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August 18, 2005 U.S.-Mexico Border Disputes The governors of New Mexico and Arizona have declared states of emergency in response to continued gang violence and drug smuggling along the states' 350-mile border with Mexico. August 2, 2005 Gang Violence Both government and police officials in the U.S. and Central America are attempingt to curb the violent activity of growing transnational street gang MS-13. July 27, 2005 The CAFTA Debate President Bush visited Capitol Hill Wednesday to urge lawmakers to pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which some legislators fear will threaten jobs. July 20, 2005 Cultivating Controversy The House is set to vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Some U.S. dairy farmers believe CAFTA will help business, while some sugar farmers disagree. June 30, 2005 The Fight Over CAFTA The Senate is slated Wednesday to vote on the much-debated Central American Free Trade Agreement, which would open the markets of six South American nations to the United States. A look at the conflict over CAFTA. June 23, 2005

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Program Program of the Meeting Parallel events 1 - Program of the meeting May 7th (Saturday) Arrival of High Officials Venue: Brasilia International Airport May 8th (Sunday) Arrival of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Venue: Brasilia International Airport or Brasilia Air Base 1.00 pm - Work luncheon hosted by the Political Undersecretary-General, Ambassador Vera Pedrosa, in honor of the High Officials Venue: Blue Tree Hotel Panoramic Hall 3.00 pm - South American and Arab High Officials Meeting Venue: Blue Tree Hotel Eupana Room May 9th (Monday) Morning and afternoon - Arrivals of the Heads of State or Government Venue: Brasilia Air Base or Brasilia International Airport 9.30 am - Opening of the Entrepreneurial Event Venue: Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center (UGCC) Auditorium 1.15 pm - Buffet Lunch hosted by the Minister of External Relations of Brasil in honor of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs

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Press Release GA/10099 Fifty-seventh General Assembly Plenary th Meeting (AM) GENERAL ASSEMBLY WELCOMES DECLARATION OF SOUTH AMERICA AS ZONE OF PEACE AND COOPERATION Support Also Expressed for Continuation of United Nations Guatemala Mission as Assembly Considers Situation in Central America The General Assembly today welcomed the Declaration of the Presidents of South America, adopted at their meeting in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 27 July, in which they declared South America to be a zone of peace and cooperation.  Adopting without a vote a resolution on the South American Zone of Peace and Cooperation, the Assembly also urged States of other regions, particularly weapons-producing States, to cooperate decisively in combating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons throughout South America. In addition, the Assembly commended the decision of the States of South America to ban the use, or threat of use, of force among themselves, in keeping with the principles and relevant provisions of the Charters of the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Also this morning, the Assembly concluded its discussion of the situation in Central America, with speakers noting the progress made in that region in the past 20 years with regard to the consolidation of peace and democracy, respect for human rights and economic reforms.  None of that would have been possible, they said, without the support of the international community and particularly the United Nations.Â

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Home Up What's the news? Write to Barista ... Search Tools Latin American/Caribbean Mexico Most Mexican coffee comes from the southern part of the country, where the continent narrows and takes a turn to the east. Vera Cruz State, on the gulf side of the central mountain range, produces mostly lowland coffees, but coffees called Altura (High) Coatepec, from a mountainous region near the city of that name, have an excellent reputation. Other Vera Cruz coffees of note are Altura Orizaba and Altura Huatusco. Coffees from the opposite, southern slopes of the central mountain range, in Oaxaca State, are also highly regarded, and marketed under the names Oaxaca or Oaxaca Pluma. Coffees from Chiapas State are grown in the mountains of the southeastern-most corner of Mexico, near the border with Guatemala. The market name traditionally associated with these coffees is Tapachula, from the city of that name. Most Mexican coffees currently in specialty stores appear to come from either Oaxaca or Chiapas. But the fine coffees of Mexico are a different matter. They are not among the world's greatest coffees, because they often lack richness and body, but at their best they are analogous to a good light white wine delicate in body, with a pleasantly dry, acidy snap. If you drink your coffee black and like a light, acidy cup, you will like the best Mexican coffees. Guatemala The central highlands of Guatemala produce some of the world's best and most distinctively flavored coffees. The most famous regional market names are Antigua, from the countryside west of the old capital of Guatemala; Coban, from Alta Verapaz, a district a hundred or so miles northeast of Antigua; and the less celebrated Huehuetenango, from a district about a hundred miles northwest of the old capital. The Antigua coffees are most famous, but some specialty roasters feel that they have become inconsistent owing to the complacency of many of their producers, and prefer the similar but lesser-known coffees of Huehuetenango. Some shops may advertise their Guatemalan coffees by grade; the highest grades are strictly hard bean, indicating coffees grown at altitudes of 4,500 feet or higher, and hard bean, indicating those grown between 4,000 and 4,500 feet. Well-known Guatemalan estates include San Miguel, Capitillo, San Sebastian, and Los Volcanos.

