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Agency for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and CaribbeanThe Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) is an intergovernmental agency created by the Treaty of Tlatelolco to ensure that the obligations of the Treaty be met. OPANAL...
Association of Caribbean StatesThe Convention Establishing the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) was signed on 24 July 1994 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, with the aim of promoting consultation, cooperation and concerted action among all the co...
Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL) is no longer in operation.
Twenty years of influence on hemispheric policy: 1990-2011
FOCAL was created as an independent, non-governmental think-tank meant to enhan...
Embassy RowEmbassy Row, published by Sources as part of the Parliamentary Names & Numbers directory, lists all embassies and high commissions to Canada, and all Canadian embassies, high commissions and consulates abro...
Latin American Economic SystemThe Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) is a regional intergovernmental organization that groups 26 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Its headquarters are in Caracas, Venezuela. SELA was established...
Latin American ParliamentThe Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) is a regional, permanent and unicameral organism, integrated from the national Parliaments of Latin America, elected democratically by means of universal suffrage in countries th...
Organization of American StatesThe Organization of American States (OAS) brings together the nations of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values, defend common interests and debate the major issues facing the region and th...
Partners in Population and DevelopmentPartners in Population and Development (PPD) is the only organization in the world fully dedicated to the promotion of South-South partnerships.
United NationsThe United Nations is central to global efforts to solve problems that challenge humanity. Cooperating in this effort are more than 30 affiliated organizations, known together as the UN system. Day in and day out, the UN...
World Digital LibraryThe World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
The principal objectives of the WDL...
New Releases
Canadian Foreign Policy and the Coming Elections in FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas2009-09-30
Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
Featuring the impact of minority government on Canadian foreign policy, Haitian democracy, U.S.multilateralism in the Americas, Colombia-UNASUR relations, Cuban bloggers, and boosting Canada's relatio...
CPJ concerned about arrest of Mexican journalist2012-07-06
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the arrest of prominent Mexican journalist Sanjuana Martinez Thursday in Nuevo Leon under unclear circumstances.
FOCAL and COMEXI Launch Mexico-Canada Initiative2009-08-11
Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
The Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales and the Canadian Foundation for the Americas are combining forces to create an independent working group that will bring forward ideas to deepen, broade...
Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status2009-05-02
Freedom House
Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, acco...
IFJ Blasts Authorities over Failure to Stop Killings of Journalists after Veteran Murder in Mexico2009-05-28
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today blamed the Mexican authorities for failing to tackle the killings of journalists following the murder of veteran journalist, Eliseo BarrA#n ...
IFJ Condemns Deadly Attack on Journalists in Mexico2010-09-21
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the shooting attack on two young Mexican journalists in the city of Ciudad Juárez in which photojournalist Luis Carlos Santiago was ki...
IFJ Condemns Murders of Journalists in Mexico2010-07-19
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists today said impunity which is fueling violence against journalists has reached intolerable levels in Mexico after two more journalists were murdered in a sin...
Initiative mexico-canadienne lancee par la Fondation canadienne pour les Ameriques (FOCAL) et Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI)2009-08-11
Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
COMEXI et FOCAL se sont alliA#es pour crA#er un groupe de travail indA#pendant, pA#piniA#re dâ##idA#es qui viendront dynamiser, A#largir et approfondir les relations entre le Mexique et le Canada.
Mexican crime reporter abducted and slain in Durango State2009-11-04
Committee to Protect Journalists
Crime reporter Bladimir Antuna García was found murdered Monday night, according local news reports, after reportedly being abducted from a street in the Mexican city of Durango that morning.
Mexican journalist who covered police is abducted and killed2009-05-27
Committee to Protect Journalists
Authorities found the body of a journalist who covered the police beat in northern Mexico after he was abducted from his house on Monday night, according to Mexican news reports.
Mexico: Molotov cocktails thrown at Oaxaca newspaper editor's home2009-01-12
The home of Carlos Velasco Molina, the editor of the weekly El Correo de Oaxaca, in the southwestern city of Oaxaca in Mexico, is attacked.
Police raid silences Chiapas community radio station2010-10-17
Reporters without Borders
Police and judicial authorities in the southeastern state of Chiapas must explain a raid on Radio Proletaria, a community radio station in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in which arrests were made and ...
Reporter who criticized officials is slain in northern Mexico2009-05-07
Committee to Protect Journalistshttp://gateway.sources.com/newsrelease.php
A Mexican journalist who was critical of local authorities in the northern state of Durango was fatally shot by unidentified assailants on Sunday.
Self-censorship, exile or certain death: the choice faced by journalists in Ciudad JuA¡rez2009-01-22
Reporters Without Borders and the Centre for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) are releasing the results of a joint fact-finding visit to the northern city of Ciudad JuA¡rez Chihuahua, that was pro...
Sources welcomes Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)2008-12-13
Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL) is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to strengthening Canadian relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.
The April edition of FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas is out2010-04-07
Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
This edition draws together analysts, policy-makers and development practitioners to look into current issues in Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti and Mexico ranging from disability to multilateralism, fr...
The Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) reacts to the potential Visa confrontation between Mexico and Canada 2009-07-17
Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA)
David McCaig, President and COO of the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) said, â#oThe sudden imposition of travel Visa requirements for Mexican citizens arriving into Canada will hurt the...
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Caribbean Experts and Information in the Sources DirectorySpokespersons, Experts, and Resources
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Organizations and experts on Caribbean topics.
