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23:00:00 10/30/11
6. Malthusian Times
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Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) In many regions, the central cultural idea is that of a lineage, a family and its line of male ancestors and descendants. The prime duty in these cultures is to keep the lineage going. Religion is small scale with the ancestors performing many of the functions of gods. Denser populations and larger political entities lead to large-scale religion where conformity is stressed and cultural rules are codified in a book and not subject to discussion with the ancestors. In pre-modern Sub-Saharan Africa, land was not limiting, so a maximum number of children was desired. Neither monogamy nor chastity were valued as much as fertility. Families were not nuclear; husbands and wives did not engage in many activities together; children were often raised by other members of the village and women had the responsibility for economic support of the children. In many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, farming is the work of women. Women often prefer men with resources which leads to polygamy. Women in polygamous relationships form support groups for each other and men enjoy the fruits of several women's labor and children. In temperate regions, the land eventually fills up and the dangers of overpopulation come to the fore. Peasants are miserably poor. Massive epidemics (the Black Death, 1347 and onward) and wars (the Catholic-Protestant wars, 1562-1648) can kill a third of the population. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Demography and Ancestry in Africa 15:13
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15:53:58 05/13/11
Two-Track Recovery of the Global Economy with Laura Tyson
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Laura D’Andrea Tyson, Professor of Global Management at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and White House advisor, explores the uneven global recovery with subdued growth in advanced economies, and strong activity in emerging economies. What is in store with renewed stresses in the Euro area periphery, and inflation pressures and signs of overheating in emerging economies? Series: "The UC Davis Chancellor’s Colloquium Series" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 20818]
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15:53:58 05/13/11
Two-Track Recovery of the Global Economy with Laura Tyson
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Laura D’Andrea Tyson, Professor of Global Management at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and White House advisor, explores the uneven global recovery with subdued growth in advanced economies, and strong activity in emerging economies. What is in store with renewed stresses in the Euro area periphery, and inflation pressures and signs of overheating in emerging economies? Series: "The UC Davis Chancellor’s Colloquium Series" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 20818]
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22:30:00 11/02/10
Studio Guest of the Week: Hilmar Schneider.
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Hilmar Schneider is director of the Institute for the Study of Labor.DW-TV: Let's pull in Hilmar Schneider from the Institute for the Study of Labor. Let's talk about this labor market. Mr. Schneider, thanks for joining us today. It is hard to believe that in Germany we have such a shortage right now of highly-skilled workers. How did that happen? Hilmar Schneider: Actually this is not a new phenomenon. We had it already before the crisis, we had it during the crisis and now it's becoming more and more prominent. It has something to do with demographic change,and also with our education system, which is not able to provide as many young, qualified workers as the economy is needing. DW-TV: Is it really the education system or is it the fact that there aren't enough young people saying: I want to be an engineer. I want to be a researcher or a scientist? Hilmar Schneider: At least the education system isn't attactive enough to attract young people to go for engineering... DW-TV: And they're leaving the country, too. Maybe the pay is better... Hilmar Schneider: I think this is not frightening. This is an exchange process which is quite natural. But the fact that we are missing 20,000 engineers per year - that's the gap between the demand by firms and what is coming out of the education system. That's the problem. DW-TV: Let's take a quick look at the labor market over the past 20 years. If we look back over the past two decades, the number of unemployed was a non-stop story of climbing and more climbing. Now, just in the last year unemployment has fallen back to levels not seen since 1992. Mr. Schneider, how low can we go with this? Hilmar Schneider: Nobody really knows. But if we are able to manage to return to the decrease in unemployment figures we had before the crisis -- it was 500,000 per year -- we will end up with less than 2 million (unemployed) in 2012. DW-TV: Well the politicians here in Germany are certainly hoping you're correct in that. Well, as we heard, talking about the problem depression is certainly an important step. Mr. Schneider, what has happened in the workplace in Germany in the last couple of years that has made so many people unhappy? Hilmar Schneider: Well this is not a German phenomenon. We observe worldwide that psychic stress in the workplace has increased and that there are more and more people failing in managing this type of stress. In a world where skilled labor is becoming scarce, firms are thinking more about how to cope with the problem. DW-TV: It sounds like you're saying that the culprit is globalization and that people are being asked to do more with less. Hilmar Schneider: Well that may be a problem, but on the other hand there are workers who are able to manage it. So those who are not able to do so may have problems that can be solved by mental assistance. DW-TV: OK, very quickly Mr. Schneider, are we going to see more cases of work-related depression in the next five to ten years? Hilmar Schneider: It may happen, but I also see a positive development. Since workers are becoming a rare 'good', firms will do a lot to make workers feel comfortable in the workplace. DW-TV: All right Mr. Schneider, thanks for talking with us today!
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22:30:00 11/02/10
Studio Guest of the Week: Hilmar Schneider.
