth Term For President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Dominican Republic Reignites Debate On Abortion, Crosby Girã³N Feb 2017

Dominican Republic Reignites Debate On Abortion, Crosby Girã³N

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No abstract provided.


Haitian Drug Lord Who Turned Politician Lands Before A U.S. Judge, George Rodrã­Guez Feb 2017

Haitian Drug Lord Who Turned Politician Lands Before A U.S. Judge, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Special Assembly Completes Constitution For Mexico City, Carlos Navarro Feb 2017

Special Assembly Completes Constitution For Mexico City, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Mexican Government Keeps Gasoline Prices Unchanged In First Half Of February, Carlos Navarro Feb 2017

Mexican Government Keeps Gasoline Prices Unchanged In First Half Of February, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Adam Goodman Interview, Jennifer Thomson Feb 2017

Adam Goodman Interview, Jennifer Thomson

Bucknell: Occupied

Jennifer Thomson, assistant professor of History at Bucknell University, interviews Adam Goodman, assistant professor of Latin American and Latino Studies and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Thomson and Goodman discuss the Trump administration's Executive Order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States issued January 27, 2017. Dr. Goodman reviews past executive orders related to immigration and specific issues which may affect higher education. Dr. Thomson mentions community interest in adopting sanctuary campus policies at Bucknell University.


Plan Cã³Ndor Sentence In Italy Disappoints Plaintiffs From Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2017

Plan Cã³Ndor Sentence In Italy Disappoints Plaintiffs From Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Mercosur Trade Bloc Severs Ties With Venezuela, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2017

Mercosur Trade Bloc Severs Ties With Venezuela, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


El Salvador Marks 25th Anniversary Of Chapultepec Peace Accords, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Feb 2017

El Salvador Marks 25th Anniversary Of Chapultepec Peace Accords, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Bolivian Opposition Leader Investigated For Involvement In Panama Papers Scandal, Louisa Reynolds Feb 2017

Bolivian Opposition Leader Investigated For Involvement In Panama Papers Scandal, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Governing Party Proposes Reduction In Size Of Mexican Congress, Carlos Navarro Feb 2017

Governing Party Proposes Reduction In Size Of Mexican Congress, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Trump’S Proposal To Impose Tariffs On Mexican Imports Creates Widespread Concern, Carlos Navarro Feb 2017

Trump’S Proposal To Impose Tariffs On Mexican Imports Creates Widespread Concern, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Civil Law Pulsations Along The Latin American Periphery, Ángel R. Oquendo Feb 2017

Civil Law Pulsations Along The Latin American Periphery, Ángel R. Oquendo

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

The civil law system shows its true face as it travels from the Continental European core to the Latin American periphery. Many of the principal institutions have found a home and thrived in the new and radically different environment. One can best study them there by contemplating how they have preserved some of their most basic features despite having transformed themselves into something else.

The notion of the civil law tradition and that of codification have themselves undergone this dialectic of transformation and preservation. So have the traditional approach to contractual interpretation and to third-party agreements and the common proscriptions …


Jailhouse Incident Renews Torture Debate In Ecuador, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Jan 2017

Jailhouse Incident Renews Torture Debate In Ecuador, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

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Right-Wing Rhetoric Fuels Immigration Debate In Chile, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jan 2017

Right-Wing Rhetoric Fuels Immigration Debate In Chile, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Cuba Deals With Crucial Changes: Recession, Fidel Castro’S Death, And The End Of The Wet Foot/Dry Foot Policy, Daniel Vã¡Zquez Jan 2017

Cuba Deals With Crucial Changes: Recession, Fidel Castro’S Death, And The End Of The Wet Foot/Dry Foot Policy, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Northern Triangle Migrants Have New Challenge: The Trump Administration, George Rodrã­Guez Jan 2017

Northern Triangle Migrants Have New Challenge: The Trump Administration, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Observers Question Timing Of Extradition Of Drug Lord Chapo Guzmã¡N, Carlos Navarro Jan 2017

Observers Question Timing Of Extradition Of Drug Lord Chapo Guzmã¡N, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Anti-Logging Activist Murdered In Sierra Tarahumara, Carlos Navarro Jan 2017

Anti-Logging Activist Murdered In Sierra Tarahumara, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Policy Recommendations For Meeting The Grand Challenge To Achieve Equal Opportunity And Justice, Ruth G. Mcroy, Yolanda C. Padilla, Rocío Calvo, Jeremy T. Goldbach, Martell L. Teasley, Hortensia Amaro, Marilyn Armour, Manuel Cano, Sandra E. Crewe, Westy Egmont, Victor J. Figuero, Rowena Fong, Cynthia G. S. Franklin, Ruby M. Gourdine, John L. Jackson Jr., Mit Joyner, Michael S. Kelly, James E. Lubben, Larry Ortiz, Macheo Payne, Robert Rosales, William A. Vega, Michael D. Walter, Mary C. Waters Jan 2017

Policy Recommendations For Meeting The Grand Challenge To Achieve Equal Opportunity And Justice, Ruth G. Mcroy, Yolanda C. Padilla, Rocío Calvo, Jeremy T. Goldbach, Martell L. Teasley, Hortensia Amaro, Marilyn Armour, Manuel Cano, Sandra E. Crewe, Westy Egmont, Victor J. Figuero, Rowena Fong, Cynthia G. S. Franklin, Ruby M. Gourdine, John L. Jackson Jr., Mit Joyner, Michael S. Kelly, James E. Lubben, Larry Ortiz, Macheo Payne, Robert Rosales, William A. Vega, Michael D. Walter, Mary C. Waters

Center for Social Development Research

This brief was created forSocial Innovation for America’s Renewal, a policy conference organized by the Center for Social Development in collaboration with the American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare, which is leading theGrand Challenges for Social Work initiative to champion social progress. The conference site includes links to speeches, presentations, and a full list of the policy briefs.


Uruguay Looks To Tame Its Cold War-Era Intelligence System, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jan 2017

Uruguay Looks To Tame Its Cold War-Era Intelligence System, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Fujimori Strength Undermines Peruvian Government, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Jan 2017

Fujimori Strength Undermines Peruvian Government, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Daniel Ortega Begins Third Straight Term As President Of Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Jan 2017

Daniel Ortega Begins Third Straight Term As President Of Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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No abstract provided.


Costa Rica Bolsters Programs To Prevent Violence Against Women, George Rodrã­Guez Jan 2017

Costa Rica Bolsters Programs To Prevent Violence Against Women, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


President-Elect Trump Vows To Proceed With Construction Of Border Wall, Carlos Navarro Jan 2017

President-Elect Trump Vows To Proceed With Construction Of Border Wall, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Peã±A Nieto’S Initiative To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage In Mexico Voted Down In Congress, Carlos Navarro Jan 2017

Peã±A Nieto’S Initiative To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage In Mexico Voted Down In Congress, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Brazil’S Operation Car Wash Anti-Corruption Investigation Receives International Prize, Gregory Scruggs Jan 2017

Brazil’S Operation Car Wash Anti-Corruption Investigation Receives International Prize, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

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Calls For The Release Of Jailed Activist Go Unheeded In Argentina, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jan 2017

Calls For The Release Of Jailed Activist Go Unheeded In Argentina, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.