Interactive Timeline
Click on the images in the timeline for more information. 1535 Spain establishes colonial government in Mexico. 1821 Mexico wins independence from Spain. 1824 Mexico becomes a republic. 1842 Juan Seguín is elected Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, but is forced to flee in response to Anglo aggression.
Economic Classroom Experiments
This page refers to information on economic classroom experiments and related material. Why use experiments in teaching economics[edit] They help students to understand an otherwise abstract model.
Americas Quarterly
On February 20, Americas Quarterly published a new report in Spanish, concluding a year-long research project funded by the Ford Foundation on natural resource extraction and social development in Chile, Colombia, and Peru. The report builds on the findings of local researchers working in each country—Enrique Calfucura (Chile), Astrid Martínez Ortiz (Colombia), Cynthia Sanborn, and Juan Luís Dammert B. (Peru)—whose individual country reports were published by AQ in July 2013. The new report, entitled Las mejores (y peores) prácticas para la extracción de recursos naturales en América Latina: Tres países, 12 casos de estudio, is a special compilation and analysis of the three country studies—each examining four local natural resource extraction investments—for a total of 12 case studies. The goal of the research was to understand under what conditions investment in natural resource extraction contributed to broader community and national development.
Après Nous, Le Déluge
I can perform all the economic analysis in the world, and it won’t convey the sheer apprehension I feel about China’s current situation anywhere near as well as the following pictures, found on ChinaSmack. The gold-encrusted hallways, marble foyers, and imposing granite frontage are not from Versailles, or the Vatican, or even Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. They are from the newly completed corporate headquarters of state-owned Harbin Pharmaceutical, in northeast China. No word on exactly how much the literally palatial offices cost to construct, but the mind boggles.
Fernández de Kirchner reforms spark Argentina protests
Argentina is braced for a wave of protests against the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, amid growing disquiet over a faltering economy and efforts to clamp down on the media. Activists hope to rally thousands of people on Thursday for a string of demonstrations against a proposed constitutional reform that would allow Fernández to seek a third term in 2015, and a move to break up the country's main media group. In the five years since Fernández succeeded her husband Néstor Kirchner in office, Argentina has grown increasingly polarised between those who argue the president's reforms will create a more egalitarian society, and opponents who accuse her creeping authoritarianism. "A wide gulf has opened," said Jorge Lanata, the chain-smoking journalist whose weekly satirical TV show Periodismo Para Todos (Journalism For All) has helped shift the balance of public opinion. "We do not represent any political party," he said. At Clarín itself the atmosphere is tense.
Latin America Monitor - The Christian Science Monitor
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gestures at the end of a meeting with the foreign press at the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 2014. Correa has been in power since 2007. (Dolores Ochoa/AP) Does Ecuador's leader aspire to a perpetual presidency?
Palestine: the world's next nation
This map shows in green countries that support recognising Palestine as a state. 252,265 have signed the petition. We reached our target of 1 million before the UN General Assembly on September 19th. Now help us reach our new target of 2,000,000 Update: 19 September 2011
Argentina: Paying for the sins of the past - Inside Story Americas
Two former leaders during Argentina's military rule, Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone, have been found guilty of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners. The case concerned 34 of the more than 400 babies stolen from parents while they were held in detention centres. Videla assumed power in the military coup of 1976 and ruled the country for five years. He consolidated the position of the right-wing regime by commencing what is known as the dirty war, in which between 10,000 to 30,000 of the dictatorship's political opponents were killed.
Newspapers & Magazines
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Latin Business Chronicle
Reemerging Markets Productivity and innovation will be the true markers of success in the new global economy. Andbank’s international push Andorra’s oldest private bank is undertaking an international expansion aimed at the United States and Latin America.