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Hilmar Schneider is director of the Institute for the Study of Labor.DW-TV: Let's pull in Hilmar Schneider from the Institute for the Study of Labor. Let's talk about this labor market. Mr. Schneider, thanks for joining us today. It is hard to believe that in Germany we have such a shortage right now of highly-skilled workers. How did that happen? Hilmar Schneider: Actually this is not a new phenomenon. We had it already before the crisis, we had it during the crisis and now it's becoming more and more prominent. It has something to do with demographic change,and also with our education system, which is not able to provide as many young, qualified workers as the economy is needing. DW-TV: Is it really the education system or is it the fact that there aren't enough young people saying: I want to be an engineer. I want to be a researcher or a scientist? Hilmar Schneider: At least the education system isn't attactive enough to attract young people to go for engineering... DW-TV: And they're leaving the country, too. Maybe the pay is better... Hilmar Schneider: I think this is not frightening. This is an exchange process which is quite natural. But the fact that we are missing 20,000 engineers per year - that's the gap between the demand by firms and what is coming out of the education system. That's the problem. DW-TV: Let's take a quick look at the labor market over the past 20 years. If we look back over the past two decades, the number of unemployed was a non-stop story of climbing and more climbing. Now, just in the last year unemployment has fallen back to levels not seen since 1992. Mr. Schneider, how low can we go with this? Hilmar Schneider: Nobody really knows. But if we are able to manage to return to the decrease in unemployment figures we had before the crisis -- it was 500,000 per year -- we will end up with less than 2 million (unemployed) in 2012. DW-TV: Well the politicians here in Germany are certainly hoping you're correct in that. Well, as we heard, talking about the problem depression is certainly an important step. Mr. Schneider, what has happened in the workplace in Germany in the last couple of years that has made so many people unhappy? Hilmar Schneider: Well this is not a German phenomenon. We observe worldwide that psychic stress in the workplace has increased and that there are more and more people failing in managing this type of stress. In a world where skilled labor is becoming scarce, firms are thinking more about how to cope with the problem. DW-TV: It sounds like you're saying that the culprit is globalization and that people are being asked to do more with less. Hilmar Schneider: Well that may be a problem, but on the other hand there are workers who are able to manage it. So those who are not able to do so may have problems that can be solved by mental assistance. DW-TV: OK, very quickly Mr. Schneider, are we going to see more cases of work-related depression in the next five to ten years? Hilmar Schneider: It may happen, but I also see a positive development. Since workers are becoming a rare 'good', firms will do a lot to make workers feel comfortable in the workplace. DW-TV: All right Mr. Schneider, thanks for talking with us today!
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22:16:38 07/16/10
GRITtv: July 16, 2010
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Lately, the infamous Tea Party has taken the mass media by storm. ; Despite this recent mobilization against long-awaited “liberal” reforms, we can’t help but remember how grassroots movements organized coalitions to paint red states blue and elect Barack Obama. Is it possible to remobilize progressive discontent and organize a party that crosses race, class, and labor lines to get progressive politicians elected?Jon Liss, Executive Director of Tenants and Workers United, joins us in the studio to describe organizing in Virginia –primarily how to recycle coalition-forming tactics that made history by turning a red state blue during the last election.Branch Brook Park roller rink, located in Newark, NJ, is one of the few remaining urban rinks of its kind. Serving extremely diverse subcultures within Newark, this space is a microcosm of the city that surrounds it. This film will follow three characters from distinct groups that use the space; a Skate Dancer, a Gospel Skater, and a Roller Derby Girl. Despite their differences in race, class, religion, and sexuality, these skaters are united by the rink, which serves as a refuge from the stress of their lives.Newark is currently experiencing a 'renaissance', but it is unclear who this renaissance is actually meant to benefit. The rink stands in symbolic and visual opposition to the pervasive, inflexible and false notions attached to the city of Newark. The Rink is directed and produced by GRITtv's own Sarah Friedland and Ryan Joseph, and you can contribute to finishing the film at Kickstarter.Those poor oil executives have just been working themselves to death trying to maintain their public image after that completely unfair blame they're facing for those oil spills--not just in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, but around the world. Our friends at Greenpeace came up with a product just for them, a handy way to cover-I mean clean up the spill in record time and keep people buying those oil products! Check it out.Finally, this week, Harvey Pekar, revolutionary comics author and subject of the award-winning film American Splendor (based on his comics by that name) passed away at age 70.
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22:16:38 07/16/10
GRITtv: July 16, 2010
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Lately, the infamous Tea Party has taken the mass media by storm. ; Despite this recent mobilization against long-awaited “liberal” reforms, we can’t help but remember how grassroots movements organized coalitions to paint red states blue and elect Barack Obama. Is it possible to remobilize progressive discontent and organize a party that crosses race, class, and labor lines to get progressive politicians elected?Jon Liss, Executive Director of Tenants and Workers United, joins us in the studio to describe organizing in Virginia –primarily how to recycle coalition-forming tactics that made history by turning a red state blue during the last election.Branch Brook Park roller rink, located in Newark, NJ, is one of the few remaining urban rinks of its kind. Serving extremely diverse subcultures within Newark, this space is a microcosm of the city that surrounds it. This film will follow three characters from distinct groups that use the space; a Skate Dancer, a Gospel Skater, and a Roller Derby Girl. Despite their differences in race, class, religion, and sexuality, these skaters are united by the rink, which serves as a refuge from the stress of their lives.Newark is currently experiencing a 'renaissance', but it is unclear who this renaissance is actually meant to benefit. The rink stands in symbolic and visual opposition to the pervasive, inflexible and false notions attached to the city of Newark. The Rink is directed and produced by GRITtv's own Sarah Friedland and Ryan Joseph, and you can contribute to finishing the film at Kickstarter.Those poor oil executives have just been working themselves to death trying to maintain their public image after that completely unfair blame they're facing for those oil spills--not just in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, but around the world. Our friends at Greenpeace came up with a product just for them, a handy way to cover-I mean clean up the spill in record time and keep people buying those oil products! Check it out.Finally, this week, Harvey Pekar, revolutionary comics author and subject of the award-winning film American Splendor (based on his comics by that name) passed away at age 70.
