1. “Guyana: Continuing Growth Boosts Budget.” (February 2010) LatinNews: Latin American Regional Report-Central America and the Caribbean. Retrieved from http://www.latinnews.com/lrc/LRC21923.asp?instance=15
2. World Bank. (2009). Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) [Data set]. Retrieved from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator
3. World Bank. (2009). Retrieved from http://data.worldbank.org/country/guyana
4. World Bank. (2009). Improved santiation facilities (% of population with access) [Data set]. Retrieved from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.ACSN
5. U.S. Department of State. (June 2010). Guyana: country specific information. Retrieved from http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1133.html#medical
6. Korten, Tristam. (16 June 2008). Gang’s terror reign in Guyana years in making. Miami Herald. Retrieved from http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/gangs-terror-reign-guyana-years-making
7. Lloyd, Stephanie. (28 July 2010). The unpaved road: barriers to Guyana’s integration with South America. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. Retrieved from http://www.coha.org/the-unpaved-road-barriers-to-guyanas-integration-with-south-america/
8. (30 July 2001) Opposition protests against ‘Black Clothes Police’ shootings. Cana News Agency. Retrieved from BBC World Monitoring.
9. (30 January 2004) Guyana: more on UK, US envoys' concern about allegations against minister. Caribbean Media Corporation. Retrieved from BBC Summary of World Broadcasts.
10.Guyana: Amnesty International writes to president over police ‘executions.’ Cana News Agency. Retrieved from BBC Worldwide Monitoring.
11. Immmigration and Refugee Board of Canada. (2 February 2006). Guyana: criminal violence and police response; state protection efforts (2004-2005). Retrieved from http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,GUY,
4562d94e2,45f1473f29,0.html
12. Korten, Tristam. (17 November 2008). Where phantoms live. McLeans.ca. Retrieved from http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/where-phantoms-live
13. Editorial. (10 January 2011). Security concerns. Stabroek News. Retrieved from http://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/opinion/editorial/01/10/security-concerns/
14. Ibid.
15. Gafar, John. Guyana: From State Control to Free Markets. (New York: Nova Science Publisher, 2003), 14.
16. Editorial. (13 September 2010). The two main parties should elect a leader from outside their base. Stabroek News. Retrieved from http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/opinion/letters/09/13/the-two-main-parties-should-elect-a-leader-from-outside-their-ethnic-base/
17. Politics in Guyana: The fear of racial violence. The Economist, Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/1317619
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Samantha Nadler - Post-Quake Haiti: The Year in Review
1. “One Year Follow up Report on the Transparency of Relief Organizations Responding to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake” Disaster Accountability Project, December 2010/January 2011
2. Ibid.
3. Nienaber, Georgianne. “Haiti still buried under the rubble of duelling NGO’s: OXFAM Report. The Huffington Post. January 14 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/haiti-still-buried-under-_b_805839.html
4. Clayton, Elspeth & Davies, Lucy. “Haiti Progress Report 2010: An Overview of Oxfam’s humanitarian Response to the Haitian Earthquake”. Oxfam GB for Oxfam International. January 2011.
5. “Haiti PM criticises post-earthquake rebuilding efforts” BBC News. December 27 2010. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12082047
6. Dupuy, Alex. “Foreign aid keeps the country from shaping its own future”. The Washington Post. January 9th 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010706511.html
7. Haiti is Proof of the Failings of International Aid (in French), interview with Ricardo Seitenfus, Le Temps, December 20, 2010.
8. Garret, Laurie. “Haiti’s Year of Living Misery”. Council on Foreign Relations. January 12, 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.cfr.org/publication/23779/haitis_year_of_living_miserably.html
9. “Haiti’s cholera outbreak has not peaked: WHO” AFP Global Edition. January 11 2011. Retrieved from: http://inform.com/health/haitis-cholera-outbreak-peaked-4727966a
10. Ivers, Louise., Farmer, Paul., Almazador, Charles Patrick & Leandre, Fernet. “Five Complementary Interventions to slow cholera”. The Lancet. 376.9758. December 18, 2010.
