political unrest in bolivia

Federal Court - June 04, 2008

Carrillo Bocangel v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 977 (2006)

... AND JUDGMENT [1] The Applicants are members of a Bolivian family who sought refugee protection in early ...... Background Carrillo’s claim for protection was founded upon his history of active involvement in Bolivia in support of political opposition groups. The ...

Winnipeg Free Press - September 14, 2008

Local Martial Arts Competitors Escape Bolivian Unrest

"We're tired, but hopefully we'll be on the first plane back to Winnipeg in the morning." "He had heard gunfire and explosives," Devlin said. "But something was wrong with the autopilot so they had to fly back," she said.

Alternatives Journal - Vol. 32 Nbr. 4-5, December 2006

Crisis in Cochabamba: a highly inclusive process draws out community solutions to a decades long water conflict.

... In Bolivia, however, water has also been at the centre of ...... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a series of events that sent shockwaves around the world, masses of people descended on Cochabamba, Bolivia's third-largest city. They came to protest the ...

Winnipeg Free Press - February 02, 2010

Pan Am Time for Saunders Again

[Jennifer Saunders] beat her longtime doubles partner Josee Grand'Maître of Longueuil, Que., by scores of 15-2, 15-5 and Frederique Lambert of Montreal 15-10, 15-0. In her last match, Saunders defeated Brandi Jacobson Prentice of Montreal 15-12, 15-6 to win the event. "It means that I'm establishing that I'm still the No. 1 player in Canada, and it's a stepping stone in my goal to win an international event," Saunders said.

Winnipeg Free Press - October 03, 2009

Quantum of Suspicion

The French actor who played the head of the villainous company in the latest [James Bond] flick is part of this pack. "The thing that's really frightening in Quantum of Solace is that it's true," Mathieu Amalric told the Los Angeles Times in 2008, overstating the connection the way only an actor on a publicity tour can. Earlier this month, the city placed the Canadian subsidiaries of three such companies on a short list: France's Veolia, Colorado's CH2m Hill and Missouri's Black & Veatch....

Canadian Foreign Policy - Vol. 14 Nbr. 3, October 2008

The Corporate Social Responsibility of Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America: A Systems Perspective

Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Mining, and Sustainable Development Taking Harper's and the World Bank's positions together as representative of the current dominant view of the role of foreign direct investment in mining in Latin America, we must ask under what conditions mining activity might contribute to poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Harper points to the world-class corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Canadian mining companies, a...