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jueves, 30 de junio de 2011
Argentines Confidence in Government Fell 2% in June
Argentines Confidence in Government Fell 2% in June: "By Eliana Raszewski - Thu Jun 30 19:02:35 GMT 2011 Argentines confidence in their government fell by 2 percent in June from the previous month, according to a poll released by Buenos Aires-based Torcuato Di Tella university. Confidence rose 43 percent ...
Nearly 100000 Chilean students demonstrate in Santiago
Nearly 100000 Chilean students demonstrate in Santiago
Santiago - Close to 100000 Chilean students and teachers demonstrated Thursday in front of the presidential palace in Santiago demanding reform in the country's public education system. The conservative government of President Sebastian Pinera has ...
You Can't Fight Poverty If the Kids Can't Read
You Can't Fight Poverty If the Kids Can't Read: "For a lower middle-class black community such as the one in which I grew up, South Ozone Park in New York City (part of the zip code 11436), those additional higher ed credentials equals a decline in poverty. If just a third of the 3110 residents ...
Chile police use tear gas on education protests
Chile police use tear gas on education protests
SANTIAGO — Police clashed violently with demonstrators Thursday in the Chilean capital, using tear gas and water cannon in a bid to disperse tens of thousands of students and professors demanding educational reforms. Rioting broke out at the end of a ...
Chile construction jobs to peak in 2012-study
Chile construction jobs to peak in 2012-study: "By Alexis Krell SANTIAGO, June 30 (Reuters)- Private construction employment in Chile is likely to peak in 2012 on the back of mining projects, an economic studies think tank said on Thursday, suggesting the labor market will remain tight in the next ...
Officials announce plans to crack down on drug cartels in Harris County
Officials announce plans to crack down on drug cartels in Harris County
Even though Mexico's drug war is primarily being fought across the border, McCaul says it's also prominent in Harris County. "I think a lot of people when they look at this war raging in Mexico they think it's pretty isolated and think, 'that's not in ...
US closes deportation proceedings against gay Venezuelan man married to ...
US closes deportation proceedings against gay Venezuelan man married to ...
In that request, Soloway urged the government to exercise prosecutorial discretion in Mr. Velandia's case citing on his marriage to an American citizen; the impossibility and danger, as a gay binational couple, of relocating to Venezuela; the changing ...
Crime and politics in Mexico: A turning tide
Crime and politics in Mexico: A turning tide: "
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| FOR most of Felipe Calderón's four-and-a-half years as Mexico's president, voters have worried more about jobs than crime. Since 2001 average income growth per person has been below 1% a year, one of the lowest rates in the world. Whereas the drug war ... |  The Economist |
Mercosur pushes for early EU trade pact
Mercosur pushes for early EU trade pact: "ASUNCION, Paraguay, June 30 (UPI) -- Latin America's Mercosur trade bloc is impatient for progress on free-trade talks with the European Union to lead to an early agreement, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said. Brazil has been in the forefront of ...
Child Poverty | Business Journal
Child Poverty | Business Journal: "The study 'Child poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean', which develops rights-based measurement and diagnosis of child poverty in the region and seeks ...
latin america characteristics of poor households by national ...
latin america characteristics of poor households by national ...: "We found 554 results matching latin america characteristics of poor ... The position of the American poverty threshold and of poor relief benefits in the ...
Orissa: Brutalities Cannot Be Forgotten
Orissa: Brutalities Cannot Be Forgotten: "Eduardo Galeano from 'Open veins of Latin America ' Should we forget the inhuman behaviour of a government? Will we forget, as we tend to do time and again, a history of torture and brutality? The State and its allies want us to forget. ...
Indigenous Women Weave New Community Ties
Indigenous Women Weave New Community Ties: "Together with other craftswomen, she has started a small weaving business which is helping to rebuild their lives in this remote, poverty-stricken Andean community torn by Peru's history of armed conflict. It is Saturday afternoon and there is hardly ...
Evo Morales Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Argentina
Evo Morales Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Argentina: "Bolivia. The honorary doctorate recognizes Morales as a key element of Latin ... of creating consensus and integration agreements for wiping out poverty, ...
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Snow falls in several parts of Buenos Aires province
Snow falls in several parts of Buenos Aires province: "The predictions made by the National Weather Service were met today in some provincial areas of Buenos Aires, as snow began to fall along a part of Route 3, between the areas of Stroeder and Carmen de Patagones. Officials have advised drivers to take ...
Victims of Israeli embassy bombing to get compensation
Victims of Israeli embassy bombing to get compensation: "BUENOS AIRES (JTA) -- Relatives of victims of the 1992 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires will receive compensation from Argentina. According to the law, families of victims will receive $225000 in the case of death, $158, 000 for dramatic ...