11. Interview with Congresswoman Waters, January 13 2011
12. Ibid.
13. Klapper, Bradley. “US may support throwing out disputed Haitian vote” The Washington Post. January 7th 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010704158.html
14. “Haiti- Elections: the United States supports the reports by the OAS experts” Haiti Libre. January 16 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2131-haiti-elections-the-united-states-supports-the-report-by-the-oas-experts.html
15. Aristide, Jean-Bertrand. Online correspondence, January 19, 2011
2. Ibid.
3. Nienaber, Georgianne. “Haiti still buried under the rubble of duelling NGO’s: OXFAM Report. The Huffington Post. January 14 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/haiti-still-buried-under-_b_805839.html
4. Clayton, Elspeth & Davies, Lucy. “Haiti Progress Report 2010: An Overview of Oxfam’s humanitarian Response to the Haitian Earthquake”. Oxfam GB for Oxfam International. January 2011.
5. “Haiti PM criticises post-earthquake rebuilding efforts” BBC News. December 27 2010. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12082047
6. Dupuy, Alex. “Foreign aid keeps the country from shaping its own future”. The Washington Post. January 9th 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010706511.html
7. Haiti is Proof of the Failings of International Aid (in French), interview with Ricardo Seitenfus, Le Temps, December 20, 2010.
8. Garret, Laurie. “Haiti’s Year of Living Misery”. Council on Foreign Relations. January 12, 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.cfr.org/publication/23779/haitis_year_of_living_miserably.html
9. “Haiti’s cholera outbreak has not peaked: WHO” AFP Global Edition. January 11 2011. Retrieved from: http://inform.com/health/haitis-cholera-outbreak-peaked-4727966a
10. Ivers, Louise., Farmer, Paul., Almazador, Charles Patrick & Leandre, Fernet. “Five Complementary Interventions to slow cholera”. The Lancet. 376.9758. December 18, 2010.
11. Interview with Congresswoman Waters, January 13 2011
12. Ibid.
13. Klapper, Bradley. “US may support throwing out disputed Haitian vote” The Washington Post. January 7th 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010704158.html
14. “Haiti- Elections: the United States supports the reports by the OAS experts” Haiti Libre. January 16 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2131-haiti-elections-the-united-states-supports-the-report-by-the-oas-experts.html
15. Aristide, Jean-Bertrand. Online correspondence, January 19, 2011
Alexandra Reed and Nicky Pear - Dredging Up an Old Issue: An Analysis of the Long-Standing Dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua over the San Juan River
1. Gomez, Pablo. “Costa Rica and Nicaragua at ICJ.” Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 19 January 19, 2011. http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/costa-rica-and-nicaragua-icj
2. “Costa Rica Institutes Proceedings Against Nicaragua.” International Court of Justice. 19 Nov. 2010. http://www.icj-cij.org/presscom/index.php?p1=6&p2=1
3. Costa Rica remains without a military.
4. Esteban Oviedo. “Chinchilla incluye a Nicaragua entre ‘enemigos.’” La Nación. 6 Dec. 2010.
http://www.nacion.com/2010-12-06/ElPais/NotasSecundarias/ElPais2613046.aspx
5. Nicaragua’s “The Truths that Costa Rica Hides about the San Juan de Nicaragua River” can be accessed here: www.tortillaconsal.com/rio_san_juan_truth.pdf
6. Berrios, Bertha. “San Juan River - Border Dispute Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua” 23 April. 2004. www.geog.umd.edu/academic/undergrad/harper/Berrios.pdf
7. Dispute Regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) International Court of Justice. 13 July. 2009. www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/133/15325.pdf
8. Berrios, Bertha.. “San Juan River - Border Dispute Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua” 23 April. 2004. www.geog.umd.edu/academic/undergrad/harper/Berrios.pdf. 9
9. http://www.eurasiareview.com/world-news/latin-america/9828-costa-rica-nicaragua-border-conflict-heats-up
10. Nicaragua’s “The Truths that Costa Rica Hides about the San Juan de Nicaragua River” can be accessed here: www.tortillaconsal.com/rio_san_juan_truth.pdf
11. Francisco Campbell, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States, Personal Interview with the authors. Dec. 9, 2010.