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07:00:00 04/30/09
El Salvador: A Historic Election
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(Latin Pulse: April 30, 2009) The Latin Pulse Team brings you a special report on the historic election in Latin America. El Salvador, a tiny Central American country of 7 million inhabitants, recently elected Mauricio Funes, its first leftist president. Not unlike the evening Barack Obama was elected as President of the United States, the crowds in the capital city of San Salvador were chanting "Sí se pudo" - "Yes we did!"
The Funes party, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, defeated the rightwing Nationalist Republican Alliance, the ARENA party, who has ruled the country for 20 years. In the 1980s, the FMLN, a coalition of former Marxist guerillas, fought a bitter war against the U.S. backed Salvadoran government. Thousands were killed, tortured, and disappeared. Salvadoran voters were voting for the FMLN candidate because they wanted change. They were worried about poverty, unemployment, and raging crime, and were not impressed by the right wing's well-financed media campaign, which stressed the dangers of communism.
The U.S. government has always had a presence in Salvador's electoral process. For that reason, the FMLN publicly asked the American leadership to stay out of the 2009 election more than a year ago. It appears that they did. The next day, President Barack Obama called Funes to congratulate him on his victory.
For a long time, El Salvador has been a staunch U.S. ally. Now, the smallest country in Central America has joined the increasing number of Latino American countries that have chosen to explore a change to the left. However, with a new U.S. president warmly shaking hands with Funes, Brazil?s Lula, and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, many are hopeful about the future of Latin American-US relations.
En Español
Pulso Latino Reportaje Especial
El Salvador: Una Elección Histórica
?El equipo de Pulso Latino presenta un reportaje especial sobre estas históricas elecciones en Latino América. El Salvador un pequeño país Centroamericano de 7 millones de habitantes eligió en las urnas al primer Presidente de un partido de izquierda. Como la noche en que Obama fue electo presidente de los EEUU, la gente se lanzó a las calles de la capital San Salvador cantando ?Sí se pudo!?
El partido de Funes Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional FMLN, derrotó al partido de derecha Alianza Republicana Nacionalista ARENA, quién ha gobernado el país durante los últimos 20 años. El FMLN una coalición de ex-guerrilleros, quienes lucharon contra el gobierno Salvadoreño de extrema derecha en una guerra sostenida y financiada por los Estados Unidos durante la década de los 80. Miles de personas fueron asesinadas, torturadas y desaparecidas. Los salvadoreños votaron por el candidato del FMLN porque quieren un cambio, les preocupa la pobreza creciente, el desempleo y el crimen rampante. No se dejaron influenciar por la fuertemente financiada campaña mediática de la derecha que buscaba amedrentar insistiendo en los peligros de un comunismo.
El gobierno Estadounidense ha tenido por largo tiempo una presencia en el proceso electoral salvadoreño, por esta razón hace un año el candidato del FMLN pidió públicamente a los líderes de EEUU de mantenerse fuera de las elecciones del 2009. Parece que así sucedió. Al día siguiente de las elecciones el presidente Barack Obama llamó a Funes para felicitarle por su victoria. Por mucho tiempo El Salvador ha sido un firme aliado de los Estados Unidos, por ahora el más pequeño país de Centro América se ha unido al creciente número de países Latinoamericanos que han escogido explorar un cambio hacia la izquierda. Sin embargo con un nuevo Presidente estadounidense estrechando con gusto las manos de Funes, Lula de Brazil, y Chávez de Venezuela, muchos tienen esperanzas en el futuro de las relaciones entre Latino América y los Estados Unidos.
El Salvador Facts/Info
Background: El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and seceded from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels the FMLN signed a U.N. brokered peace accord that provided for military and political reforms.
Area: 21,040 sq km Slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Natural resources: Hydropower, geothermal power, arable land.
Natural hazards: Known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes.
Environment current issues: Deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes.
Population:7,185,218 (July 2008 est.)
Ethnic groups: Mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
Net migration rate:3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) An estimated 2 million Salvadorans live in the United States
GDP: $22.28 billion (2008 est.) Labor force by sector: agriculture: 11.2% industry: 24.7% services: 64.1% (2008 est.)
Employment: Unemployment is 7% Underemployment is 43% And 81% do not earn a decent wage, per U.N. standard
Poverty: More than 53% of the population lives below the poverty line.20% lives in extreme poverty
Illiteracy rate: 17% of the population
Education expenditures: 3.1% of GDP (2006)
Military expenditures: 5% 0f GDP (2006)
2009 Elections Results: 60% of the electorate casted ballots
President: FMLN/Funes 51.3% ARENA/Avila 48.7%
Assembly 84 Seats: FMLN 35 Seats ARENA 32 PCN 11PDC 5CD 1
USA/EL Salvador Relations: The United States is El Salvador?s most important trading partner, receiving 67.3% of its exports and providing 50.1% of its imports. Economic growth will decelerate in 2009 due to the global slowdown and to El Salvador's dependence on exports to the US and remittances from the US. El Salvador leads the region in remittances per capita with inflows equivalent to nearly all export income. With the adoption of the US dollar as its currency in 2001, El Salvador lost control over monetary policy and must concentrate on maintaining a disciplined fiscal policy. In 2005 U.S. and El Salvador governments signed a bilateral agreement to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy ILEA in the region. The training focus is on transnational crimes, human rights and the rule of law with emphasis on trafficking in narcotics, trafficking in persons, terrorism, money laundering and other financial crimes. ILEA is meant to "help protect U.S. interests through international cooperation" by training police, judges, prosecutors, and other law enforcement officials. The U.S. also maintains a Military Monitoring Base in Comalapa that surveys air space traffic in the region to combat narco-trafficking and organized crime activities. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and El Salvador?s National Civilian Police jointly operate the Transnational Anti-Gang unit, which addresses the growing problem of street gangs in both countries. In January 2009, the U.S. and El Salvador signed letters of agreement committing both countries to work jointly under the Merida Initiative to fight crime and drug trafficking. In 2006 El Salvador was the first country to ratify the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). In late 2006, the government and the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $461 million compact to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty in the country's northern region through investments in education, public services, enterprise development, and transportation infrastructure. Sources:United Nations Development Program UNDP
http://www.undp.org/publications/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html
http://www.usaid.gov/policy/budget/cbj2005/lac/sv.html
www.fletc.gov/
Country?s Timeline http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1220818.stm
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07:00:00 04/30/09
El Salvador: A Historic Election
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(Latin Pulse: April 30, 2009) The Latin Pulse Team brings you a special report on the historic election in Latin America. El Salvador, a tiny Central American country of 7 million inhabitants, recently elected Mauricio Funes, its first leftist president. Not unlike the evening Barack Obama was elected as President of the United States, the crowds in the capital city of San Salvador were chanting "Sí se pudo" - "Yes we did!"