CEPAL: The rise in global demand for ethanol and poverty in Brazil ...
CEPAL: The rise in global demand for ethanol and poverty in Brazil ...: "Brazil has traditionally been one of the most important sugarcane and ethanol producers in the world producing fuel ethanol on a large scale starting since ...
Infelicitous 40: The Anniversary Of The US's War On Drugs – Analysis
Infelicitous 40: The Anniversary Of The US's War On Drugs – Analysis
Statistics on firearm and narcotics trafficking between the US and Mexico are themselves highly politicized, and therefore unreliable. However, incontestably, the US does provide many of the weapons that fuel Mexico's drug wars, and US drug consumption ...
Faithful to her art: Renowned Venezuelan artist completes project at St. Mary's
Faithful to her art: Renowned Venezuelan artist completes project at St. Mary's: "Manteiga, a native of Spain who spent most of her life in Venezuela, moved to the United States two and a half years ago and settled in the Chandler area with her daughter, Marcia Carrera, and family. She plans to take English language lessons, ...
Chile's 2010 Homicide Rate Show Slight Decrease
Chile's 2010 Homicide Rate Show Slight Decrease
The most deadly areas of Santiago are Puente Alto, downtown Santiago, La Florida, La Pintana and San Bernardo, according to the latest homicide statistics from Chile's Investigative Police (PDI). From 2007 to 2010, there were 116 murders in Puente Alto ...
Paris Hilton's home intruder gets two-year jail sentence
Paris Hilton's home intruder gets two-year jail sentence
Last summer she was arrested in South Africa after the Brazil-Netherlands World Cup game on suspicion of marijuana possession, but the case was dropped. In 2007 Hilton spent 23 days of a 45-day sentence in a Los Angeles county jail for a DUI (driving ...
1 in 10 children lives with a grandparent, report finds
1 in 10 children lives with a grandparent, report finds: "But children living with grandparents more often lived in families in poverty (22.5 percent) than did children with no grandparents in their household (19.6 percent). The association between living with a grandparent and being in poverty is unclear, ...
50 years after death, Hemingway lives on in Cuba
50 years after death, Hemingway lives on in Cuba: "
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| A daiquiri at the Floridita, a mojito at the Bodeguita del Medio and an afternoon at Finca Vigia is the obligatory ritual for enthusiasts arriving in Cuba to honour the 50th anniversary of American writer Ernest Hemingway's death. In Cuba, devotees can ... |  Times LIVE |
Vietnam, Cuba tighten traditional fraternity
Vietnam, Cuba tighten traditional fraternity: "Vietnam and Cuba have vowed to strengthen their cooperation in general and between their overseas representative offices in particular. At an exchange between the staff of the Vietnamese and Cuban Embassies in Mexico on June 28, Vietnamese Ambassador ...
Sacramento food stamps: lost supper
Sacramento food stamps: lost supper: "Nearly one in five children in Sacramento County lives in poverty. In Yolo and El Dorado counties, the number of students participating in the National School Lunch Program is even lower, hovering around 25 percent. At the same time, the need for help ...
Polar temperatures hit Buenos Aires | Real Science
Polar temperatures hit Buenos Aires | Real Science: "Polar temperatures hit Buenos Aires. Posted on June 30, 2011 by stevengoddard. A polar wave of low temperatures hit Argentina today as the thermometers considerably descended in what is expected to be one of the coldest winters of the ...
miércoles, 29 de junio de 2011
Study finds Peru one of the most homophobic countries in Latin America
Study finds Peru one of the most homophobic countries in Latin America: "
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| ... the most homophobic countries in Latin America. The arguments for placing the country as an enemy of those who chose a different sexual preference is based on the country's failure to meet international human rights standards, La Républica reports. ... |  Living in Peru |
Americas Quarterly Security in Central America A Glimmer of Hope
Americas Quarterly Security in Central America A Glimmer of Hope: "Security in Central America A Glimmer of Hope. June 29 2011 ... into particularly high poverty rates two of the four countries with Latin America's highest ...
Hugo Chavez' health problems forestall Latin American summit
Hugo Chavez' health problems forestall Latin American summit: "
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| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a meeting with Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba. Chavez reportedly underwent emergency surgery in Cuba on 10 June. Photograph: Granma/EPA A meeting of Latin American leaders in Venezuela planned for next ... |  The Guardian |
US agents, police raid notorious Puerto Rican slum
US agents, police raid notorious Puerto Rican slum
By AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The US attorney for Puerto Rico says authorities have broken up the island's largest heroin distribution ring with a raid on a notorious seaside slum. Rosa Emilia Rodriguez tells reporters the drug gang based in the slum ...
