Latin America
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Caribbean reaffirms commitment to cooperate on information society
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, CMC –The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says Caribbean countries have reaffirmed their commitment to achieving targets set out in a plan of action for the knowledge and information society in the region. ECLAC said the was made in the Montevideo Declaration, signed here at the close of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the…
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Jamaica urged to take advantage of climate change financing
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A consultant with the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), says Jamaica could receive financing from international organisations to assist with its efforts at reducing the impacts of climate change. Dr. Oscar Coto says this could be achieved through advancement of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Programme of Activities (PoA) as well as Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs).…
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Caribbean to discuss progress, challenges about information society
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says senior officials, experts and private-sector representatives will on Wednesday begin discussing progress and challenges facing the region at a major conference here. ECLAC said the expansion of the digital economy and stronger strategies for regional competitiveness, as well as the creation of policies for the…
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Latin America After Chávez
HISTORY will affirm, justifiably, the role Hugo Chávez played in the integration of Latin America, and the significance of his 14-year presidency to the poor people of Venezuela, where he died on Tuesday after a long struggle with cancer. However, before history is allowed to dictate our interpretation of the past, we must first have a clear understanding of Mr.…
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Latin American assassins
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A pastor with the Seventh Day Adventist Church is claiming that Latin American assassins are operating in Trinidad and Tobago and called for an all out war on crime. “We have Latin American assassins in this country. We have Colombians in this society, hired by the godfathers who have the art of slicing heads…
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Latin America worries about U.S. economy
The fiscal debate in the United States has become a recurrent issue that keeps the world, and Latin America and Caribbean economies in particular, in suspense. The agreement reached a few days ago offers breathing room, by preventing the United States economy from being figuratively dragged over the edge by its fiscal imbalance. The bad news is that this solution…
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