Human Rights
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
''El Departamento de Estado no tiene ninguna moral para hablar de derechos humanos, ellos son los que mas castigan al mundo entero ... se van a Irak a matar'', afirmo Morales en Cochabamba.
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
Trade Union Strengthening in Colombia, a new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded labor rights and union strengthening program
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
A partir del viernes, los militares deberan someterse a los tribunales federales ante cualquier delito penal, pero las Fuerzas Armadas tambien contaran con un procedimiento ''para tiempos de guerra''
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
El Informe sobre Derechos Humanos del Departamento de Estado vuelve a criticar a instituciones salvadorenas
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
Representantes del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (OACNUDH) recorren el pais con miras a elaborar un reporte sobre violaciones a las garantias fundamentales.
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
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<br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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<br />February 25, 2009
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<br />Honduras is a constitutional, multiparty democracy with a population of approximately 7.7 million. In 2005 Liberal Party candidate Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales won the presidency in elections that were considered generally free and fair by international and domestic observers. The Liberal and National parties continued to dominate the politics of the country.
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
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<br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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<br />February 25, 2009
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<br />The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is a constitutional, parliamentary democracy with a population of approximately 360,000, including an estimated 30,000 undocumented Haitians. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham's Free National Movement (FNM) regained control of the government in May 2007 elections that observers found to be generally free and fair.
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
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<br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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<br />February 25, 2009
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<br />Barbados is a parliamentary democracy with a population of approximately 278,000. In January 15 general elections, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which had been in opposition since 1994, defeated the Barbados Labour Party, and DLP leader David Thompson became prime minister.
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
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<br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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<br />February 25, 2009
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<br />Jamaica is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with a population of approximately 2.8 million. In generally free and fair elections in September 2007, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won 32 of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives, and JLP leader Bruce Golding was sworn in as prime minister.
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
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<br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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<br />February 25, 2009
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<br />Belize is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with an estimated population of 314,300. Prime Minister Dean Barrow's United Democratic Party (UDP) won 25 of the 31 seats in the House of Representatives following generally free and fair multiparty elections held on February 7.