Chávez should get credit for economic miracle
Chávez should get credit for economic miracle: "The Chávez's government cites ECLAC figures showing it has reduced poverty from 45 percent of the population to 28 percent over the past 10 years. But, over the same period, Argentina has reduced its poverty rate from 45 percent to 11 percent of its ...
Chile May Industrial Output Surges 9.7% On The Year
Chile May Industrial Output Surges 9.7% On The Year: "SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chile's industrial output surged a higher-than-expected 9.7% in May from the same month a year earlier, the government statistics agency said Wednesday. The surge was due to the recovery in the country's industries and to a low ...
Noma: Poverty and Oral Health Linked to Orofacial Gangrene
Noma: Poverty and Oral Health Linked to Orofacial Gangrene: "
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| Now, noma is found in other parts of the world, including sub-Africa (particularly West Africa), the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Several cases have been reported in Laos. Noma typically affects poor children who ... |  Medscape |
La Polar says inks creditor deal to weather crisis
La Polar says inks creditor deal to weather crisis: "SANTIAGO, June 29 (Reuters) - Chilean retailer La Polar (LAP.SN) said it reached a deal with most of its creditors on Wednesday to overcome one of the country's worst financial scandals in years. La Polar Chairman Cesar Barros said bondholders agreed ...
Conditional cash transfers and health
Conditional cash transfers and health: "Argentina's universal child allowance programme and Brazil and Mexico's conditional cash transfer schemes are credited with reducing poverty and improving the health of populations. South Africa's Child Support Grants and Thailand's universal health ...
Feds join Puerto Rico police in major drug sweep
Feds join Puerto Rico police in major drug sweep: "San Juan – Puerto Rican police and several federal agencies on Wednesday launched a massive sweep against drug traffickers in the tough San Juan neighborhood of La Perla. Agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs ...
Conditional cash transfers and health
Conditional cash transfers and health: "Argentina's universal child allowance programme and Brazil and Mexico's conditional cash transfer schemes are credited with reducing poverty and improving the health of populations. South Africa's Child Support Grants and Thailand's universal health ...
A look at economist and commentator Ben Stein
A look at economist and commentator Ben Stein: "Economist at the US Department of Commerce; poverty lawyer in New Haven, Conn., and Washington, DC; trial lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission; speech writer for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford; author or co-author of at least 30 books, ...
Peru: Planning Problems
Peru: Planning Problems: "Despite economic growth during the last decade, Peru is a country where 45 per cent of the population still live below the poverty line, and where, according to government statistics, unintended pregnancies are increasing despite better access to ...
Reporters use Knight Center online courses platform to learn and practice ...
Reporters use Knight Center online courses platform to learn and practice ...
Corruption, irregularities and complaints were common themes of investigative projects that Latin American reporters tackled during intense online courses and workshops organized by Reporteros de Colombia (Reporters of Colombia) and IPYS (Press and ...
Prosperity brings remarkable change to Lima
Prosperity brings remarkable change to Lima: "
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| The fastest-growing economy in Latin America brings a dynamism and an optimism to Peru's capital that did not exist in the 1980s and '90s. Still, poverty and the legacy of war linger. Peru's President-elect Ollanta Humala waves last week before ... |  Los Angeles Times |
People's Tribunal against the Criminalization of Protest in Ecuador
People's Tribunal against the Criminalization of Protest in Ecuador
The delegation was composed of the Ombudsman, representatives of national indigenous organizations, the Inter-American Platform of Human Rights, Democracy and Development (PIDHDD), Real World Radio, and a team of FoodFirst Information and Action ...
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Human Rights & Human Welfare: "The security sector is one of the areas in more urgent need of reform, and where the human rights abuses affecting the daily lives of Central American ...
China's springboard to American markets
China's springboard to American markets: "
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| Costa Rica, a staunch US ally, shocked the world when it became Central America's first country to officially recognize China. When it became clear that Costa Rica would not use its new closeness to Beijing to press its leaders on human rights issues, ... |  GlobalPost |
UN human rights chief promises bringing to justice of torturers
UN human rights chief promises bringing to justice of torturers: "
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| “Across many parts of Latin America and in some other parts of the world, we have been seeing encouraging developments in the implementation of the strict prohibition against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in international law, ... |  Islamic Republic News Agency |
$1 billion slated for Central America's drug war
$1 billion slated for Central America's drug war
Santos suggested possibly training central security forces at facilities in Colombia, highlighting that his country has experience dealing with criminal organizations. “This is a dangerous enemy, no scruples, no respect for human rights, ...
