Statistical Yearbook for Latin America And the Caribbean 2004 (Anuario Estadistico De America Latina Y El Caribe/Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean)
Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hands Off Venezuela supporters attended this past weekend’s convention of the youth wing of the Ontario NDP in Ottawa. While there, HOV managed to get the following resolution approved by delegates, which now becomes part of ONDY policy. Latin America Because Canadian banks and financiers have invested heavily in Latin America and, as such, have a large [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
MEXICO: Infosys Technologies opened its second Latin American Development centre in Monterrey, Mexico, offering global, near-shore and Latin American clients a full range of information technology services including business and IT consulting, ...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
In commemoration of the feast of All Saints, which is a holiday across Latin America where family members honor their deceased relatives, Natalia Cartolini posts a series of photographs she has taken of cemeteries in Ecuador and Peru [es].
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
One year after the election of President Barack Obama, it's time to ask whether his ambitious campaign promises about Latin America are being fulfilled, or whether, like others before him, he has placed the region at the bottom of his foreign policy priorities. Let's take a quick look at some of Obama's key campaign promises for the region: • Obama, who had never had much contact with Latin America...
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A few items of note this week: -In Guyana, police are facing (rightfully) severe criticism and outrage over a brutal case of torture. While interrogating a 14-year-old boy about a murder, they apparently set his genitals on fire in an effort to torture answers out of him. Outrage among Guyanans of all sectors was immediate, in part exacerbated by pictures of the boy ( caution: the previous link is...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
There is a fundamental difference between deserts and desertification. While deserts are a natural formations, desertification is a process of degradation of lands when affected by climate change, human activities, and natural forces until they eventually become deserts.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Venezuelan Army. Photo from Army Recognition In Latin America, Weapons Buying Spreads Mistrust -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors. Whether it's called an ``arms race'' or a ``coincidental modernization'' of existing stocks, a wave of weapons purchases by Latin American nations is causing neighbors to watch each...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country's 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
JESUS DE MACHACA, Bolivia -- In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country's 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule.
Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti speaks during a news conference at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa October 29, 2009. Micheletti said on Thursday he was ready to sign a deal to resolve the country's political crisis that could include a return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT) TOP STORY - New Reports Demolish...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Honduras deal, which calls for national unity government and agreement on Nov. 29 elections, pushes back against the dominant narrative of waning US clout in region.
Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
On Wednesday Ecuador’s leftist president Rafael Correa arrived in Russia on a three-day working visit. This is the first time that a sitting Ecuadorean president has travelled to Moscow, during or after the Cold War. While huddling with counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia’s KGB-communist dictator, Correa signed a strategic partnership that addresses bilateral...
Panama Investor Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Panama spends a great deal of its budget on health and education, but unfortunately it does not pay off. This was made acutely aware by a recent study by UNESCO. Panama ranked 8th out of 11 countries evaluated. Who is...
BizKnowledge Watch (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The International Monetary Fund has launched its latest Regional Economic Outlook, entitled “Crisis Averted, Western Hemisphere Report”. The study explores the consequences and policy implications of the recent global crisis and recession for the Latin America & Caribbean (LAC region). Although the impact of the crisis was substantial, the worst is over for most countries. [...]
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