Non-Governmental or Academic Analyses
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Labor Rights |
| Title: | Cananea Mine Battle Reveals Anti-Labor Offensive in Mexico, United States |
| Author/Source: | Kent Paterson Americas Program |
| Brief: | Striking workers have occupied a Grupo Mexico-owned copper mine and vow to resist any company or government attempts to evict them from the premises. Last month, a Mexican federal court blocked legal efforts to uphold a labor contract. |
Friday, March 5, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections, Reelection Debate |
| Title: | Uribe Checks Out |
| Author/Source: | Adam Isacson Foreign Policy |
| Brief: | Washington's most reliable ally in Latin America, the Colombian president, is on his way out. That's a good thing. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Economy and Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Children in Remote Colombian Community Welcome New School |
| Author/Source: | International Organization For Migration (IOM) Relief Web |
| Brief: | In the Narino and Putumayo departments, where the project is currently underway, more than 10,000 students attending 39 schools have already benefited. |
Thursday, March 4, 2010
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Letter to the Attorney General of Honduras Urging Investigation into Attacks on Coup Opponents |
| Author/Source: | Jose Miguel Vivanco Human Rights Watch |
| Brief: | Without a thorough investigation to identify who committed the crimes, to establish motive, and to hold those responsible to account, these events could generate a chilling effect that would limit the exercise of basic political rights in Honduras. |
Monday, March 1, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Human Rights Defenders, International Community |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights Defenders, International Community |
| Title: | (PDF) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders |
| Author/Source: | Margaret Sekaggya UN High Commissioner For Human Rights |
| Brief: | The Special Rapporteur is deeply concerned about the widespread phenomenon of threats being made against human rights defenders and their families |
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | CIDH exige al Gobierno que garantice a los venezolanos todos los derechos humanos |
| Author/Source: | El Universal (Venezuela) |
| Brief: | Para garantizarle a los ciudadanos el acceso a la salud, la educacion, la alimentacion, el trabajo o la vivienda el Gobierno no puede menoscabar o dejar de promover garantias como el derecho la vida, a la igualdad o la libertad de expresion. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Human Rights, International Community |
| Title: | IACHR Publishes Report on Venezuela |
| Author/Source: | Inter-American Commision On Human Rights |
| Brief: | In the report, the IACHR identifies a series of issues that restrict the full enjoyment of human rights. |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Indigenous Communities |
| Title: | Indigenous Peoples in Colombia - Facts and Figures |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | The survival of 32 Indigenous groups is at grave risk as a result of the armed conflict, large-scale economic projects and a lack of state support. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Indigenous Communities, Recent Violence |
| Colombia Region: | Entire Country |
| Title: | Indigenous Peoples struggle to survive in Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Amnesty international on Tuesday denounced an increase in attacks against Indigenous Peoples across Colombia during 2009. |
Monday, February 22, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Protecting Latin America's Poor During Economic Crises |
| Author/Source: | Nora Lustig Inter-American Dialogue |
| Brief: | The brief describes how past economic crises have affected poverty, education and health in Latin America, and suggests a pro-poor policy response in three areas. |
Friday, February 19, 2010
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Environment, Human Rights |
| Title: | El Salvador - Gold, Guns, and Choice: [PDF] The El Dorado gold mine, violence in Cabanas, CAFTA claims, and the national effort to ban mining. |
| Author/Source: | Richard Steiner International Union For The Conservation Of Nature |
| Brief: | At the request of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP), the author traveled to El Salvador from Jan. 20 – 28, 2010, to conduct a Rapid Assessment / Fact-Finding Mi |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Title: | Bush Administration Veterans Have Plans for Haiti |
| Author/Source: | Center For Economic And Policy Research |
| Brief: | Haitians, however, cannot wait for traditional development assistance experts to conceive and implement public and private-sector capacity-building, policy reform, educational initiatives and other long-term programs. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | International Community, Natural Disasters |
| Title: | "Groups Call on Donors to Advance Human Rights in Rebuilding Haiti" |
| Author/Source: | Center For Economic And Policy Research |
| Brief: | A broad coalition of groups with extensive experience in Haiti made their recommendations yesterday in advance of the donor conference scheduled for March. |
Thursday, February 18, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Uribe to CPJ, FLIP: 'Illegal spies are enemies of Colombia' |
| Author/Source: | Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez said on Tuesday that those who illegally spy on the press are "enemies of his government" during a meeting with a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists. |