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Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
2008 ISSN 1703-7964
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Focus on Gender
Vol. 7, No. 9, December 2008
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Note from the Editors - No Crisis Response Can Afford to Forget Gender
Kate McInturff and Peter Moore
Building Export Markets for Peruvian Women
Heather Gibb
Uneven Progress Made in Closing the Gender Gap in the Americas
Kate McInturff
Countering Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Latin America
Fernando D'Elio
Estrategias para combatir la violencia basada en la orientación sexual e identidad de género en América Latina
Fernando D'Elio
Gender, Health and Mobility: Health Concerns of Women Migrant Farm Workers in Canada
Janet McLaughlin
We Need Inclusive Communities for Women
Markus Gottsbacher
Necesitamos Comunidades Inclusivas para las Mujeres
Markus Gottsbacher
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, No. 8, November 2008
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Note from the Editor - US Needs Change Beyond Elections
Peter Moore
Are Trends in Money Transfers to Latin America Shifting Downward?
Manuel Orozco
Obama, Cuba, and Latin America: Renewal and Reconciliation?
Archibald R.M. Ritter
Will Canada and Barack Obama Collide in the Americas?
Peter McKenna
Mexique: le nerf de la guerre anti-narcotique
Nathalie Gravel
Mexico: the core of the war against drugs
Nathalie Gravel
2008: Supply Shock in the Cuban Economy
Pavel Vidal Alejandro
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, No. 7, September 2008
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Note from the Editor - Canada can be a leader among leaders
Peter Moore
Canada-Brazil Relationship Much Improved and Evolving
Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto, Ambassador of Brazil to Canada
Canada and Brazil in Haiti: Passing the military torch, but what of the moral one?
Kai Michael Kenkel
The Jamaican Diaspora’s Role in Jamaica’s National Development
Earl Jarrett
The Role of Micro-loans in the Cuban Economy, Today and in the Future
Karina Gálvez
Papel del Micropréstamo en la Economía Cubana Hoy y en el Futuro
Karina Gálvez
Crime and Violence: Civil Society Perspectives
Phil Gonzalez
Canada and the Americas, One Year After Mr. Harper’s Visit
Carlo Dade
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, No. 6, July-August 2008
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Note from the Editor - A Summit of the Americas for Canadians
Peter Moore
Making the Fifth Summit the Finest So Far
Richard Feinberg
Why We Are Together
Peter Hakim
The Fifth Summit Needs a Big Idea to Stay Relevant
Paul Haslam
Summit Reform: Taking a Deeper Look
Racquel Smith
Energy Security and Energy Cooperation in the Americas
Anthony T. Bryan
The OAS at Sixty: Renaissance or Senescence?
John W. Graham
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, Special Edition on Energy, July 2008
with the Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Energy Advisor
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Note from the Guest Editor
Robert Simpson
Alberta Oil Sands: Sustainable Energy Security for the Americas?
Satya Das
Who Will Help Cuba Exploit Its Offshore Wealth?
Q & A with Vicki Huddleston, Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, Philip Peters
Latin America's National Oil Companies Differ Greatly
J. Matteson Ellis
Will Argentina Make It Through the Southern Hemisphere Winter?
Q & A with Maria Velez de Berliner, José Martinez de Hoz, Juliette Kerr, Luciano Gremone
Are Fuel Subsidies Helping Latin America?
Jeremy Martin
What Does a World Bank Report Mean for Biofuels in the Region?
Q & A with Cláudio Frischtak, C. Ford Runge, Roger Tissot
U.S. Policy and Energy Security in the Americas
Johanna Mendelson Forman and Susana Moreira
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, No. 5, June 2008
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Note from the Editor - Canadian Justice?
Peter Moore
Ecuador's Mineral Crossroads: Canada's Commitment?
Ian Harris
No Consensus on PEMEX
Olga Abizaid
Will Millions More People in Poverty Really Change Agricultural Policies?
Focus on Haiti
Amélie Gauthier
Canada and Latin America: Rocks Ahead?
Carlo Dade
Securing Health Services in Guatemala for the Families of Migrant Workers
Barbara MacLaren
Scratching the Surface of Social Protection for Migrants
Eleanor Sohnen
Mexican Military Not a Long-term Solution to Drug War
Alejandro Sánchez Nieto
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, No. 4, May 2008
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Note from the Editor - Bolivia's Elusive Middle Ground
Rachel Schmidt
Campaign Rhetoric and Real Policy Choices:
The U.S. Scramble for Votes
Abraham F. Lowenthal
Access Denied?