The Funes party, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, defeated the rightwing Nationalist Republican Alliance, the ARENA party, who has ruled the country for 20 years. In the 1980s, the FMLN, a coalition of former Marxist guerillas, fought a bitter war against the U.S. backed Salvadoran government. Thousands were killed, tortured, and disappeared. Salvadoran voters were voting for the FMLN candidate because they wanted change. They were worried about poverty, unemployment, and raging crime, and were not impressed by the right wing's well-financed media campaign, which stressed the dangers of communism.
The U.S. government has always had a presence in Salvador's electoral process. For that reason, the FMLN publicly asked the American leadership to stay out of the 2009 election more than a year ago. It appears that they did. The next day, President Barack Obama called Funes to congratulate him on his victory.
For a long time, El Salvador has been a staunch U.S. ally. Now, the smallest country in Central America has joined the increasing number of Latino American countries that have chosen to explore a change to the left. However, with a new U.S. president warmly shaking hands with Funes, Brazil?s Lula, and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, many are hopeful about the future of Latin American-US relations.
En Español
Pulso Latino Reportaje Especial
El Salvador: Una Elección Histórica
?El equipo de Pulso Latino presenta un reportaje especial sobre estas históricas elecciones en Latino América. El Salvador un pequeño país Centroamericano de 7 millones de habitantes eligió en las urnas al primer Presidente de un partido de izquierda. Como la noche en que Obama fue electo presidente de los EEUU, la gente se lanzó a las calles de la capital San Salvador cantando ?Sí se pudo!?
El partido de Funes Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional FMLN, derrotó al partido de derecha Alianza Republicana Nacionalista ARENA, quién ha gobernado el país durante los últimos 20 años. El FMLN una coalición de ex-guerrilleros, quienes lucharon contra el gobierno Salvadoreño de extrema derecha en una guerra sostenida y financiada por los Estados Unidos durante la década de los 80. Miles de personas fueron asesinadas, torturadas y desaparecidas. Los salvadoreños votaron por el candidato del FMLN porque quieren un cambio, les preocupa la pobreza creciente, el desempleo y el crimen rampante. No se dejaron influenciar por la fuertemente financiada campaña mediática de la derecha que buscaba amedrentar insistiendo en los peligros de un comunismo.
El gobierno Estadounidense ha tenido por largo tiempo una presencia en el proceso electoral salvadoreño, por esta razón hace un año el candidato del FMLN pidió públicamente a los líderes de EEUU de mantenerse fuera de las elecciones del 2009. Parece que así sucedió. Al día siguiente de las elecciones el presidente Barack Obama llamó a Funes para felicitarle por su victoria. Por mucho tiempo El Salvador ha sido un firme aliado de los Estados Unidos, por ahora el más pequeño país de Centro América se ha unido al creciente número de países Latinoamericanos que han escogido explorar un cambio hacia la izquierda. Sin embargo con un nuevo Presidente estadounidense estrechando con gusto las manos de Funes, Lula de Brazil, y Chávez de Venezuela, muchos tienen esperanzas en el futuro de las relaciones entre Latino América y los Estados Unidos.
El Salvador Facts/Info
Background: El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and seceded from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels the FMLN signed a U.N. brokered peace accord that provided for military and political reforms.
Area: 21,040 sq km Slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Natural resources: Hydropower, geothermal power, arable land.
Natural hazards: Known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes.
Environment current issues: Deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes.
Population:7,185,218 (July 2008 est.)
Ethnic groups: Mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
Net migration rate:3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) An estimated 2 million Salvadorans live in the United States
GDP: $22.28 billion (2008 est.) Labor force by sector: agriculture: 11.2% industry: 24.7% services: 64.1% (2008 est.)
