Human Rights
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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.
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 />Mexico, with a population of 110 million, is a federal republic composed of 31 states and a federal district, with an elected president and bicameral legislature. President Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) was elected in 2006 to a six-year term in generally free and fair multiparty elections.
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during a protest in the town of Caihuasi in Oruro Department. A violent confrontation involving progovernment campesinos (peasant farmers) and backers of the opposition-aligned Prefect (governor) Leopoldo Fernandez resulted in the deaths of 13 persons in Pando Department on September 11 and September 12, according to the prosecutor's office. On December 15, in breaking up a protest by several thousand people in the city of Patacamaya regarding government restrictions on importing used cars in a free-trade zone, police shot and killed one person.
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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 />Nicaragua is a constitutional democracy with a population of approximately 5.7 million. In January 2007 Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was sworn in as president, following the 2006 elections that international observers characterized as 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 />Chile is a multiparty democracy with a population of approximately 16 million. In 2006 voters elected President Michelle Bachelet in a free and fair runoff election. Civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces.
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<br />The government generally respected the human rights of its citizens.
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 />Paraguay is a multiparty, constitutional republic with a population of approximately 6.7 million. Voters elected Fernando Lugo of the Patriotic Alliance for Change as president in generally free and fair April 20 elections that ended 61 years of Colorado Party rule.
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
El gobierno rechazo hoy "de la forma mas categorica y firme" el informe sobre la situacion de los derechos humanos en el mundo presentado por el Departamento de Estado
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 />Colombia is a constitutional, multiparty democracy with a population of approximately 45 million. In May 2006 independent presidential candidate Alvaro Uribe was reelected in elections that were considered 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 />Peru is a multiparty republic with a population estimated at 28.2 million. In 2006 Alan Garcia of the Popular Revolutionary Party Alliance (APRA) won the presidency in elections that were generally free and fair.