Multicultural Health Resources - The Latin Americans Community Health Profile latin americans. This description may not apply to all latin americans as individual experiences may vary. http://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/cultdiv/latin_americans.asp
Extractions: Access keys Skip to primary navigation Skip to secondary navigation Skip to content ... Home Australian South Sea Islanders - Training Resource Community Health Profiles Bosnian Muslims ... Multicultural Health Download pdf version - latin_am.pdf This profile provides an overview of some of the cultural and health issues of concern to Latin American migrants who live in Queensland, Australia. This description may not apply to all Latin Americans as individual experiences may vary. The profile can, however, be used as a pointer to some of the issues that may concern your client. In Queensland, the major Latin American community groups are from El Salvador (2300), Chile (1200) and Argentina (750) with smaller groups from Uruguay (400), Colombia (380), Peru (330), and other areas. Although these countries have distinct histories, they mostly share similar cultures and customs, as a result of a mix of populations descended from Spaniards, Amerindians and Africans. There are three broad categories of migrants from Latin America. One group migrated to Australia under a recruitment policy in the 1970s, which offered assisted passages. Groups came from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uraguay, Colombia and Ecuador to escape difficult economic and political climates. Many had middle class backgrounds and relatively high levels of education. Some had capital to set up business.
Policy, Legislation And Legal Issues find information about women s roles in latin American, the Middle of Labor (DOL) (http//www.dol.gov) The US database of articles on legislation and labor http://www.uml.edu/centers/women-work/vlibrary/plli.html
Extractions: The American Association of University Women is a national organization promoting education and equity for all women and girls. The site includes information on becoming a member, ways to take action, a research which gives full descriptions of several studies the AAUW has done on the problems girls face in school, and a listing of fellowships, grants and awards the AAUW supports. The Institute for Women's Policy Research http://www.iwpr.org This site provides useful information on the economic, political, religious, and sociocultural issues facing women in the developing world. According to the webmaster of the site, you will find information about women's roles in Latin American, the Middle East Asia , and Africa Public Policy Office http://www.apa.org/ppo/pippo.html
·) Latin America: rates, has kept investors away from latin equities, according to in Colombia affect the lives of americans at home and Old URL http//usinfo.state.gov/cgibin http://www.fordham.edu/economics/vinod/cie/latinamerica.htm
Extractions: Latin America LATIN AMERICA CORRUPTION ACCENTUATES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CRISES - The Global Corruption Report 2003, released on Wednesday by Transparency International (TI), stated that although progress has been made to address corruption, rampant corruption in Latin America is still increasing and it is undermining the credibility of democracy and politics in the region. On a high note, despite the weakening public confidence with private and public institutions, the report stated that it has become more difficult for corrupt individuals or groups to hide as more whistleblowers and journalists are making the situation more apparent. In addition, due to todays effective media, quicker information movement and determined action by organizations concerned with civil society, these corrupt members have less to hide behind. TI also noted in its report that financial institutions and donors have become more cautious in its lending of funds to governments under suspicion of corruption, and has encouraged the use of funds to emphasize a more transparent government. (One World, January 23, 2003
Links About Mexico publications, including newspapers, magazines, government documents, legislation and jurisprudence THE US govERNMENT http//wnc.fedworld.gov/latin.America.html. http://www.cidac.org/ingles/linksof_mexico/publication.htm
GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Argentina return to top. GENERAL SOURCES. Handbook of latin American Studies (Library of Congress); Portals to the World Argentina (Library of Congress); http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/argentina.html
Extractions: (includes LC Portals: Argentina OFFICIAL GAZETTE: PARLIAMENT: Senado and Camara de Diputados GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) as of May 1, 2004 offers 9,795 searchable English-language abstracts of Argentine laws, decrees and regulations issued primarily from June 1974 to the present
Guestworker Bills Congress s website, http//thomas.loc.gov AFLCIO Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund League of United latin American Citizens National http://www.fwjustice.org/gwissues.htm
Extractions: 1010 Vermont Ave., NW. Suite 915, Washington, D.C. 20005 Fax (202) 783-2561 www.fwjustice.org fjf@nclr.org Immigration and "Guest Worker" Legislation Lawsuit filed by FJF, UFW v. Chao , causes issuance of 2001 H-2A adverse effect wage rates. Read about it. Read a letter sent by nine members of Congress to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao urgently asking her to issue the 2002 H-2A program wage rates. (In Acrobat format.) Sen. Edward Kennedy and Rep. Howard Berman Introduce Farmworker Immigration Bills in Senate and House, August 2, 2001 (107th Congress)!! Read their press release on it Read FJF's Summary of the Bills. Click here to read summary Click here to download FJF's summary in the original four-page version in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format. Read a letter sent on August 1, 2001 by a coalition to Congress explaining their opposition to guestworker bills of Sen. Larry Craig. Press here Press Here. Read a letter sent by a national coalition to President Bush and the U.S. Congress on February 13, 2001 about "guest worker" policy "Talking Points" on Guestworker Programs What was the "bracero" program? What is the "H-2A" program? What's a guestworker? Wanto to know how the H-2A program's wage rates ("the adverse effect wage rates") are set and why they are too low?