Employment: Unemployment is 7% Underemployment is 43% And 81% do not earn a decent wage, per U.N. standard
Poverty: More than 53% of the population lives below the poverty line.20% lives in extreme poverty
Illiteracy rate: 17% of the population
Education expenditures: 3.1% of GDP (2006)
Military expenditures: 5% 0f GDP (2006)
2009 Elections Results: 60% of the electorate casted ballots
President: FMLN/Funes 51.3% ARENA/Avila 48.7%
Assembly 84 Seats: FMLN 35 Seats ARENA 32 PCN 11PDC 5CD 1
USA/EL Salvador Relations: The United States is El Salvador?s most important trading partner, receiving 67.3% of its exports and providing 50.1% of its imports. Economic growth will decelerate in 2009 due to the global slowdown and to El Salvador's dependence on exports to the US and remittances from the US. El Salvador leads the region in remittances per capita with inflows equivalent to nearly all export income. With the adoption of the US dollar as its currency in 2001, El Salvador lost control over monetary policy and must concentrate on maintaining a disciplined fiscal policy. In 2005 U.S. and El Salvador governments signed a bilateral agreement to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy ILEA in the region. The training focus is on transnational crimes, human rights and the rule of law with emphasis on trafficking in narcotics, trafficking in persons, terrorism, money laundering and other financial crimes. ILEA is meant to "help protect U.S. interests through international cooperation" by training police, judges, prosecutors, and other law enforcement officials. The U.S. also maintains a Military Monitoring Base in Comalapa that surveys air space traffic in the region to combat narco-trafficking and organized crime activities. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and El Salvador?s National Civilian Police jointly operate the Transnational Anti-Gang unit, which addresses the growing problem of street gangs in both countries. In January 2009, the U.S. and El Salvador signed letters of agreement committing both countries to work jointly under the Merida Initiative to fight crime and drug trafficking. In 2006 El Salvador was the first country to ratify the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). In late 2006, the government and the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $461 million compact to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty in the country's northern region through investments in education, public services, enterprise development, and transportation infrastructure. Sources:United Nations Development Program UNDP
http://www.undp.org/publications/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html
http://www.usaid.gov/policy/budget/cbj2005/lac/sv.html
www.fletc.gov/
Country?s Timeline http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1220818.stm
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05:56:48 01/31/09
2009 Fair Trade Nicaragua Coffee Farmers #3 Organic Coffee Beans Nicaraguan Women Are Respected
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Northern Michigan University students Sarah Swanson and Lisa McCarthy stand near the mouth of Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. Members of Lutheran Campus Ministry, the students were with a group of Americans participating in a Lutheran World Relief study project.(Marquette, Michigan) - While Upper Peninsula residents endured an arctic blast, two Northern Michigan University students started the New Year learning about Fair Trade during the peak of the coffee growing season in Nicaragua.Three videos of the student's presentation about their Nicaragua trip were produced by Lutheran Campus Ministry at Northern Michigan University and the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI.------- Video #1Role of faith communities, Nicaragua coffee farmers, and coffee cooperatives in Fair Trade movement; Northern Michigan University students talk about work that goes into growing coffee including wet mills, dry mills and the process of quality/taste testing called “cupping.”Video #2The Fair Trade movement efforts of Lutheran World Relief, Equal Exchange and the Center for Global Education.A look at Fair Trade Principals including prohibiting child labor, protecting the environment, the need for fair wages and help the entire community (not just coffee farming families).The students describe staying with coffee farming families in a small village in a mountainous area, interacting with the children and some of the interesting and inspiring people they met.Video #3The students describe how the women of Nicaragua are treated with respect, the importance of families and the environmental protection efforts of one Nicaragua’s organic farmers.-------(Photos at St. Mark's Lutheran Church by Greg Peterson) Since their return on January 12, Lisa McCarthy and Sarah Swanson have begun a series of presentations at U.P. churches to encourage Americans to buy Fair Trade coffee that ensures poor Nicaraguan farmers don't lose money in the labor-intensive industry of coffee production.From staring into the mouth of the Masaya Volcano to traveling narrow mountain roads to stay with coffee-farming families to picking beans and participating in all phases of coffee production, the trip was a myth-shattering experience. The students are the latest of hundreds of faith community representatives traveling to Central American over the last decade with Lutheran World Relief (LWR) to get a quick course on Fair Trade while erasing misconceptions about Nicaragua's hard-working low-income farmers who take pride in their coffee.Known for loving a strong cup of hot coffee, U.P. residents are the perfect audience for the two students who were impressed by the work ethic and friendliness of Nicaraguans.The Fair Trade movement was born during the "coffee crisis of 1990s" when prices "really imploded - it was terrible," said Swanson, 20, an NMU junior majoring in speech language and hearing sciences.The fluctuating market price for Nicaraguan coffee in early January 2009 was $1.13 per pound, said Swanson, who is a native of Rapid River, MI.Both students are members of NMU Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) and their trips were funded by U.P. parishes and donors. The students met with other groups involved in the Fair Trade effort including Equal Exchange and the Center for Global Education."Equal Exchange was the first Fair Trade distributor of coffee in the United States," said McCarthy, 19, an NMU sophomore majoring in photography.Citing the Underground Railroad run by churches during the American Civil War and sanctuary for refugees during the war in El Salvador, Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette said the Fair Trade movement was started by "churches to create an alternative economy to the one that was oppressing small farmers."It's a part of the church's work, part of the faith community's mission and a part people don't know about,' said Magnuson, who is the NMU LCM campus pastor."Sarah and Lisa are going to be encouraging churches to sell Fair Trade coffee and chocolate in their basements," said Rev. Magnuson.Some U.P. Lutheran churches have been on board for years."Fair Trade Coffee sold at Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette is sold at cost," said Messiah member John Carlson of Marquette. "This is a ministry for helping this program of Fair Trade.""During the coffee crisis they had to bring it (the coffee) through Canada," said McCarthy, a native of Greenville, WI. "They had to go through all these measures to get it (the coffee) here."The students said Nicaraguan coffee producers seek respect for their heritage, and want foreigners to understand what goes into growing that coffee they love each morning.Nicaraguans hope emissaries like the NMU students will spread the word about Fair Trade far and wide thus getting people to only buy coffee originating from democratically-run cooperatives that represent the farmers.Lead by his children, a Nicaraguan coffee farmer carries a heavy sack of beans on his shoulders. They are on the way to his local democratically-run cooperative.