Friday, May 27, 2011

Naomi Glassman, May 27, 2011: Zelaya to Honduras; Honduras to the OAS

[1] “Return of Manuel Zelaya to Honduras Announced.” Colarebo. May 17, 2011. http://colareboenglish.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/return-of-manuel-zelaya-to-honduras-announced/

[2] Cáceres, Marco. “Honduras’ Impending Return to the OAS.” Honduras Weekly. May 14, 2011. http://hondurasweekly.com/editorial/3711-honduras-impending-return-to-the-oas

[3] Ibid.

[4] “Colombia – the new Latin American fixer.” Latin News Daily, May 18, 2011. http://www.latinnews.com/ldb/LDB22757.asp?instance=7

[5] “ ‘Mel’ Zelaya ya puede retornar a Honduras.” El Heraldo, May 5, 2011. http://www.elheraldo.hn/Ediciones/2011/05/06/Noticias/Mel-Zelaya-ya-puede-retornar-a-Hondurashttp://www.elheraldo.hn/Ediciones/2011/05/06/Noticias/Mel-Zelaya-ya-puede-retornar-a-Honduras

[6] Ruhl, J. Mark. “Trouble in Central America: Honduras Unravels.” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 21, No. 2, April 2010

[7] Anonymous. “The Americas: Why a pariah may return; Honduras and its former president.” The Economist. London: March 12, 2011. Vol. 398, Iss. 8724; pg. 44.

[8] Human Rights Watch. “Honduras: Prosecute Post-Coup Abuses: Attacks and Threats Remain a Very Serious Concern.” December 20, 2010. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/12/19/honduras-prosecute-post-coup-abuses

[9] “Canciller Maduro y Ortega traerán a ‘Mel’ a Honduras.” El Heraldo. May 19, 2011. http://elheraldo.hn/Ediciones/2011/05/20/Noticias/Canciller-Maduro-y-Ortega-traeran-a-Mel-a-Honduras

Carol Ciriaco, May 26, 2011: Press Release: Clinton Plays Hostess in a Failed Attempt to Mend U.S.-Latin America Relations

1) Chang, Bao, Xiaokun, Li, and Ai Yang. "China Vows New Brazil Trade Ties." China Daily. China Daily, 13 April 2011. Web. 19 May 2011.

2) Romero, Simon, and Ginger Thompson. "Clinton Aims to Improve Ties with Latin America.” The New York Times 19 May 2011: A8. Print.

3) Santos, Juan Manuel. Interview by John Paul Rathbone and Naomi Mapstone. Financial Times. Financial Times, 13 February 2011. Web. 19 May 2011.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Katie Soltis, May 25, 2011; Latin America Progresses Forward- A Victory for Gay Rights

[1] Marilia Brocchetto and Luciani Gomes. “Same-sex unions recognized by Brazil’s high court.” 5 May 2011. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-05/world/brazil.same.sex.unions_1_civil-unions-gay-couples-homosexual-couples?_s=PM:WORLD

[2] Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988. Capítulo 7, Art. 226, §3. (translated from Portuguese)

[3]Yana Marull. “Brazil top court recognizes same-sex civil unions.” American Free Press. 5 May 2011. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gG8v1msdEA7Vz2CE99tzld3Ks5_g?docId=CNG.c45499ee0d03c8e22445e40824338bea.301

[4] Ibid.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Ibid.

[7] Omar Encarnación. “A Gay Rights Revolution in Latin America.” Americas Quarterly. 17 May 2011. http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2534

[8] Javier Corrales. “Latin American Gays: The Post-Left Leftists.” Americas Quarterly. 19 March 2010. http://www.americasquarterly.org/gay-rights-Latin-America

[9] Mitchell A. Seligson and Daniel E. Moreno Morales, “Gay in the Americas,” Americas Quarterly, Winter 2010. Available at http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/1301.

Gabriela Acosta, May 25, 2011: COHA Memorandum: ‘Death Squads’ Target Salvadoran Journalists

1) IFEX. “Alert: Death squads threaten Radio Victoria journalists.” May 9, 2011. accessed May 22, 2011. http://www.ifex.org/el_salvador/2011/05/09/radio_victoria/

2)
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, e-mail message to author, May 22, 2011.

3)
Llana, Sara M. “Honduran journalists face increasing threats”. The Christian Science Monitor. May 20, 2011. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2011/0520/Honduran-journalists-face-increasing-threats

4)
Christina Starr. e-mail message to author, May 24, 2010.

5) Ibid

6) Ibid

7)
AMARC América Latina y el Caribe. “Se incrementan las amenazas de muerte en contra de periodistas de Radio Victoria”. May 5, 2011. Accessed May 22, 2011. http://legislaciones.item.org.uy/index?q=node/2773