53. NativeWeb Resources: Central & South America Indigenas Paginas web de Pueblos Indigena de america en general, ordenados por pais . Tawantinsuyo The Indigenous Alliance of North and south america http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/nations_web_sites_information/central_south_a

Home Login Contact Us Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World Resources Community Services About Us Resource Center Internet Links Nations Index Geographic Region Index Search the Site ... Top 5 Percent Hosted Resources Hosted Pages NativeLaw News NativeTech Site Information Get your FREE EMAIL @NativeWeb.Net! Community About Us DONATE NOW! ... Resource Database Resources: 67 listings Name and Description Nation Location Hits 1996 articles on Brazil Decree 1775/96 from NATIVE-L America - South Following are articles concerning the decree promulgated by the government of Brazil on 8 January 1996 with regard to the demarcation of Indian lands. More sites on bioc09.uthscsa.edu Amanaka'a Amazon Network America - South Amanaka'a works directly with Amazon leaders in support of their projects for survival, human rights, the environment, health, sustainable development, education, and more. Articles about the Taino people from NATIVE-L Taino America - Central Articles about the Taino people from NATIVE-L More sites on bioc09.uthscsa.edu Asociacion de Cabildos Indigenas del Norte del Cauca (ACIN) America - South La Asociación de Cabildos Indígenas del Norte el Cauca-ACIN, se ha constituido como entidad de apoyo al proceso de comunitario zonal de organización, conformación de la entidad territorial indígena, consolidación de su autonomía política y jurídica y creación de un sistema propio en educación, salud, manejo de recursos naturales y economía solidaria.

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Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century First Placed Online: 18 October 1998 Last Updated: 25 March 2003 Always Under Construction Support This Site Broad Outline The Basics How To Use This Atlas Start What's New? FAQ ... Links (if you don't find what you want on my site, try these.) History Site of the Fortnight Matthew White's Homepage Detailed Table of Contents The Basics: How To Use This Atlas: Many of these maps are interactive. If you click on a place, you might zoom in and get more detail. Then again, you might not. Try it. Similarly, if you click on the legend to a map, you might get a more detailed explanation of the topic. Clicking on the arrows... ... will take you page by page through a specific subject, such as American History or Warfare. Clicking on the Contemporary Context button bar... ... will zoom out to show what's happening in the world at this time in a specific field of human activity. The icons symbolize Cities, Government, War, International Relations, Living Conditions and Economics , respectively. Although this atlas is non-linear in overall design, its backbone is probably the series of maps illustrating national political systems, so this is probably

55. Uruguay, Country, South America. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001- The second smallest country (after Suriname) in south america, The government’srepressive tactics caused a massive emigration of Uruguayans, http://www.bartleby.com/65/ur/Uruguay.html

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58. British Empire: The Map Room: South America: The British Role In The Independenc British interest in south america was not as casual as many have assumed. The British government initially approved the Vansittart plan but later http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/southamericaandbritish.htm