(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)"One thing we can do is respect them," said McCarthy during a recent presentation at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Marquette that was attended by residents from 18 to 80 years old and as far away as Rapid River. "It was really great to go on this trip because it's hard to respect a faceless thing."You buy the coffee and respect Fair Trade but going there and seeing that and knowing the work that goes into one cup of coffee - brings it home," McCarthy said. It's important for Americans to know "the amount of work that goes into everything."LWR "really stresses the accompaniment model that they use with all their programs - They are not just throwing money at them,"Swanson said. LWR works with Nicarguans "to find out what these farmers want and the things that the need" to accomplish their individual dreams.Americans sometimes mistakenly think that Nicaraguans "want all the things that we have," said Swanson."Most Nicaraguan farmers have never tasted their quality coffee because it's way more beneficial for them to ship it out, than for them to drink even a cup," McCarthy said. "They drink the bad quality stuff.""One of the new projects" for the farmers is "trying to get people in Nicaragua to buy high quality coffee because that's a whole other market they haven't touched."The students received a history lesson on Nicaragua and assistance from employees of the Center for Global Education in Managua including program coordinator and interpreter Juan Carlos Lopez and study abroad facilitator Joe Connelly.Lopez and Connelly, who host numerous ecotourism study project coffee tours each year, "came with us on our trip and added to our experience by sharing with us what they know from working there," Swanson said.(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)McCarthy and Swanson were happy to learn that "women in Nicaragua are known as being strong women." Something they learned first hand and was more impressive to the pair than even the current status of women's rights in the U.S.Instead of receiving an expected lecture from men at the co-ops, the students were greeted by a female co-op board secretary, who "spoke to us so passionately and with such great knowledge, that is just blew me away," McCarthy said. "I saw in-person that it's not a factor if you are a man or a women."(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)"Even though it has been fought for here (in the U.S.) it's still part of our culture that the man is the alpha male," McCarthy said."Just seeing that and seeing her was one of the more impactful things for me," McCarthy said, adding she was impressed with "how proud they (women) are of the co-op."A Nicaraguan woman is raking the coffee beans for even drying at SOLCAFE(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy) LWR stresses respect for the Nicaraguan farmers who are not looking for a handout rather a fair wage for their hard work.‘They envision a world where all people live in justice, dignity and peace," said Swanson, who told the story of a young women repaying a $200 loan used to buy a home."You could see how this was helping her maintain her dignity because she was paying is back," Swanson. "She wanted to buy her house - they don't want it to be handouts from people.The students visited the SolCaf
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05:31:55 01/31/09
2009 Fair Trade Nicaragua Coffee Farmers #2 Nmu Students On Lutheran World Relief Study Tour
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Northern Michigan University students Sarah Swanson and Lisa McCarthy stand near the mouth of Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. Members of Lutheran Campus Ministry, the students were with a group of Americans participating in a Lutheran World Relief study project.(Marquette, Michigan) - While Upper Peninsula residents endured an arctic blast, two Northern Michigan University students started the New Year learning about Fair Trade during the peak of the coffee growing season in Nicaragua.Three videos of the student's presentation about their Nicaragua trip were produced by Lutheran Campus Ministry at Northern Michigan University and the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI.------- Video #1Role of faith communities, Nicaragua coffee farmers, and coffee cooperatives in Fair Trade movement; Northern Michigan University students talk about work that goes into growing coffee including wet mills, dry mills and the process of quality/taste testing called “cupping.”Video #2The Fair Trade movement efforts of Lutheran World Relief, Equal Exchange and the Center for Global Education.A look at Fair Trade Principals including prohibiting child labor, protecting the environment, the need for fair wages and help the entire community (not just coffee farming families).The students describe staying with coffee farming families in a small village in a mountainous area, interacting with the children and some of the interesting and inspiring people they met.Video #3The students describe how the women of Nicaragua are treated with respect, the importance of families and the environmental protection efforts of one Nicaragua’s organic farmers.-------(Photos at St. Mark's Lutheran Church by Greg Peterson) Since their return on January 12, Lisa McCarthy and Sarah Swanson have begun a series of presentations at U.P. churches to encourage Americans to buy Fair Trade coffee that ensures poor Nicaraguan farmers don't lose money in the labor-intensive industry of coffee production.From staring into the mouth of the Masaya Volcano to traveling narrow mountain roads to stay with coffee-farming families to picking beans and participating in all phases of coffee production, the trip was a myth-shattering experience. The students are the latest of hundreds of faith community representatives traveling to Central American over the last decade with Lutheran World Relief (LWR) to get a quick course on Fair Trade while erasing misconceptions about Nicaragua's hard-working low-income farmers who take pride in their coffee.Known for loving a strong cup of hot coffee, U.P. residents are the perfect audience for the two students who were impressed by the work ethic and friendliness of Nicaraguans.The Fair Trade movement was born during the "coffee crisis of 1990s" when prices "really imploded - it was terrible," said Swanson, 