Extractions: Compiled by: E. Keating Date completed: April 2004 EAD encoding: Martin Heggestad, May 2004 DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Title: Committee on United States/Latin American Relations printed material, c. 1975-1990. Collection Number: Creator: Committee on United States/Latin American Relations. Quantity: 19 cubic ft. Forms of Material: Magazines, periodicals, newsletters, articles, reports, and other materials. Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Abstract: Printed resource materials relating to Latin America collected by CUSLAR, including magazines, periodicals, newsletters, articles, and reports. COLLECTION DESCRIPTION Printed resource materials relating to Latin America collected by CUSLAR, including magazines, periodicals, newsletters, articles, and reports.
Strengthening America's Southern Flank Requires A Better Effort to foreign police units without enabling legislation, while American 2003, at www.state.gov/g/inl Managing or Shaping USlatin American Relations, Colleagues http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg1727.cfm
Extractions: In the global war on terrorism, the United States is paying too little attention to its southern flank. People, goods, and services flowing within the Western Hemisphereboth legal and illicithave become potential conduits for carrying terrorist money, agents, and weapons. Attacks on countries such as Colombia by narco-guerrillas and on the United States by Middle Eastern extremists have already had cascading affects, disrupting markets and economies. Moreover, many Latin American countries remain unable to confront terrorism and transnational criminality, constrained by scarce resources and, in some cases, lack of political will. While these threats appear to be growing, the U.S. military component charged with protecting American interests in the region faces an uncertain future. Responsibilities for coordinating bilateral actions against emerging threats such as terrorism and international crime have fallen to agencies with little subject-matter expertise. Current U.S. laws block more effective support for training civilian law enforcement in democratically governed countries. And a Cold War-era treaty that narrowly addresses aggression by states outside the hemisphere encumbers more effective multilateral cooperation.
Useful Links the AFLCIO, the Labor Council for latin American Advancement (LCLAA www.senate.gov. for information on your US representative, current legislation or committee http://www.bacweb.org/govtrelations/links.asp
CFR Publications: Latin America: Back To The Past? is the coauthor of the legislation that consigns US its role as Washington s preeminent latin American partner, interlocutor http//www.eia.doe.gov/ (US Energy http://www.cfr.org/pub4488/kenneth_r_maxwell/latin_america_back_to_the_past.php
Extractions: Op-Ed Latin America: Back to the Past? By Kenneth R. Maxwell Folha de Sao Paulo April 07, 2002 Three months into 2002, the complacent decade of the 1990s seems far away. The international context is no longer one of "consensus," Washington or otherwise, over economic policy or much else; no longer an era of prosperity and peace, but very much one of contention, war, and uncertainty. Not all is gloom and doom, to be sure. The bankers are again optimistic about Brazil; they, like the Brazilian president, now think "continuity" will prevail in October. But if all this seems premature, it is: a week in politics is enough to change everything. The blow to the presidential campaign of Roseana Sarney that resulted from the recent discovery of R$1.34 million in cash in her husband's Empresa Lunus office is a reminder of this basic truth, and so too have been the changes since that fateful day in September 2001 when the twin towers of the World Trade Center fell in New York City. For Latin America as well as for the rest of the world, the events of 9/11, 2001, marked a defining moment. This is not so much because everyday life changed for peasants planting rice in the paddy fields of Bangladesh, or cariocas dodging dengue-bearing mosquitoes in Rio de Janeiro, or lumbermen downing potent shots of snaps in a bar in northern Sweden, but because the world changed suddenly and dramatically for the people (less than 5 percent of the world's population) who commit each year some U$ 400 billion of their tax monies to sustain nearly 40 percent of the world's military expenditures, consume almost 30 percent of its total oil production, and constitute 25 percent of the global economy.1 And that matters profoundly.