Contributed by Hektor R. Fuster British interest in South America was not as casual as many have assumed. After the loss of the North American colonies, the English decided to expand into the Spanish Colonies of South America. In 1795, a Scott by the name of Nicholas Vansittart wrote a white paper clearly outlining a way to take South America away from Spain. The British Government initially approved the Vansittart plan but later canceled it, in 1797. A Scottish Major General, Sir Thomas Maitland, a friend of Nicholas Vasinttart, revised the Vansittart plan in the early 1800s. The British Government approved this plan and it subsequently changed its name to the Maitland plan. Among the more salient points of the Maitland Plan were the following: Two English expeditionary forces, one to land in Venezuela and which was to march south towards Lima, and the other to land in Buenos Aires. After capturing Buenos Aires, this second force together with local recruited soldiers, was to scale the Andes with 7,000 men, liberate Chile, and then conduct an amphibious assault on Lima. The Maitland plan was put into effect during the Napoleonic War in 1806. England used the fact that Spain was now technically an ally of France as the execuse to start the war. England sent an expeditionary force of 1,600 men to invade Buenos Aires, under General William Carr Beresford; this attempt failed. A year later, an invasion army of 11,000 men arrived in Buenos Aires under the orders of General John Whitelocke. At the same time, a second fleet with 4.000 men captured Montivedeo and used the city as a staging post and communications centre. The fighting in Buenos Aires was to be one of the most heroic pages in all of Latin American history. The people of Buenos Aires single-handedly defeated this huge invasion force in hand-to-hand and street-by-street fighting.

59. South America, 1900 A.D.-present | Timeline Of Art History | The Metropolitan Mu In many south American countries, the twentieth century is characterized by In 1974, the Colombian government begins a protracted offensive against http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/11/sa/ht11sa.htm

Encompasses present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela See also Iberian Peninsula Mexico and Central America , and The United States and Canada In many South American countries, the twentieth century is characterized by political instability and repression under dictatorial regimes. Despite vast natural resources, including land and oil, many countries continue to struggle with the social consequences of widespread poverty. In the century following political independence, which comes to most former colonies in the nineteenth century, the South American republics are very often gripped by internal struggles as they seek to define themselves politically. From a cultural point of view, the twentieth century is also one of independent definition. During the opening decades of the century, South American art bears the mark of European modernism. Breaking with earlier academic traditions, South American artists embrace such European-based movements as Cubism and Surrealism . In so doing, however, many attempt to represent Latin American identity in their art, or to respond to the particular conditions that exist in South America. Indigenous traditions have an important impact on works in all media as well, even those produced by some of the artists who study in Europe and North America.

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DRUGS AND CORRUPTION IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA [This is the section of the CAPA report written by the author. For footnotes and/or the complete report email aismi@sprint.ca.] Colombia's problems with drug trafficking were best highlighted by the escape of top Cali cartel drug baron, Jose Santa Cruz Londono, on 11 January 1996, from a maximum security prison in Bogota in broad daylight. The government had "no explanation" for this remarkable event but Alfonso Valdivieso, the Prosecutor General, attributed the escape to "corruption in the prison system". He stated: " Corruption has triumphed and the capacity of the government to assure society that these people would pay for their crimes has failed". On 5 March, Colombian police found Santa Cruz near Medillin and killed him. The "outlandish proportions" of narcocorruption in Colombia have led Jose Toft, a former United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) representative in Bogota, to remark: "I cannot think of a single political or judicial institution that has not been penetrated by narcotraffickers..." By mid-December 1995, Carlos Salinas, the former Mexican President, who led Mexico in signing NAFTA with the United States and Canada was being sought by Washington for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking. According to NBC news, U.S. federal agents have linked Salinas to $500 million in drug money distributed in 90 bank accounts in nine countries. Mexican opposition members accused President Zedillo of being slow to investigate corruption during the Salinas administration. Paulina Castanon, the wife of Raul Salinas, (the ex-President's brother who is in jail for the murder of PRI Secretary General Jose Ruiz Massieu) was arrested in Switzerland in November for allegedly laundering drug money when she tried to withdraw $84 million out of a bank account opened by Raul under a false name. As a mid-level government functionary during his brother's administration, Raul managed to collect 20 properties on declared monthly earnings of $8640.

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