12. Jorge I. Domínguez. “Boundary Disputes in Latin America”. United States Institute of Peace. Washington, DC: 2003, 28. For example, in the case of Argentina, successive presidents (including current President Cristina Kirchner) have played up to Argentines’ nationalist desire to reclaim the Falkland Islands from Britain, both before and after the unsuccessful Falklands War in 1982. Likewise, Bolivia’s quest to recover its coastline from Chile still retains considerable political appeal in La Paz, more than 100 years after it was lost in the War of the Pacific.
14. Translated from the Spanish by Alexandra Reed. Original: “Esa unidad que hemos logrado los nicaragüenses y que ha tratado de capitalizar Daniel Ortega, tendrá una duración relativamente breve, porque en nuestro país es difícil de enfocar un tema por mucho tiempo.” Ramón H. Potosme. “Ortega busca sacudirse observación internacional.” El Nuevo Diario. 14 Nov. 2010. http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/politica/87942.
15. “Costa Rican President Urges Restraint in Border Dispute.” CNN World. 4 November 2010. http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-04/world/costa.rica.nicaragua.dispute_1_nicaraguans-boundary-dispute-san-juan-river?_s=PM:WORLD
16. “Costa Rican President Urges Restraint in Border Dispute.”
17. “Costa Rica Institutes Proceedings Against Nicaragua.” International Court of Justice. 19 Nov. 2010. http://www.icj-cij.org/presscom/index.php?p1=6&p2=1
18. OAS press release 8 December 2010.
19. Gamez, Pablo. “Costa Rica and Nicaragua at ICJ.” Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 19 January 19, 2011. http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/costa-rica-and-nicaragua-icj
20. Gomez, Pablo. “Costa Rica and Nicaragua at ICJ.” Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 19 January 19, 2011. http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/costa-rica-and-nicaragua-icj
21. http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/december/08/costarica10120801.htm
22. Translated from the Spanish by Alexandra Reed. Original: “la peculiar interpretación del Gobierno nicaragüense sobre el Derecho Internacional es que solo tiene legitimidad lo que lo beneficia, y que, por tanto, se debe tolerar la ocupación armada de territorio de otro país…” Costa Rica’s “The Truth about the Incursion, Occupation, Use and Damage of Costa Rican Territory by Nicaragua” can be accessed here: http://www.rree.go.cr/ministerio/files/LA_VERDAD_CR_(Par.pdf
23. “What Are the Prospects for Costa Rica-Nicaragua Relations?” Inter-American Dialogue. 16 Nov. 2010. http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=2509&s=.
24. Jorge I. Domínguez. “Boundary Disputes in Latin America”. United States Institute of Peace. Washington, DC: 2003, 34.
25. U.S. Sentator calls for freeze of Nicaraguan Aid’ Tico Times. http://www.ticotimes.net/News/News-Briefs/U.S.-senator-calls-for-freeze-of-Nicaraguan-aid_Wednesday-December-15-2010
1. Gomez, Pablo. “Costa Rica and Nicaragua at ICJ.” Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 19 January 19, 2011. http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/costa-rica-and-nicaragua-icj
2. “Costa Rica Institutes Proceedings Against Nicaragua.” International Court of Justice. 19 Nov. 2010. http://www.icj-cij.org/presscom/index.php?p1=6&p2=1