20, an NMU junior majoring in speech language and hearing sciences.The fluctuating market price for Nicaraguan coffee in early January 2009 was $1.13 per pound, said Swanson, who is a native of Rapid River, MI.Both students are members of NMU Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) and their trips were funded by U.P. parishes and donors. The students met with other groups involved in the Fair Trade effort including Equal Exchange and the Center for Global Education."Equal Exchange was the first Fair Trade distributor of coffee in the United States," said McCarthy, 19, an NMU sophomore majoring in photography.Citing the Underground Railroad run by churches during the American Civil War and sanctuary for refugees during the war in El Salvador, Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette said the Fair Trade movement was started by "churches to create an alternative economy to the one that was oppressing small farmers."It's a part of the church's work, part of the faith community's mission and a part people don't know about,' said Magnuson, who is the NMU LCM campus pastor."Sarah and Lisa are going to be encouraging churches to sell Fair Trade coffee and chocolate in their basements," said Rev. Magnuson.Some U.P. Lutheran churches have been on board for years."Fair Trade Coffee sold at Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette is sold at cost," said Messiah member John Carlson of Marquette. "This is a ministry for helping this program of Fair Trade.""During the coffee crisis they had to bring it (the coffee) through Canada," said McCarthy, a native of Greenville, WI. "They had to go through all these measures to get it (the coffee) here."The students said Nicaraguan coffee producers seek respect for their heritage, and want foreigners to understand what goes into growing that coffee they love each morning.Nicaraguans hope emissaries like the NMU students will spread the word about Fair Trade far and wide thus getting people to only buy coffee originating from democratically-run cooperatives that represent the farmers.Lead by his children, a Nicaraguan coffee farmer carries a heavy sack of beans on his shoulders. They are on the way to his local democratically-run cooperative.(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)"One thing we can do is respect them," said McCarthy during a recent presentation at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Marquette that was attended by residents from 18 to 80 years old and as far away as Rapid River. "It was really great to go on this trip because it's hard to respect a faceless thing."You buy the coffee and respect Fair Trade but going there and seeing that and knowing the work that goes into one cup of coffee - brings it home," McCarthy said. It's important for Americans to know "the amount of work that goes into everything."LWR "really stresses the accompaniment model that they use with all their programs - They are not just throwing money at them,"Swanson said. LWR works with Nicarguans "to find out what these farmers want and the things that the need" to accomplish their individual dreams.Americans sometimes mistakenly think that Nicaraguans "want all the things that we have," said Swanson."Most Nicaraguan farmers have never tasted their quality coffee because it's way more beneficial for them to ship it out, than for them to drink even a cup," McCarthy said. "They drink the bad quality stuff.""One of the new projects" for the farmers is "trying to get people in Nicaragua to buy high quality coffee because that's a whole other market they haven't touched."The students received a history lesson on Nicaragua and assistance from employees of the Center for Global Education in Managua including program coordinator and interpreter Juan Carlos Lopez and study abroad facilitator Joe Connelly.Lopez and Connelly, who host numerous ecotourism study project coffee tours each year, "came with us on our trip and added to our experience by sharing with us what they know from working there," Swanson said.(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)McCarthy and Swanson were happy to learn that "women in Nicaragua are known as being strong women." Something they learned first hand and was more impressive to the pair than even the current status of women's rights in the U.S.Instead of receiving an expected lecture from men at the co-ops, the students were greeted by a female co-op board secretary, who "spoke to us so passionately and with such great knowledge, that is just blew me away," McCarthy said. "I saw in-person that it's not a factor if you are a man or a women."(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)"Even though it has been fought for here (in the U.S.) it's still part of our culture that the man is the alpha male," McCarthy said."Just seeing that and seeing her was one of the more impactful things for me," McCarthy said, adding she was impressed with "how proud they (women) are of the co-op."A Nicaraguan woman is raking the coffee beans for even drying at SOLCAFE(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy) LWR stresses respect for the Nicaraguan farmers who are not looking for a handout rather a fair wage for their hard work.‘They envision a world where all people live in justice, dignity and peace," said Swanson, who told the story of a young women repaying a $200 loan used to buy a home."You could see how this was helping her maintain her dignity because she was paying is back," Swanson. "She wanted to buy her house - they don't want it to be handouts from people.The students visited the SolCaf
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04:19:37 01/31/09
2009 Fair Trade Nicaragua Coffee Farmers #1 How Your Morning Coffee Arrives Fair Trade Principals
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Northern Michigan University students Sarah Swanson and Lisa McCarthy stand near the mouth of Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. Members of Lutheran Campus Ministry, the students were with a group of Americans participating in a Lutheran World Relief study project.(Marquette, Michigan) - While Upper Peninsula residents endured an arctic blast, two Northern Michigan University students started the New Year learning about Fair Trade during the peak of the coffee growing season in Nicaragua.Three videos of the student's presentation about their Nicaragua trip were produced by Lutheran Campus Ministry at Northern Michigan University and the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI.------- Video #1Role of faith communities, Nicaragua coffee farmers, and coffee cooperatives in Fair Trade movement; Northern Michigan University students talk about work that goes into growing coffee including wet mills, dry mills and the process of quality/taste testing called “cupping.”Video #2The Fair Trade movement efforts of Lutheran World Relief, Equal Exchange and the Center for Global Education.A look at Fair Trade Principals including prohibiting child labor, protecting the environment, the need for fair wages and help the entire community (not just coffee farming families).The students describe staying with coffee farming families in a small village in a mountainous area, interacting with the children and some of the interesting and inspiring people they met.Video #3The students describe how the women of Nicaragua are treated with respect, the importance of families and the environmental protection efforts of one Nicaragua’s organic farmers.