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Higher Education in Latin America 2011:The Burden of the Youth

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Faizaan Sami
January 12, 2012
Higher Education in Latin America 2011:The Burden of the Youth

The high cost of public education combined with a deterioration in quality, two such consequences of the reforms being introduced to privatize education incited opposition in various Latin American states during 2011, particularly in Chile and Colombia. The regressive atmosphere of higher education and its production of inequitable returns, most attributable to the neoliberal Organic Constitutional Law on Education (LOCE), underlined the grievances of the student movement in Chile. Chilean activists finally ended their...

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The Internet and Latin America: The Rise of the Virtual World and Emerging Cyber Security Issues

This analysis was prepared by W. Alex Sanchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
December 23, 2011
The Internet and Latin America: The Rise of the Virtual World and Emerging Cyber Security Issues

Throughout the world, many regions have embraced the internet as a vital communication and business tool, and Latin America has been no exception. While demonstrably the expansion of internet usage has not rivaled that of the United States, Europe, or some Asian states like South Korea and Japan, the growth of the internet in the region continues at a steady tempo. Additionally, we are witnessing a rise in the importance of cyber security as...

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Latin America’s Pacific Alliance Plans for 2012

This analysis was prepared by Gustavo de Lima Palhares, COHA Research Associate
December 21, 2011
Latin America’s Pacific Alliance Plans for 2012

During the Second Pacific Alliance Summit on December 4, 2011, held in Mérida, Mexico, the Heads of State of Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru took a significant step towards the formation of what could turn out to be an unprecedented trading alliance, inspired by the July 28, 2011 Presidential Declaration of Lima . In its initial period, the coalition will consist of the aforementioned countries. However, the current members are encouraging additional Latin America...

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Brasil, Chile y Bolivia: El endeble equilibrio económico-ambiental

Este análisis fue preparado por Sara Bruziches, Investigadora Asociada de COHA
December 7, 2011

Esmerados en satisfacer su demanda de energía, los Gobiernos de Brasil y Chile impulsan proyectos de construcción de represas que enardecen la resistencia de grupos aborígenes. En Bolivia, se han organizado manifestaciones de tribus indígenas en rechazo de la propuesta de construcción de una autopista que atravesaría la zona donde subsisten. Involucrado en cada conflicto se encuentra también el poder judicial, que ha ordenado la suspensión de los proyectos en varias oportunidades. ¿Cuán compatibles...

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The Price of Civilization: Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile, Trapped between Development and Environmental Constraints

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Sara Bruziches
December 1, 2011

In Brazil and Chile, the government-backed plans to build two dams in order to increase their domestic energy supplies, have led to demonstrations by indigenous people to defend their access to their traditional lands. In Bolivia, a highway construction project has resulted in demonstrations by indigenous villagers living along the route of the proposed highway. Protests and demonstrations in these countries have been challenged in court where judges, in several key rulings, have suspended...

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