| NEFA Foundation: "The FARC in Transition: The Fatal Weakening of the Hemisphere's Oldest Guerrilla Movement | | 2008-07-02 10:03:03 | | Today the NEFA Foundation published a paper I wrote on the overall weakening of the FARC in Colombia and the likely options for its future development. The new paper, "The FARC in Transition: The Fatal Weakening of the Hemisphere's Oldest Guerrilla Movement," is a followup to one I did analyzing the publicly released documents taken from the computer of the FARC's second in command, Raul Reyes, killed by Colombian troops in raid into neighboring Ecuador. The paper posits that in the near term, the...(read more)... | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Mayors from across the hemisphere gather in Miami | | 2008-06-20 09:28:00 | | Mayors from across the hemisphere gather in Miami
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MIAMI --Mayors from across the hemisphere are gathering in Miami to discuss everything from poverty to the environment.
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| Poverty News from the Southern Hemisphere | | 2008-05-04 08:50:09 | | An opinion piece in The Australian by the national secretary of the Australian Workers Union is asking labor unions to rethink their migrant labor policies in the face of a shortage of at least 100,000 workers this year.Recently the Asian Development Bank assessed that at least one-quarter of the people in the Pacific have insufficient incomes to meet their basic needs. Today in the East Timorese capital of Dili 58 per cent of young people are out of work; one-third of the population of the strife-torn Solomons capital Honiara live in poverty; and more than half the population of Australia's former colony of Papua New Guinea live below the basic needs poverty line.Previous migrant worker schemes have suppressed wages of Australian workers. (Sound familiar?) But unions could endorse a new plan if:First, Australians would get the first opportunity to be employed before any migrant labour is deployed. Second, a worker on the scheme can expect to earn the same as an Australian doing ... | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
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| BC Footwear Hemisphere Flat | | 2008-04-24 17:39:43 | | Copyright © 2008 Timika. Visit the original article at http://kyesi.com/bc-footwear-hemisphere-flat/.
This lovely peep toe 1/2″ inch leather flat by BC Footwear has a semi casual feel, but it’s dressy enough to wear worn with a skirt or dress.The flat’s stud detailing gives it touch of rock n’ roll style.BC Footwear Mustard Hemisphere [...]... | | By: Kyesi | | |
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| WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Gulf of Mexico sale to benefit coast in the United States of America | | 2008-02-15 04:17:50 | | The Louisiana Superdome — the terrible former camp for Hurricane Katrina victims — will host the next Central Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Gulf of Mexico lease sales on March 19, 2008, in the first auctions under a new regime for oil companies.
The central Gulf area will be sold off in 5,000 blocks...
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| Planet Saturn in Early February Observed From Northern Hemisphere | | 2008-02-08 15:51:26 | | Planet Saturn is a very interesting object to observe, may be because of its awesome disks. Right now in February, Saturn can be seen in northern hemisphere, just like it was seen also in January. Planet Saturn starts climbing from between East and North-East direction. Saturn comes visible at about 6:30 pm. here in Helsinki [...]... | | By: Homeboy's Astro Blog | | |
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| (WHTI) Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative | | 2008-01-16 07:00:30 | | What is the WHTI? Well, if you ask most people in Canada the consensus would be that it is a paranoid reaction by American Homeland Security to the notion that the Canadian border is made of Swiss cheese. And that there are versions of Bin Laden behind every moose waiting to crawl through the [...]... | | By: White Point Manor Weblog | | |
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| WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Venezuelan talks to ailing Castro as oil summit opens | | 2007-12-25 14:13:32 | | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided Friday at the opening of a regional petroleum summit in Cuba, pressing his efforts to counter U.S. influence in Latin America and the Caribbean by offering cheap oil.Chavez, who wants to use Venezuela's vast oil reserves to help create a "confederation of republics" free of U.S. interests, called on regional leaders to band together against the failed "dictatorship of world capitalism."Opening the Petrocaribe summit in Cienfuegos, a southern coastal city about 150 miles from Havana, Chavez said his plan should go beyond mere financing mechanisms and suggested that some countries repay the oil with social services.READ MORE... Chavez on Thursday suggested the summit could pave the way for other countries to repay the oil under plans modeled on Venezuelan agreements with Cuba. Cuba repays by providing doctors and other health professionals who offer free services in impoverished areas of Venezuela.He also called for creating an international fun... | | By: energy BLOG | | |
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| WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Venezuela and Conoco spat continues | | 2007-05-11 09:50:00 | | Venezuela and ConocoPhillips have yet to come to terms over the state takeover of the Houston-based company`s operations in the oil-rich Orinoco Belt. ConocoPhillips was supposed to come to terms with Venezuela`s state-run petroleum company PDVSA by May 1. Earlier this week Energy and Petroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez said the energy giant must accept Venezuela`s new rules and negotiate with... | | By: energy BLOG | | |
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| Hezbollah in this Hemisphere | | 2007-05-10 14:42:15 | | From the Blotter:CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay - The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia has taken root in South America, fostering a well-financed force of Islamist radicals boiling with hatred for the United States and ready to die to prove it, according to militia members, U.S. officials and police agencies across the continent.From its Western base in a remote region divided by the borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina known as the Tri-border, or the Triple Frontier, Hezbollah has mined the frustrations of many Muslims among about 25,000 Arab residents whose families immigrated mainly from Lebanon in two waves, after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and after the 1985 Lebanese civil war. An investigation by Telemundo and NBC News has uncovered details of an extensive smuggling network run by Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim group founded in Lebanon in 1982 that the United States has labeled an international terrorist organization. The operation funnels large sums of money to militia leaders in the... | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
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