Hinojosa Meets With Congressional... | News | Hinojosa.house.gov Future, addresses the issues of jobs and the economy, education, health care, civil rights and immigration, and relations between the US and latin America. http://hinojosa.house.gov/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=315
Howard Dean On Immigration Former Vermont gov. from Osama bin Laden, and they are not paying any attention to latin America, which is the most important hemisphere in American history http://www.issues2000.org/2004/Howard_Dean_Immigration.htm
Extractions: Q: Should it become easier for undocumented foreign workers in the US to gain legal immigration status? A: We need earned legalization for undocumented immigrants in the US who work hard, pay taxes, and otherwise obey the rules, so that they can become full participants in society, including becoming citizens. Q: Would you automatically grant citizenship to any immigrant who serves in combat on behalf of the US? DEAN: You have to be a little bit careful about how you do that, otherwise you will have a disproportionate number of people who are Hispanic joining the army simply to do that. So the answer is, if you serve America, yes, you ought to get citizenship. But we have to be very careful just exactly how we offer that so we don't have an unfair, disproportionate affect on Hispanics in this country who are not citizens. KUCINICH: First, that we all agree that people ought to have citizenship if they serve this country. We also ought to agree that there ought to be amnesty for anyone who has been working in this country and would otherwise be denied rights. Third, we ought to talk about how the Bush administration's program that they just announced is really a program for indentured servitude because what they are talking about is locking people into control by corporations. Source: Iowa Brown and Black Presidential Forum Jan 11, 2004
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - U.S.: gov. Jeb Bush signed legislation Friday that strengthens protections for as many as United Farm Workers of America spokesman Marc Grossman said the law will http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Migrant
JILT: Habeas Data: The Latin-American Response To Data Protection Available at http//www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/privacy Prescott, Charles A. Recent Developments in latin America and Asia Are Privacy American Business (1998 http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/00-2/guadamuz.html
Extractions: Abstract 'Information is power' The study of privacy law in the last two years has been concentrated in the conflict that has been waged between the European Union and the United States regarding data protection legislation. This has been a legal battle that has had severe implications for the future of Electronic Commerce and has been prompted by some requirements set by the EU on the export of data to countries that do not have adequate privacy protection laws in place. So far, the debate has missed the issue of whether or not other countries possess adequate levels of data protection, and other types of data protection have not been properly analysed. Some Latin-American countries have enacted a new type of constitutional protection of personal data in order to insure individual privacy from the abuse of data registers. This is a new approach to the whole issue of data protection. This article will describe this new figure and its evolution it has had during its relatively short life, and it will attempt to assess if it fulfils the levels of adequacy required by the European Union. Keywords: Habeas Data, Privacy, Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Latin-
Gov Davis Signs Predatory Lending Law SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) July 16, 2003 gov. Gray Davis has signed the first legislation in the nation attempting to curb the predatory auto lending practice http://www.hispanic.cc/gov_davis_signs_predatory_lending_law.htm
Latin American History Sources editions online (http//lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs Rural Economic Development in latin America and the Caribbean InterAmerican Relations A Collection of Documents http://www.fsu.edu/library/search/toolkits/lathis.shtml
Extractions: FSU LIBRARIES IMPORTANT: This is one of a set of Library Research Guides for patrons doing research on History in the FSU Libraries (see list at end of this guide). Generally, due to space considerations, titles mentioned in one guide are not mentioned in others. Scope: The Documents collection contains materials published by the United States federal government, the United Nations, and state and local governments (all states). The Maps collection contains approximately 160,000 sheet maps. The Micromaterials collection is one of the largest in the United States. Access : The Department is located in the basement of Strozier Library. It is open all hours that the library is open and has its own Information Desk and Reserve (2 hours use within the library only) collection. Most documents and many atlases and sheet maps may be borrowed for use outside the library; the circulation period is 3 weeks for everyone. Your university ID is your library card; you MUST have it with you to borrow materials or use Reserve materials.
CENTRAL AMERICA Newspapers Online Central America LANIC, latin American Network Information Bank of Guatemala Central American Bank for lowell.feld@eia.doe.gov Phone (202 http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/guatemal.html
Extractions: August 2002 Regional Indicators: Central America Although Central America (including Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua , and Panama ) has limited energy resources, it is important to world energy markets as a transit center for oil (via the Panama Canal), and as a potential energy transit center between North and South America. Central America is home to some of the world's poorest and most densely populated nations. According to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), over half of the region's population lives in rural areas, and as many as two-thirds survive on less than $2 per day. Agriculture and manufacturing for export constitute major components of many Central American economies. Accordingly, the year 2001 was a particularly bad one for most Central American states, as their major trading partner, the United States, suffered an economic slowdown, and world coffee prices reached their lowest levels (when adjusted for inflation) in 100 years. All seven Central American countries rely heavily on imported petroleum and indigenous hydropower to meet domestic energy demand. Imported petroleum comes primarily from Venezuela and Mexico under the terms of the San Jose Pact and the Caracas Energy Accord. The region consumes no natural gas and very little coal. Historically, hydroelectric power has dominated Central America's electricity sector. However, since opening up to foreign investors in the middle to late 1990s, the use thermal generation has grown rapidly.
