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Articles |  | On probation: the release of political prisoners in Cuba Immediately one can listen to the optimistic readings on political changes in Cuba, as if ignoring the repressive regime's skill to hold in power for more than half a century. However, so long as first generation human rights are considered a crime, nothing will change in that country and those who are being released can be sent back to prison anytime. By Gabriel C. Salvia |
Events | :: July 13, 2010 Institutional and Economic Agenda 2010-2011 Together with the inauguration of CADAL's new office, Adrián Lucardi and Ana Bovino offered a presentation of the preliminary results of the Legislative Barometer on "Institutional and Economic Agenda 2010-2011 for Argentina". At the end of the presentation CADAL offered a cocktail in acknowledgment of Adrián Lucardi's work since he will be travelling to United States for his Ph.D. degree.
| :: June 10, 2010 Media, politics and democracy The conference "Media, politics and democracy" took place at the Auditorium of Universidad de Bologna in Buenos Aires, with a debate on the book "Political power and media. From political representation to reality show". The speakers were Bernardo Sorj, Hernán Galperín, Fernando Ruiz and Martín Becerra with José María Ghío moderating the debate. The activity was co-organized by Plataforma Democrática, CADAL, Universidad de Bologna and Universidad de San Andrés.
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Institutional News | :: July 19, 2010 Andres Canizalez of Venezuela Awarded Titus Brandsma Award 2010 More than 1900 entries and candidates were submitted for 8 categories of awards. The jury members highly appreciated the quality of award entries and candidates. The prestigious Titus Brandsma Award will be conferred upon Professor Canzalez at the UCIP World Congress to be held at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 12 to 19 September 2010. Andrés Cañizalez is journalist and university professor in Venezuela. He is member of the Academic Council of CADAL, and participated in different events in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
| :: June 7, 2010 Claim for recognition of Cuban Civic Movement at OAS The head of the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL), Gabriel Salvia, claimed to the foreign ministers gathered in Lima also to lift the "implict suspension that the majority of the Hemispheric states hold towards the human rights supporters in Cuba and thus comply with article 1 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
| :: June 5, 2010 Members of Red Puente Democrático Latinoamericano met in Lima The participants of the two meetings of the Network were:Heinz Sonntag (Observatorio Hannah Arendt, Venezuela), Jorge Maldonado (Corporación Justicia y Democracia, Chile), Paulo Uebel (Instituto Millenium, Brazil), Jorge Villena (Instituto Peruano de la Economía Social de Mercado, Peru) and Gabriel Salvia and Hernán Alberro (CADAL, Argentina).
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Documents | Year VII Number 104 - September 17, 2009 Latin America, the European Union and Cuba: Approaches towards Totalitarianism This document seeks to study the UPR corresponding to the Cuban regime, which took place during the fourth working session of the UPR Working Group, in the period February 2nd-13th 2009, and its corresponding context. The focus is comparative between two regions of the world: Latin American governments and European governments. By Pablo Brum y Mariana Dambolena |
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