Target employees tell gay youths, "It Gets Better"
Target employees tell gay youths, "It Gets Better": "
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| ... of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council narrowly voted in favor of the declaration put forward by South Africa, with 23 votes in favor and 19 against. Backers included the US, the European Union, Brazil and other Latin American countries. ... |  Salon |
WJBC Forum - A Country of great Contrasts
WJBC Forum - A Country of great Contrasts: "Colombia is a country of great contrasts, with warm wonderful people, beautiful cities, a rich culture, and delicious food. But its high poverty rates, lackluster interest in improving the lot of minorities, and continued influence of guerilla and ...
US pledges 300 million more for war on drugs in Central America
US pledges 300 million more for war on drugs in Central America: "The crackdowns in Mexico and Colombia backed by the US have driven dealers and traffickers to Central American countries. The expansion has grown rapidly in a region beset by poverty corruption and poor policing. The US government collects revenues ...
Cuba Rejects Inclusion in US Report on Human Trafficking
Cuba Rejects Inclusion in US Report on Human Trafficking: "by ACN — last modified Jun 29, 2011 11:01 AM Cuba strongly rejected on Tuesday a report on human trafficking released by the US State Department in which the Caribbean country is included accused of not doing enough to combat this world scourge. ...
Pneumonia and poverty: a prospective population-based study among ...
Pneumonia and poverty: a prospective population-based study among ...: "Pneumonia and poverty: a prospective population-based study among children in Brazil. Thorn LK, Minamisava R, Nouer SS, Ribeiro LH, Andrade AL. ...
martes, 28 de junio de 2011
Understand the Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order
Understand the Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order: "
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| From one day to the next, an entire country was precipitated into abysmal poverty: in less than a year the price of bread in Chile increased thirty-six times and eighty-five percent of the Chilean population had been driven below the poverty line. ... |  Center for Research on Globalization |
Louisa commonwealth's attorney calls for drug testing welfare recipients
Louisa commonwealth's attorney calls for drug testing welfare recipients: "“The key to breaking the cycle of poverty in many cases is breaking the cycle of addiction,” Garrett said in a statement. “It's reasonable for the taxpayers who are lending a hand to expect those receiving assistance don't do so longer than necessary. ...
Venezuela prison warden held for arms trafficking | The Associated ...
Venezuela prison warden held for arms trafficking | The Associated ...: "Venezuelan authorities have arrested a prison warden for allegedly supplying arms and explosives to inmates staging deadly riots over the past 11 days.
Brazil backs France's Lagarde in IMF race
Brazil backs France's Lagarde in IMF race: "By Isabel Versiani and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil on Tuesday backed French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as the next head of the International Monetary Fund, aligning itself with other big emerging markets such as China ...
Latin America and Socialism of the 21st Century
Latin America and Socialism of the 21st Century: "The funds continued to flow despite the increasing human rights claims against Colombia's military, including thousands of non-combatant related deathsfollowing Uribe taking office in 2002. The US also continues to fund right-wing oppositions, ...
Guatemalan town falls victim to Mexico's bloody narco wars
Guatemalan town falls victim to Mexico's bloody narco wars: "
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| ... a researcher on Central America at Amnesty International. "The current violence has not occurred in a vacuum. Massive human rights violations, war crimes and genocide have gone unpunished. In Guatemala impunity is the norm, justice the exception. ... |  The Guardian |
U.S. Territory Hospitals Have Higher Death Rates, Less Federal Funding
U.S. Territory Hospitals Have Higher Death Rates, Less Federal Funding: "
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| And a new report finds that hospitals in US territories—including Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands—are even farther behind. "Virtually all of the territorial hospitals performed below the US national averages ... |  Scientific American (blog) |
Mexican men off to jail for smuggling drug money from BC to US
Mexican men off to jail for smuggling drug money from BC to US: "By SAM COOPER, The Province June 28, 2011 10:03 AM Two Mexican men were sentenced to prison last week after sneaking from BC into Washington state with more than $650000 of suspected drug money. Fabian Arias-Ramirez and Sergio Arroyo-Rivera, ...
Area police help send drug leader to prison
Area police help send drug leader to prison: "Pineda is a Mexican national who will be deported once his prison term is up. In asking for the lengthy prison term, prosecutors noted that Pineda trafficked black tar heroin – one of the drugs that has fueled cartel violence. According to the US since ...
El Pasoan Tells His Story From A Juarez Prison
El Pasoan Tells His Story From A Juarez Prison: "Shohn Huckabee is in the Cereso Prison in Juarez for allegedly carrying more than 100 pounds of marijuana in his truck. On that fateful day, Shohn says he was driving back to El Paso when Mexican military pulled him over. "They pulled us out of the ...
Cuba school officials employ staff
Cuba school officials employ staff: "By Anonymous The Cuba Community Unit School District 3 board of education met on June 20 in a regular meeting with board president Sue McCance. Marty Kiesewetter of First Midstate, Inc. presented information to the board on Working Cash Bonds and ...
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