-------(Photos at St. Mark's Lutheran Church by Greg Peterson) Since their return on January 12, Lisa McCarthy and Sarah Swanson have begun a series of presentations at U.P. churches to encourage Americans to buy Fair Trade coffee that ensures poor Nicaraguan farmers don't lose money in the labor-intensive industry of coffee production.From staring into the mouth of the Masaya Volcano to traveling narrow mountain roads to stay with coffee-farming families to picking beans and participating in all phases of coffee production, the trip was a myth-shattering experience. The students are the latest of hundreds of faith community representatives traveling to Central American over the last decade with Lutheran World Relief (LWR) to get a quick course on Fair Trade while erasing misconceptions about Nicaragua's hard-working low-income farmers who take pride in their coffee.Known for loving a strong cup of hot coffee, U.P. residents are the perfect audience for the two students who were impressed by the work ethic and friendliness of Nicaraguans.The Fair Trade movement was born during the "coffee crisis of 1990s" when prices "really imploded - it was terrible," said Swanson, 20, an NMU junior majoring in speech language and hearing sciences.The fluctuating market price for Nicaraguan coffee in early January 2009 was $1.13 per pound, said Swanson, who is a native of Rapid River, MI.Both students are members of NMU Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) and their trips were funded by U.P. parishes and donors. The students met with other groups involved in the Fair Trade effort including Equal Exchange and the Center for Global Education."Equal Exchange was the first Fair Trade distributor of coffee in the United States," said McCarthy, 19, an NMU sophomore majoring in photography.Citing the Underground Railroad run by churches during the American Civil War and sanctuary for refugees during the war in El Salvador, Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette said the Fair Trade movement was started by "churches to create an alternative economy to the one that was oppressing small farmers."It's a part of the church's work, part of the faith community's mission and a part people don't know about,' said Magnuson, who is the NMU LCM campus pastor."Sarah and Lisa are going to be encouraging churches to sell Fair Trade coffee and chocolate in their basements," said Rev. Magnuson.Some U.P. Lutheran churches have been on board for years."Fair Trade Coffee sold at Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette is sold at cost," said Messiah member John Carlson of Marquette. "This is a ministry for helping this program of Fair Trade.""During the coffee crisis they had to bring it (the coffee) through Canada," said McCarthy, a native of Greenville, WI. "They had to go through all these measures to get it (the coffee) here."The students said Nicaraguan coffee producers seek respect for their heritage, and want foreigners to understand what goes into growing that coffee they love each morning.Nicaraguans hope emissaries like the NMU students will spread the word about Fair Trade far and wide thus getting people to only buy coffee originating from democratically-run cooperatives that represent the farmers.Lead by his children, a Nicaraguan coffee farmer carries a heavy sack of beans on his shoulders. They are on the way to his local democratically-run cooperative.(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)"One thing we can do is respect them," said McCarthy during a recent presentation at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Marquette that was attended by residents from 18 to 80 years old and as far away as Rapid River. "It was really great to go on this trip because it's hard to respect a faceless thing."You buy the coffee and respect Fair Trade but going there and seeing that and knowing the work that goes into one cup of coffee - brings it home," McCarthy said. It's important for Americans to know "the amount of work that goes into everything."LWR "really stresses the accompaniment model that they use with all their programs - They are not just throwing money at them,"Swanson said. LWR works with Nicarguans "to find out what these farmers want and the things that the need" to accomplish their individual dreams.Americans sometimes mistakenly think that Nicaraguans "want all the things that we have," said Swanson."Most Nicaraguan farmers have never tasted their quality coffee because it's way more beneficial for them to ship it out, than for them to drink even a cup," McCarthy said. "They drink the bad quality stuff.""One of the new projects" for the farmers is "trying to get people in Nicaragua to buy high quality coffee because that's a whole other market they haven't touched."The students received a history lesson on Nicaragua and assistance from employees of the Center for Global Education in Managua including program coordinator and interpreter Juan Carlos Lopez and study abroad facilitator Joe Connelly.Lopez and Connelly, who host numerous ecotourism study project coffee tours each year, "came with us on our trip and added to our experience by sharing with us what they know from working there," Swanson said.(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)McCarthy and Swanson were happy to learn that "women in Nicaragua are known as being strong women." Something they learned first hand and was more impressive to the pair than even the current status of women's rights in the U.S.Instead of receiving an expected lecture from men at the co-ops, the students were greeted by a female co-op board secretary, who "spoke to us so passionately and with such great knowledge, that is just blew me away," McCarthy said. "I saw in-person that it's not a factor if you are a man or a women."(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy)"Even though it has been fought for here (in the U.S.) it's still part of our culture that the man is the alpha male," McCarthy said."Just seeing that and seeing her was one of the more impactful things for me," McCarthy said, adding she was impressed with "how proud they (women) are of the co-op."A Nicaraguan woman is raking the coffee beans for even drying at SOLCAFE(Nicaragua Photos by Lisa McCarthy) LWR stresses respect for the Nicaraguan farmers who are not looking for a handout rather a fair wage for their hard work.‘They envision a world where all people live in justice, dignity and peace," said Swanson, who told the story of a young women repaying a $200 loan used to buy a home."You could see how this was helping her maintain her dignity because she was paying is back," Swanson. "She wanted to buy her house - they don't want it to be handouts from people.The students visited the SolCaf
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22:49:04 03/03/08
Federal Opposition Leader Dr Brendan Nelson
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Federal Opposition Leader Dr Brendan Nelson joins Ray in the studio to talk about Labor’s first 100 days in power, WorkChoices legislation, mortgage stress and other issues.
