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Institutionals
:: March 3, 2010
SCOs claims to UN High Commissioner
CADAL's head signed with other SCOs managers a request for the UN High Commissioner, to claim the Cuban government to allow human rights activist Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina to travel to attend to the 2nd Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy in Geneva.
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 :: February 23, 2010
Indignation for the death of Cuban prisoner of concience Orlando Zapata Tamayo
The Cuban prisoner of concience, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, recognized by Amnesty International, died today after a long hunger strike of more than 80 days. This wellknown activist of Cuban democratic oposition was unjustly enjailed since March 20, 2003, condemned to a long sentence for peacefully oposing the government.
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 :: February 4, 2010
CADAL takes part in a seminar in Panama
The seminar focused on the economic and political situation in Cuba, Cuban foreign policy and the Future of Cuba and the changes to be considered. Gabriel Salvia took part in the second panel, analyzing the foreign policy of the Cuban dictatorship in Latin America.
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 :: January 29, 2010
Latin American Democratic Bridge Network
The Network seeks to "become a regional Latin American referrent in the promotion of democratic principles and human rights established by the different instruments of the Inter-American System in the matter, influencing the public agenda in our countries and being recognized for its efficient support to reginoal integration, for the quality of its actions and the commitment of its members".
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:: December 21, 2009
New claim of acknowledgement of the civic movement in Cuba
The claim to the Foreign Departments of different Latin American countries carries the signature of the representatives of the civil societies organizations before the Red Puente Democratico Latino Cuba: Carlos Bascuñán, Corporación Justicia y Democracia – Chile; Héctor Leis, Instituto Millenium – Brazil; Lázaro Ramírez, Unión Colombiana de Jóvenes Demócratas (UCJD) – Colombia; César Ricaurte, Fundación Andina para la Observación y Estudio de Medios (Fundamedios) – Ecuador; Gabriel Salvia, Centro para la Apertura y el Desarrollo de América Latina (CADAL) - Argentina/Uruguay; Heinz Sonntag, Observatorio Hannah Arendt – Venezuela; Eduardo Ulibarri Bilbao, Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresión (IPLEX) - Costa Rica; y Jorge Villena, Instituto Peruano de Economía Social de Mercado (IPESM) – Peru.
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 :: December 16, 2009
Free Speech
The new edition of Perspectiva magazine includes a dossier dedicated to "freedom of speech" where different analysts refer to the situation in the region, among them: Carlos Lauría, Enrique Santos Calderón, Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Andres Cañizález, Marc Watchtenheim, Fabián Corral, Víctor Maldonado, and Gabriel Salvia. Moreover, in the section of Latin America, Tomas Mandl, Visiting Scholar of the Center for International Private Enterprise (Cipe), explains what the crisis does not alter, and the research team of Instituto de Ciencia Política from Colombia analyze the electoral processes that will take place on 2010 and the remaining of 2009.
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:: November 24, 2009
Participation in meeting with Professor Theo van Boven
Invited by the ambassador of Netherland, S.E. Henk J.W. Soeters, the chariman of CADAL, Gabriel C. Salvia, attended to the reception in hommage to Theo van Boven, prestigious international jurist and human rights supporter, decorated by the authorities of Argentine Foreign Department with "Orden del Libertador San Martín" and by the Law College at Universidad de Buenos Aires with the title of “Doctor Honoris Causa”.
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:: November 13, 2009
CADAL cellebrates 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Representative officer from Poland, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Romania remembered the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall during the Foro Latino Global 2009, in a panel on "Democratic governance, institutional quality and economic performance in Central and Eastern Europe". At his time, Ricardo López Göttig, Director of the Academic Council of CADAL; writer Marcos Aguinis; Congressman and former Prime Minister of Peru, Jorge Del Castillo; and Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly - Senior Director of Policy Americas Society/Council of the Americas, referred to “Latin America 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall”.
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:: November 2, 2009
CADAL supports the declaration of Robert Cox as distinguished citizen of Buenos Aires
Undoubtedly, the initiative of Representative Abrevaya is very laudable, since Robert Cox was an emblematic figure denouncing the abuses during the last Argentine military dictatorship and besides he represents a great example of intellectual honesty in the defense of Human Rights. It would be a good thing if Human Rights referrents in Argentina followed Bob Cox's example.
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:: September 2, 2009
Social Latin American personalities claim for opening in Cuba
Fifty social personalities from Latin America have just subscribe the Declaration in Support of Freedom of Association and Speech in Cuba, taking into account that “the recent decision of OAS to leave without effect the suspension of Cuba is a chance to ask the government of that country to give way to the guaranties of a democratic system and open the channels of expression of its people”. The signatures of the Declaration are headed by Patricio Aylwin, former President of Chile and Chairman of Corporación Justicia y Democracia.
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 :: August 25, 2009
Meeting of CADAL's counselors
In accordance with Senior Director of Council of Americas and Editor of Americas Quarterly Magazine Christopher Sabatini's visit to Buenos Aires, a meeting of CADAL's authorities and counselors took place at its office.
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 :: August 24, 2009
Alternative energy
The new 21st number of Perspectiva magazine is already available, with a dossier on ''Alternative energy''. On this regard, the new number of Perspectiva states that there is currently an open consensus on the urgent need to reduce our dependence on hydrocarbon and develop cleaner sources of energy.
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 :: August 1ro, 2009
Perspectiva magazine celebrated the annual meeting in Bogotá
Members of the Editorial Council and other representatives of allied institutes in Latin America of Perspectiva magazine, met at the office of Instituto de Ciencia Política of Colombia to analyze the behavior of the publication in each country and exchange ideas contributing to a higher promotion and advocacy in the region.
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 :: July 11, 2009
Welcoming tribute to Hilda Molina
The Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL) offered a welcoming tribute to Dra. Hilda Molina, Cuban neuro surgeon who since June 14 is staying in Buenos Aires visiting her family. A reduced group took part of the gathering including CADAL's board members, collaborators, sponsors and friends.
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:: July 8, 2009
Website of Uruguay Office Launched
The Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL) announces the launch of the website for Uruguay Office www.cadal.org.uy where one can find the activities organized in that country: Latin American Forum (event dedicated to the analysis of current political and economic issues in Uruguay and Latin America); Perspectiva Magazine (Representation in Uruguay of Perspectiva: Revista de Política, Economía y Sociedad de América Latina); and Criminal Law and Jail Reform (diffusion of the need to reform the criminal and jail system in Uruguay, and the search for consensus in the legislative power).
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:: June 28, 2009
ANSES answered CADAL's request
Dated on June 26, but delivered on Monday, June 28 at 7:30 pm, the Social Security Federal Administration (ANSES) answered CADAL's request on the bonds share of that entity. The request was done according to the access to public information law.
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