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Social Media: Americas: South America

61-90 Social Media articles displayed
for the Americas/South America Region

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Making Democracies Work: Social Capital and Civic Engagement in 47 Societies
The study establishes predictable patterns in the distribution of social capital around the world, and long-standing cultural traditions and historical legacies can help to explain the contrasts found... Read More...


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Venezuela: the consolidation of the “Revolucion Bolivariana”.
By Dr. Oscar Rey of the CEI (Centro de Estudios Internacionales ) J.F.Kennedy University (Buenos Aires) and CDERI (www.cderi.org). The document is in Spanish. Read More...


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Latin America Studies Association (LASA)
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest professional Association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America. Read More...


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Society for Latin America Studies (SLAS)
Principal association in the United Kingdom for those interested in the study of Latin American affairs. Read More...


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Facultad Lainoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Site only in Spanish)
International Organization created by UNESCO, advocated to the promotion of Social Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read More...


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Consejo Lationoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CALACS)
International NGO that grouped 160 Research Centers and Graduate Programs in 21 Latin American countries. (Web page only available in Spanish, Portugues and French) Read More...


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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Organization within United Nation Framework and its mission is to the economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean. Read More...


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Latin American Economic System (SELA)
The Latin American Economic System (SELA) is a regional intergovernmental organization that groups 27 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Read More...


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Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
NGO dedicated to make research and other activities related to Latin American countries. Read More...


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Brazil's Cardoso: 'The World Changed, But the Left Stayed the Same'
Brazil’s former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a visiting professor at Brown University, argues on the coming of the Left to power in Brazil. Excerpt from an interview with Cristovam Buarque. (B... Read More...


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Nuclear Brazil Is Hiding Something. But What?
Brazil remains an excellent candidate to be a nuclear power, considering the availability of uranium, skilled personnel and the enrichment facility technology that it appears to possess. By Claudia P... Read More...


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In Brazil Fat Compensations May Be Legal, But They Sure Are Immoral
The government, while diligently compensating the bandits who once wanted to install a communist dictatorship in the country, is far from being preoccupied in paying what is owed to citizens that are ... Read More...


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Chavez and fear
Widespread violence in Venezuela is a tactics to intimidate adversaries, Carlos Alberto Montaner analyzes. (Firmas Press, 12/14/2004) Read More...


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APEC Plays Bigger Role in World Economy
Article discusses the success of APEC, and their future plans as they finished a round of meetings. (China View.com, 11/21/04) Read More...


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Latin America's Chinese puzzle
The potential for profit in forging commercial ties with China has left some in the Caribbean and Central and South America positively giddy. But nothing is guaranteed. (The Miami Herald, 11/13/2004) Read More...


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Chinese officials focus on trade
The president of China and other high-ranking Chinese officials began a tour of Latin America in Brazil intending to enhance trade for the booming nation of 1.3 billion people. (The Miami Herald, 11/1... Read More...


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Leaders' hard lines give envoy tough test
New U.S. ambassador to Venezuela will handle the hardest diplomatic post in the hemisphere right now. (The Miami Herald, 11/11/2004) Read More...


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Colin Powell Visits Brazil, But Why?
The visit, which lasted less than two days, was so fleeting and flimsy that one cannot help but wonder why Powell came and what he thought he had achieved. By John Fitzpatrick (Brazzil, 10/12/2004) Read More...


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I Don't Vote in Brazil and I'm Proud of It
College students, federal employees, and mostly retirees and pension beneficiaries, in the last Brazilian national election, voted in herds for the left leaning President Lula da Silva. What can be ex... Read More...


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Freedom of Press Is More Fiction than Fact in Brazil
Regardless of clear legal provisions, constant attacks have been occurring against freedom of the press in Brazil. By Augusto Zimmerman (Brazzil, 10/05/2004) Read More...


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Chavez Threatens Governors With Jail
"If any governor beaten on October 31 rebelled and said that he won't hand over his post, arrest him and take him out of his office," Chavez told military officers. (NewsMax Wires, 10/18/2004) Read More...


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Latin America benefits from China's development
For the Latin American countries China's significance does not only lie in increasingly broader trade opportunities and investment prospect but also in many international issues. (People`s Daily Onlin... Read More...


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China Filling U.S. Vacuum in Latin America
There's a powerful new player in Latin America and its aggressive presence south of U.S. borders spells trouble for the U.S. in this politically sensitive region. By Phil Brennan (Newsmax, 09/13/2004... Read More...


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Can't Brazil Leave the NY Times Alone?
On giving in to the temptation of again confronting the powerful New York Times, the Brazilian government is issuing an affidavit that the Federal Council of Journalism is its own initiative, and no... Read More...


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In Brazil, Dictatorship is Back.
Brazil's President Lula is intent on building a brilliant and lasting career. He has proposed the Federal Council of Journalism, to get a better grip on those "coward journalists" who don't have the ... Read More...


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Left Unchecked Lula Would Muzzle Brazil
Three recent proposals by Brazilian President Lula have caused uproar in Brazil. The first would create a Federal Counsel of Journalism to police journalists' activities. The second would establish a ... Read More...


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In Brazil, Good News Is No News
The ruling party may not drive Brazil to a communist regime but some sort of dictatorship may be inevitable. By Janer Cristaldo. (Brazzil, August/2004) Read More...


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Venezuela: A flashing red light
President Chavez uses oil as a political tool to advance his hemispheric and global ambitions. By Ariel Cohen & Stephen Johnson. (The Washington Times, 08/18/2004) Read More...


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Agribusiness is Bad for Brazil and Brazilians
João Pedro Stédile, leader of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST), explains why land reform is crucial in Brazil. (Brazzil, July/2004) Read More...


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Brazil's Lula: 'Only New Order Will End Terrorism'
"We do not want to depend on arrangements with developed nations that distort the international system and condemn us to eternal dependence on unequal and uncertain concessions," Brazilian President L... Read More...


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