Debating Freedom of Information in Venezuela
Rachel Schmidt
Beyond 0.7 Per Cent:
Targeting Investment and Trade
Danielle Goldfarb
The Innovation Gap:
Technology and Pharmaceuticals in Latin America
Marta Oprisan
Cuba’s Convertible Peso:
Monetary Duality and Economic Distortion
Pavel Vidal Alejandro
El peso convertible de Cuba:
La dualidad monetaria y distorsión económica
Pavel Vidal Alejandro
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, No. 3, April 2008
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Note from the Editor - The "New" Face of Inequality
Rachel Schmidt
Trade Agreements and Prosperity: Are We Overselling the Link?
Laura Ritchie Dawson
The Fight against Poverty in Latin America
Inés Bustillo
Trade Related Technical Assistance and the New Trade Policy Agenda
Brian McKay
Inequality in the Ecuadorian Andes:
Jambi Huasi and Indigenous Women’s Health
Carrie Dickenson
Canada and Colombia: The Prospects of Free Trade
Whitney Ersman
Gauging Free Trade Agreements: Why Big Expectations Mean Bigger Enemies
Vladimir Torres
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, Special Edition on Energy
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Note from the Guest Editor - Examining Energy Security
Jean Pierre Chabot
Can Local Communities Benefit from Energy Development?
Kathryn Hewlett-Jobes
Indigenous Peoples and Energy Development: A Matter of Respect
David Lertzman
Dutch Disease: A Threat to Latin America’s Current Growth Spurt?
Albert Berry
Cuba’s Green Gold
Jorge R. Piñon
Sources of Financing, Risks, and Premiums: Funding Options for Energy Projects
Carlton Osakwe
Unlocking the Potential of the Canadian Energy Industry in the Americas
Phil Gonzalez
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, No. 2, March 2008
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Articles
Note from the Editor - Castro's Quiet Exit
Rachel Schmidt
Youth Employment Strategies:
Developing Human Capital in Brazil
Jenna-Dawn Shervill
The Ironies of Colombia Free Trade
Joachim Bamrud
Costa Rica: Development at a Crossroads
Peter Krupa
Good “Politics,” Bad Policy:
Washington’s Approach to Latin America
Adam Isacson
Advancing the Rights of Migrant Women
Barb MacLaren interviews Tanya Basok
Shifting Political Identities:
Gender Roles in Venezuela’s ‘New’ Citizenship
Jennifer Peirce
High Noon at the Orinoco River:
Venezuela and Exxon-Mobil
Luis A. Pacheco
News Briefs
- Venezuela and Ecuador Send Troops to Colombian Border
- Landslide Cuts Off Ecuador Pipeline
- Bolivian Police Officers Lynched by Mob
- Nuclear Energy-Sharing Deal Between Argentina and Brazil
- Cuba Signs Human Rights Agreements
Facts and Figures
- Urban Population in Latin Ameria - 2007
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Special Edition: Media and Democracy in the Americas
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Articles
Note from the Guest Editor
Laurie Cole
Pluralism and Media Concentration in Latin America
Martín Becerra
Caught in the Crossfire: Media and Democracy in Mexico
Juan Humberto Vital
Fighting Corruption in Latin America: Media Challenges
Ricardo Uceda
Venezuela and the Invisible Gag of Self-Censorship
Ewald Scharfenberg
Media Concentration and Challenges to Pluralism
Claudia Lagos Lira
All above articles are also available in Spanish
News Briefs
- Castro Steps Down
- Situation Worsening for Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala
- Canadian Afro-Latino Forum for Research Online
- Republican Presidential Candidate Advocates Greater U.S. Media Presence in Latin America
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 7, No. 1, January-February 2008
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Articles
Note from the Editor - Looking Ahead for 2008
Rachel Schmidt
The Challenges of Female Entrepreneurship
FOCAL Q&A with the Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Canada’s Role in a Regional Crime Spree
Rachel Schmidt and Carlo Dade
Cuba: Waiting for Change
Cristina Warren
Alternative Development Approaches:
A Conversation with Brazil’s Gilberto Gil
Racquel Smith
Defining Canada’s Role in the World
Jason Diceman
Protecting Land Rights:
The Effects of Private Investment in Indigenous Territories
Omaira Mindiola
Protegiendo los derechos a la tierra:
Los resultados de la inversión privada en los territorios de los pueblos indígenas
Omaira Mindiola
News Briefs
- Mexican Farmers Protest Lifting of Trade Barriers
- Colombian Drug Lord Found Dead
- Disappearing Amazon: What's to Blame?
- Canada and Peru Conclude Free Trade Negotiations
Facts and Figures
- Homicide Rates in El Salvador
- Homicide Rates in Guatemala
- Peru: Total Exports
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