Network Of Legal Experts Of Latin America And The Caribbean this situation, the States Parties of latin America and the application of their national implementing legislation taking advantages email arn@mrecic.gov.ar. http://www.opcw.org/html/db/natadv/network.html
Extractions: Network of Legal Experts See also the Network of Legal Experts page in the Legal section of the OPCW website. Network of Legal Experts of Latin America and the Caribbean Introduction The Network of Legal Experts of Latin American and the Caribbean was created under the initiative of the States Parties of this regional group. Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention provides that each State Party shall in accordance with its constitutional processes, adopt the necessary measures to implement its obligations under the Convention. The elaboration of national implementing legislation has proven to be an arduous and complicated task for some States Parties. Aware of this situation, the States Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean at its first meeting of National Authorities of this Region, held in December 1999 in Lima, Peru, recommended creating a Regional Network of Experts. The Secretariat welcomed this recommendation and invited States Parties from this region to nominate an expert to become part of this Network.
CubaCentral :: Action Alert On Cuba Travel Legislation visiting www.house.gov or www.senate.gov . support their efforts to pass legislation by demonstrating Mavis Anderson Philip Schmidt latin America Working Group http://www.cubacentral.com/article.asp?ID=51
Extractions: Washington, DC 20555-0001 Availability Notice This compilation of statutes and materials pertaining to nuclear regulatory legislation through the 107th Congress, 1st Session, has been prepared by the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, with the assistance of staff, for use as an internal resource document. The compilation is not to be used as an authoritative citation in lieu of the primary legislative sources. Furthermore, while every effort has been made to ensure the completeness and accuracy of this material, neither the United States Government, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nor any of their employees makes any expressed or implied warranty or assumes liability for the accuracy or completeness of the material presented in this compilation. If you have any questions concerning this compilation, please contact Christine Pierpoint, Legislative Specialist, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Welcome To The Loyola Law Library Law Current Sources of Codes and legislation in Jurisdictions of Trade with latin America http//www.latco.org/tools http//www.ta.doc.gov/International/WestHem http://www.luc.edu/libraries/law/sem-la.htm
Environmental Impact Assessments In Latin America The forms of participation specified in latin American legislation include requirements for public comment periods, meetings between authorities or project http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/GOV/maps/474.htm
Extractions: This map shows the status of public participation in Environmental Impact Assessments in Latin America. Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru legally mandate public participation early in the drafting process of Environmental Impact Assessments. Despite the broad trend toward the adoption of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) laws and frameworks in Latin America, there is considerable variation among the specific provisions for public participation. The forms of participation specified in Latin American legislation include requirements for public comment periods, meetings between authorities or project developers and affected parties to discuss findings, and, in a few cases, formal public hearings. In just over half the countries surveyed, the provisions incorporated into law provide for opportunities to comment on EIAs before they are final or officially approved by governments. The other half limit participation to comments on final or approved EIAs.
ELIOS - Organizations Web. http//www.biodiversity.nl/legislation.htm. Bundesministerium für edu/la/peru/. Lanic latin American Network Information http//www.mma.gov.br. Ministry of http://www.ittig.cnr.it/BancheDatiGuide/elios/org.htm
Extractions: Italian Organizations Ancitel: servizi per i governi locali http://www.ancitel.it/ Ancitel: i siti web dei comuni http://www.ancitel.it/link/siti/index.cfm Camera di Commercio http://www.camcom.it/ ENEA - Ente Nazionale Energie Alternative http://www.enea.it/ Enti italiani per l'ambiente http://www.sinanet.anpa.it/LINK/AmbIta.htm IDG - Istituto per la Documentazione Giuridica http://www.idg.fi.cnr.it ISPESL - Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione e la Sicurezza del Lavoro http://www.ispesl.it/ http://www.iss.it/ Ministero dell'ambiente e della tutela del territorio http://www.minambiente.it/Sito/home.asp http://www.beniculturali.it Regioni ed enti locali http://www.sinanet.anpa.it/LINK/repro1.htm Rete Ambientale http://www.reteambientale.it/ML_home.htm Sistema Informativo Nazionale Ambientale http://www.sinanet.anpa.it/default.htm USL - aziende Unità Sanitarie Locali http://www.sanita.it/USL/
President Delivers State Of The Union Address has acted to create jobs, and I urge the Senate to pass this legislation. with friends and allies from Europe to Asia, and Africa to latin America, we will http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020129-11.html
Extractions: 9:15 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests, fellow citizens: As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet the state of our Union has never been stronger. (Applause.) We last met in an hour of shock and suffering. In four short months, our nation has comforted the victims, begun to rebuild New York and the Pentagon, rallied a great coalition, captured, arrested, and rid the world of thousands of terrorists, destroyed Afghanistan's terrorist training camps, saved a people from starvation, and freed a country from brutal oppression. (Applause.)