3. Costa Rica remains without a military.
4. Esteban Oviedo. “Chinchilla incluye a Nicaragua entre ‘enemigos.’” La Nación. 6 Dec. 2010.
http://www.nacion.com/2010-12-06/ElPais/NotasSecundarias/ElPais2613046.aspx
5. Nicaragua’s “The Truths that Costa Rica Hides about the San Juan de Nicaragua River” can be accessed here: www.tortillaconsal.com/rio_san_juan_truth.pdf
6. Berrios, Bertha. “San Juan River - Border Dispute Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua” 23 April. 2004. www.geog.umd.edu/academic/undergrad/harper/Berrios.pdf
7. Dispute Regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) International Court of Justice. 13 July. 2009. www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/133/15325.pdf
8. Berrios, Bertha.. “San Juan River - Border Dispute Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua” 23 April. 2004. www.geog.umd.edu/academic/undergrad/harper/Berrios.pdf. 9
9. http://www.eurasiareview.com/world-news/latin-america/9828-costa-rica-nicaragua-border-conflict-heats-up
10. Nicaragua’s “The Truths that Costa Rica Hides about the San Juan de Nicaragua River” can be accessed here: www.tortillaconsal.com/rio_san_juan_truth.pdf
11. Francisco Campbell, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States, Personal Interview with the authors. Dec. 9, 2010.
12. Jorge I. Domínguez. “Boundary Disputes in Latin America”. United States Institute of Peace. Washington, DC: 2003, 28. For example, in the case of Argentina, successive presidents (including current President Cristina Kirchner) have played up to Argentines’ nationalist desire to reclaim the Falkland Islands from Britain, both before and after the unsuccessful Falklands War in 1982. Likewise, Bolivia’s quest to recover its coastline from Chile still retains considerable political appeal in La Paz, more than 100 years after it was lost in the War of the Pacific.
14. Translated from the Spanish by Alexandra Reed. Original: “Esa unidad que hemos logrado los nicaragüenses y que ha tratado de capitalizar Daniel Ortega, tendrá una duración relativamente breve, porque en nuestro país es difícil de enfocar un tema por mucho tiempo.” Ramón H. Potosme. “Ortega busca sacudirse observación internacional.” El Nuevo Diario. 14 Nov. 2010. http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/politica/87942.
15. “Costa Rican President Urges Restraint in Border Dispute.” CNN World. 4 November 2010. http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-04/world/costa.rica.nicaragua.dispute_1_nicaraguans-boundary-dispute-san-juan-river?_s=PM:WORLD
16. “Costa Rican President Urges Restraint in Border Dispute.”
17. “Costa Rica Institutes Proceedings Against Nicaragua.” International Court of Justice. 19 Nov. 2010. http://www.icj-cij.org/presscom/index.php?p1=6&p2=1
18. OAS press release 8 December 2010.
19. Gamez, Pablo. “Costa Rica and Nicaragua at ICJ.” Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 19 January 19, 2011. http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/costa-rica-and-nicaragua-icj
20. Gomez, Pablo. “Costa Rica and Nicaragua at ICJ.” Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 19 January 19, 2011. http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/costa-rica-and-nicaragua-icj
21. http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/december/08/costarica10120801.htm
22. Translated from the Spanish by Alexandra Reed. Original: “la peculiar interpretación del Gobierno nicaragüense sobre el Derecho Internacional es que solo tiene legitimidad lo que lo beneficia, y que, por tanto, se debe tolerar la ocupación armada de territorio de otro país…” Costa Rica’s “The Truth about the Incursion, Occupation, Use and Damage of Costa Rican Territory by Nicaragua” can be accessed here: http://www.rree.go.cr/ministerio/files/LA_VERDAD_CR_(Par.pdf
23. “What Are the Prospects for Costa Rica-Nicaragua Relations?” Inter-American Dialogue. 16 Nov. 2010. http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=2509&s=.
24. Jorge I. Domínguez. “Boundary Disputes in Latin America”. United States Institute of Peace. Washington, DC: 2003, 34.
25. U.S. Sentator calls for freeze of Nicaraguan Aid’ Tico Times. http://www.ticotimes.net/News/News-Briefs/U.S.-senator-calls-for-freeze-of-Nicaraguan-aid_Wednesday-December-15-2010
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