DTI - Europe & World Trade information can be found at North America Free Trade policy on the extraterritorial application of legislation by any country (Contact toni.woodger@dti.gov.uk http://www.dti.gov.uk/ewt/namerica.htm
Extractions: TEXT ONLY SITE INDEX FEEDBACK CONTACT Select a DTI site ACAS Best Practice BNSC Space Business Link CAC Climate Change (CCPO) CICs CII Clusters Communications Bill Companies House Company Law Competition Policy Competitiveness Consumer Policy Constructionline Consumer Gateway CST Design Council Economics Employment Enemy Property Energy Enterprise Act Enterprise Guide Environment Europe Evaluation Export Control Exporting Fair Markets Foresight GlobalWatch Online HCI Innovation Insolvency Investment Investigations Import Licensing IT / Telecoms JEMU LINK Manufacturing Measurement Science Nanotechnology Non-proliferation Nuclear NWML Ofcom OST International Oil and Gas Partnership Fund Patent Office Postal Services Procurement Quality Mark Queen's Award Recruitment Regional Renewable Energy Science Services Trade - EU Social Enterprise Standards Regs. Statistics Sustainable Dev. Technology Programme Trade UK online for Business Utilities Review Women and Equality Work-Life Balance Worldtrade Select an industry Aerospace Agriculture Automotive Biotechnology Broadcasting Building Business Services Chemicals Clothing Computer Games Computer Services Construction Digital Content eCommunications Education Electrical Electronics Engineering Environmental Financial Fire/Police Fisheries Food and drink Footwear Furniture Giftware Healthcare Horticulture Information Security Jewellery Leisure Marine Mechanical Medical Metals/Minerals Nanotechnology Oil and gas Packaging Paper/Print Property Serv Publishing Radio Retailing R and D Security Software Services Tableware Telecoms Textiles
E-Resources For Latin American Studies decrees and other texts from several latin American countries, and the North American Institute (http//www.santafe.edu80 http//www.itaiep.doc.gov/nafta/nafta2 http://home.earthlink.net/~rhondaneu/eresources/topics.html
Extractions: Reference and Collection Development Librarian This is a topically organized list of websites that are useful for research in Latin American Studies. Reviews of individual sites my be viewed by selecting the link to the right of the website name, called ( see review Major Websites and Guides Environment Resources Eco Travels in Latin America See review Environment and Latin America Network (ELAN) (http://csf.colorado.edu/elan/index.html). Listserv created by members of the Latin American Studies Association. EnviroLink Network (http://www.envirolink.org).
WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA WASHINGTON OFFICE ON latin AMERICA. of ratification of the OAS InterAmerican Convention Against for FY 2003, http//www.state.gov/documents/organization/9476 http://www.wola.org/publications/ddhr_law_enforcement_overview_haiti.htm
Extractions: U.S. Law Enforcement Overview, 2002 Haiti The U.S. had a significant role in the formation and training of the Haitian National Police and their CD efforts. While there has been a prohibition on non-humanitarian assistance to the government of Haiti since 2000, some counternarcotics programs continued. The U.S. view of the situation of with Haiti According to the USG inter-agency estimates, during 2000, approximately nine percent of the cocaine destined for the United States transited Haiti and the Dominican Republic . Noncommercial maritime methods, primarily go-fast boats, were the principal methodology used to smuggle cocaine to the area. The cocaine then leaves Haiti or the Dominican Republic via coastal freighters destined for the CONUS or Europe Haiti will remain a primary trafficking vector in the Caribbean . The country lacks the resources, political will and law enforcement infrastructure needed to significantly impact drug trafficking operations and organizations. Intelligence indicates that corruption is deeply rooted throughout the Haitian government, further hindering law enforcement efforts.
WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA WASHINGTON OFFICE ON latin AMERICA. http//www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/rpt/cbj/fy2003/10569 14 US Department of Justice, Strategic South American /Caribbean Unit http://www.wola.org/publications/ddhr_law_enforcement_overview_jamaica.htm
Extractions: U.S. Law Enforcement Overview, 2002 Jamaica U.S. Counternarcotics Goals Strengthen the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) ability to investigate, arrest, and prosecute major Jamaican traffickers and money launderers, and trace, seize, and forfeit their assets; Improve GOJ capability to eradicate cannabis and interdict drugs, including strengthening port security to prevent contraband from entering Jamaica and drugs from tainting export shipments; Deny use of Jamaican territory for the illegal diversion of precursor and essential chemicals; Improve the GOJ's ability to fulfill the terms of our bilateral mutual legal assistance and extradition treaties; Build public support for strong GOJ drug control laws and enforcement by informing Jamaicans about the dangers of drugs and the threat drug trafficking poses to their country; and Enhance Jamaican ability to prevent drug-related corruption of public officials.