INTERNET RESOURCES FOR LATIN AMERICA newspapers, magazines, government documents, legislation and jurisprudence, etc. Handbook of latin American StudiesHLAS, http//lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ HLAS http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/
Extractions: LA GUIA, Internet Resources for Latin America, http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia Molly Molloy Molly E. Molloy, mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu This new version of LA GUIA is still under construction! I have made links back to some sections of the previous version when appropriate. See http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/lag1999.html document.write("Page last updated on "); document.writeln(document.lastModified); Border Studies InternshipGeorge Mason University, Summer 2004, http://globaled.gmu.edu/internships/cgeinternborder.html Students will have the opportunity to intern with organizations in the New Mexico/Texas/Chihuahua border area and participate in academic seminars and site visits to Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua City and Cuauhtémoc, Mexico. In addition, students will see the border through the perspective of the U. S. Border Patrol, the Mexican Consulate and the U. S. Consulate in Cd. Juárez. Walking and driving tours will allow students to feel what it is like to live in the border region.
Laguia_1999 de la Federacion (for updates on Mexican legislation). URL http//www.colciencias.gov.co Colombia Support and links to many latin American organizations. http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/lag1999.html
Extractions: PART 4: MORE RESOURCES ON LATIN AMERICAN NETWORKING This Guide violates a lot of the "rules" of the web. It's way too long and it's almost all text. Aside from the fact that I'm "graphically-challenged," I wanted to put the whole guide into one document so that the user can print it or download it easily. I have also included the text of all the URLs so that the Guide can be used as a printed reference if necessary.
CROCODILE SPECIALIST GROUP NEWSLETTER 194 - Pp. 17-19 groups animatedly discussed themes of legislation, education, priority Alejandro Larriera, CSG Vice Chairman for latin America, Blvd Pelligrini ronis@inpa.gov.br http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/HERPETOLOGY/NEWSLETTER/news194p17-19.htm
Extractions: CROCODILE SPECIALIST GROUP NEWSLETTER Latin America BLACK CAIMAN WORKSHOP. Between 17 and 20 October 2000, a workshop on Conservation, Monitoring and Management of Black Caiman was developed at Manaus, capital of the Amazonas State. The meeting, organized by the Instituto de Protección Ambiental de Amazonas, (IPAAM) began with presentations from local, national and international specialists who shared their experiences with a group specially invited for their activities in different aspects of the conservation and actual and potential use of caiman in the Amazon. Presentations began with an explanation of the origin and activities of the CSG (Alexandro Larriera), followed by a summary of the situation of Brazilian caimans (Luciano Verdade), the Venezuelan experience (Alvaro Velasco), a proposal for caiman ( C. yacare ) management in the Pantanal (Guillherme Mourao), legislation in Brazil (Fernando Dal 'Ava) and problems in applying current legislation (Bill Magnusson). These presentations were enriched by the additional inputs of Sonia Wiedmann, legal counsel of the Instituto Brasilero del Media Ambiente (IBAMA). The meeting continued with presentations on the more specific questions of illegal trade (Marcelo Gordo), the advantages of exotic skins (Leandro Scur), accidents (human attacks) from caiman (Jaydione Marcon), financing and economics in Amazonas State (José Barroso), and the conservation of Amazon caimans (Ronis Da Silveira), that gave a very appropriate closure to the first days discussion.