Chiapas Anti-Mining Organizer MurderedMariano Abarca Led a Growing Movement to Kick Canadian Mining Companies Out of Mexican Communities
Bricker, Kristin
Article
2009
Narconews
Mariano Abarca Roblero, one of Mexico's most prominent anti-mining organizers, was shot to death on the evening of November 27, 2009, in front of his house in Chicomuselo, Chiapas. The incident comes ...
An Experiment in Democracy - Book ReviewLa Botz, Dan
Article
1999
Against the Current
Organizing Dissent: Unions, the State, and the Democratic Teachers' Movement in Mexico by Maria Lorena Cook. (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996). Photographs, ap...
Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free StatusSources News Release
Article
2009
Freedom House
Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, acco...
IFJ Blasts Authorities over Failure to Stop Killings of Journalists after Veteran Murder in MexicoSources News Release
Article
2009
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today blamed the Mexican authorities for failing to tackle the killings of journalists following the murder of veteran journalist, Eliseo BarrA#n ...
IFJ Condemns Murders of Journalists in MexicoSources News Release
Article
2010
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists today said impunity which is fueling violence against journalists has reached intolerable levels in Mexico after two more journalists were murdered in a sin...
The Importance of Journalism and Communications to Social MovementsSicilia, Javier
Article
2012
Narco News
Remarks of Javier Sicilia to the School of Authentic Journalism.
In Mexico, Finally, a Revolt Against the MediaBonilla, Isadora; Giordano, Al
Article
2012
Narco News
The summer will determine if the “I Am 132” moment becomes a movement and that’s why “Mexican Spring” is a poor choice of words for it.
Javier Sicilia Calls Out to Alternative Media as a Force for CommunicationGarcia, Laura
Article
2012
Narco News
At the 2012 School of Authentic Journalism, a poet reviews the first year of the movement against the drug war that he inspired.
Mexican crime reporter abducted and slain in Durango StateSources News Release
Article
2009
Committee to Protect Journalists
Crime reporter Bladimir Antuna García was found murdered Monday night, according local news reports, after reportedly being abducted from a street in the Mexican city of Durango that morning.
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho: 'I don't scare easily'Saner, Emine
Article
2012
The Guardian
Lydia Cacho is one of Mexico's most fearless journalists. Her investigations have led to attempts on her life, and now she has been forced to flee her country. What next?
Mexican journalist who covered police is abducted and killedSources News Release
Article
2009
Committee to Protect Journalists
Authorities found the body of a journalist who covered the police beat in northern Mexico after he was abducted from his house on Monday night, according to Mexican news reports.
Mexican President Calderón Hires US Propaganda FirmConroy, Bill
Article
2012
Narco News
Los Pinos retains Las Vegas-based R&R Partners to promote government’s successes as the bloody drug war rages on.
The Mexican Student Movement Is Younger & Faster than "Occupy"Giordano, Al
Article
2012
Narco News
It has been decades since I have seen any march of this size include a pledge by participants with that much discipline and awareness that the march is about influencing public opinion (in other words...
Mexico: Article 19 Calls for a Federal Policy to Prevent Aggressions against JournalistsArticle
2009
Article 19
Press release calling on the Government of Mexico and President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa to establish a committee to protect journalists and implement a comprehensive strategy to stop attacks on journ...
Mexico: Molotov cocktails thrown at Oaxaca newspaper editor's homeSources News Release
Article
2009
The home of Carlos Velasco Molina, the editor of the weekly El Correo de Oaxaca, in the southwestern city of Oaxaca in Mexico, is attacked.
Mexico's Fake RCMP Report BackfiresCampbell, Scott
Article
2009
Countercurrents
Murders committed by police are deemed not to have happened, or to have been justifiable force.
Police raid silences Chiapas community radio stationSources News Release
Article
2010
Reporters without Borders
Police and judicial authorities in the southeastern state of Chiapas must explain a raid on Radio Proletaria, a community radio station in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in which arrests were made and ...
Reporter who criticized officials is slain in northern MexicoSources News Release
Article
2009
Committee to Protect Journalistshttp://gateway.sources.com/newsrelease.php
A Mexican journalist who was critical of local authorities in the northern state of Durango was fatally shot by unidentified assailants on Sunday.
Self-censorship, exile or certain death: the choice faced by journalists in Ciudad JuA¡rezSources News Release
Article
2009
Reporters Without Borders and the Centre for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) are releasing the results of a joint fact-finding visit to the northern city of Ciudad JuA¡rez Chihuahua, that was pro...
Special Report: Reporting, and Surviving, in Ciudad JuarezO'Connor, Mike
Article
2009
Committee to Protect Journalists
In one of Mexico#s most dangerous cities, reporting the news requires extreme caution. Self-censorship and manipulation of the news are constants.
TSA Drug-Running Scandal Betrays Drug War’s PretenseConroy, Bill
Article
2012
Narco News
The cost of bribing US border and airport security personnel is chump change in the narco-trafficking business.
ZapatistasConnexipedia Article
Article
Revolutionary group based in Chiapas, the southernmost, and one of the poorest, states of Mexico.
Sources Bookshelf
The No-Nonsense Guide to Global MediaSteven, Peter
Book
2004
Peter Steven aims to make readers realize the power and influence of dominant media but, at the same time, also understand that they are not "omnipotent" and that there are alternative forms available...
Spartacist CanadaPublication of the Trotskyist League, Canadian section of the International Communist League.
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