TRADE SNAPSHOT key commercial concerns is the need for most countries in the latin American region to reform their intellectual property rights legislation and enforcement http://www.ogc.doc.gov/ogc/legreg/testimon/106f/bastian0922.htm
Extractions: WRITTEN STATEMENT OF WALTER M. BASTIAN DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 Madam Chair, I am pleased to appear before this subcommittee today to discuss our commercial relationship with Latin America and what it means for the well-being of the U.S. economy. In many ways it is a story of present challenges standing in the way of future opportunities. Not only has the Latin region undergone a number of recent changes, many of which I will address, but we are also less than 50 days away from the opening of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial; a Ministerial which will bring us exactly half-way toward the completion of this decade long undertaking. It is the proximity to this event that makes this a timely hearing indeed. Let me begin by putting U.S.-Latin American trade in perspective. TRADE SNAPSHOT Latin America is a major trade and investment partner for the United States. It is a natural commercial partner of the United States, tied closely to us by geography, history and culture. Today, Latin America, including Mexico, accounts for one out of every five dollars in U.S. merchandise exports, up dramatically from under 14 percent at the beginning of this decade. In fact, Latin America has been responsible for almost half of all U.S. export growth since 1995. Further, excluding Mexico, Latin America is the only region of the world where the United States has consistently run a large and
Putnam Pans Signing By Gov. Gray Davis Of Driver License Bill By As of this writing, the subjectto-recall gov. is about to sign this illegal driver legislation. foreign-born, almost 17.3 million, come from latin America. http://www.chronwatch.com/featured/contentDisplay.asp?aid=4149
Guest Perspectives [OCLC - Digital Rights Management] OCLC. latin America and the Caribbean. 1998. http//www.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf. Act. American Library Association. http://www.oclc.org/americalatina/en/community/topics/rights/perspectives/defaul
Extractions: About OCLC News and Events Membership Contacts ... Site Map Latin America and the Caribbean Digital rights management Guest perspectives The basics Best practices Standards Interest and working groups ... Digital rights management Guest perspectives By Grace Agnew How will DRM impact libraries? The library's core mission has been to serve as an effective conduit of information for its users. Libraries promote their resources to the widest possible audience. Libraries frequently purchase access to commercial electronic resources that must be limited to the library's contractually defined user base. Within those constraints, a library's goal is to enable its users to discover and use information at all times, whenever information is needed. Downstream access refers to access and use of information beyond the initial use. An information resource may be handed off as a transfer or copy to another party who was not part of the initial agreement for use of the resource. DRM systems may include controls to prevent downstream use or tracking so that downstream use may be monitored and constrained. For example, a resource may be transferred but the first attempt to display the resource requires the user to seek permission or pay a fee for use. Increasingly, DRM controls are being included in digital asset management systems, repository software, resource aggregator services, and other applications. The global economy is increasingly based on commerce in information products.
Extractions: ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE BY ANNETTE HESTER DIRECTOR LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY APRIL 9, 2003 The current situation in Iraq, and especially the decisions that led to it, underline the relevance of the questions posed by this Committee in the Introductory Discussion Note and Key Questions for Panels on the Governments Foreign Policy Dialogue. It is important for Canadians to reach consensus on what role Canada should be playing in world affairs, how it can get there, and especially, how can Canada maintain its independence of thinking in foreign affairs while at the same time maintaining a positive and influential relationship with our neighbour and most significant business partner the United States. In essence, what these questions address is:
Extractions: Other Resources Team Librarian Consultation EIU Country Reports and EIU Country Profiles: Japan - Foster Periodicals EIU Country Commerce Reports Americas - Foster Reference - HG 4538 - I663 EIU Latin America at a Glance - Foster Reference - HC121 .L37 Economic and Social Progress in Latin America - Foster Reference - HC125 .I514
