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Extractions: Foreign Policy Support for An Active Foreign Policy and Protection of Human Rights During the 108th Congress, Representative Slaughter will continue to stress the importance of United States involvement in geographically and strategically important areas of the world. In her role as a member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, she has emphasized strong protections for human rights. Representative Slaughter continues to believe that, as the world's single indispensable country, the United States must remain visible and project an image as a role model for other nations to follow. Contents: Holocaust Restitution Rep. Slaughter is deeply concerned that many Holocaust survivors have been denied the reparations they deserve for the physical pain and mental suffering they endured during the Holocaust. Time is running out for Germany to provide some measure of justice to Holocaust survivors. Most are in their 70's and 80's. Ten to 15 percent of Holocaust survivors die each year. Introduced the Justice for Holocaust Survivors Act, a bill that would have allowed survivors to pursue reparations from Germany for the unspeakable suffering they endured during the Holocaust. The bill garnered the support of 96 bipartisan co-sponsors and served as a major catalyst in the talks between the U.S. and Germany leading up to the compensation agreement agreed to on July 17, 2000. The U.S.-German agreement established the German Foundation, "Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future," as the exclusive forum for the resolution of all Holocaust-era personal injury, property loss, and damage claims against German banks, insurers, and companies.
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Extractions: Connecticuts Chris Dodd is a senior Democratic leader in the United States Senate. A respected legislator who works in a bipartisan fashion to enact meaningful legislation to better peoples lives, Chris Dodd is best known for bringing much-needed attention to childrens issues. He formed the first childrens caucus and spent almost a decade fighting to enact family leave legislation to ensure that parents dont have to choose between the job they need and the family they love. He also authored and enacted landmark legislation to ensure that our nation provides better access to safe and affordable child care. A common-sense leader who has long fought to put our nations fiscal house in order, streamline the federal government, and offer targeted tax relief for working families, Dodd offered the first "pay as you go" budget in 1983 and played an important role in reasserting the fiscal discipline that for the first time since World War II has led to record budget surpluses. He also has long fought to reform our campaign finance laws and successfully authored and enacted legislation banning members of Congress from receiving speaking fees.
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Extractions: TDD: None The Institute is a policy and leadership development not-for-profit organization that serves as a resource on Latino issues for educators, community-based organizations, media, governments, businesses, and the general public. The purpose of the Institute is to empower individuals and groups to obtain a fair share of public and private resources to improve the quality of life for the Latino community in the Chicago metropolitan area. Geographic areas(s) served : Chicago metropolitan area
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Extractions: During World War II, approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry were interned, relocated or evacuated from their homes in the United States because of their race. Nearly fifty years later the country apologized for this grave injustice, and the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was signed into law, authorizing payments of $20,000 to each such person who suffered as a result. The Office of Redress Administration (ORA) was established to identify, locate and pay these individuals. ORA officially closed on February 5, 1999. This serves as an informational site regarding the final statistics of ORA and the settlement of the Japanese Latin American lawsuit, Mochizuki v. United States ORA's Closing Statistics ORA's Closing Under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (the Act), the statutory sunset date for the redress program was August 10, 1998. By operation of law, ORA closed on February 5, 1999. Seventy-nine claimants under the Act and 133 claimants under the Mochizuki settlement failed to submit all of their necessary documentation by ORA's closing date. Since ORA was unable to make a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for their claims, these cases were filed as pending for the possibility of future processing in the event additional funding was obtained through legislation.
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Extractions: LATIN AMERICANS This profile provides an overview of some of the cultural and health issues of concern to Latin American migrants who live in Queensland, Australia. This description may not apply to all Latin Americans as individual experiences may vary. The profile can, however, be used as a pointer to some of the issues that may concern your client. In Queensland, the major Latin American community groups are from El Salvador (2300), Chile (1200) and Argentina (750) with smaller groups from Uruguay (400), Colombia (380), Peru (330), and other areas. Although these countries have distinct histories, they mostly share similar cultures and customs, as a result of a mix of populations descended from Spaniards, Amerindians and Africans. MIGRATION There are three broad categories of migrants from Latin America. One group migrated to Australia under a recruitment policy in the 1970s, which offered assisted passages. Groups came from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uraguay, Colombia and Ecuador to escape difficult economic and political climates. Many had middle class backgrounds and relatively high levels of education. Some had capital to set up business.
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Extractions: 02:00 AM Jul. 27, 2002 PT BUENOS AIRES Afraid that Peru may adopt a bill decreeing the use of open-source software in all government systems, Microsoft apparently enlisted the American ambassador in Lima to help try to convince the Peruvians to kill the legislation. Wired News has obtained a copy of a letter sent by U.S. Ambassador John Hamilton to the president of the Peruvian Congress, expressing his dismay at the proposed legislation. Congressman Edgar Villanueva, the bill's chief sponsor, said he considers Hamilton's letter to be "overt pressure" on Peru by the United States and Microsoft. If so, the letter would continue the long-standing U.S. tradition of meddling in Latin American affairs, political analysts say. In his June letter, Hamilton said that while the United States doesn't oppose the development of open-source software, it prefers to support a free market where the quality of the product can determine the issue.
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Extractions: lawg@lawg.org Stay involved in the US/Cuba policy debate with timely emails on the most pertinent issues! Click here to email us to join the Cuba listserv. Along with your name, be sure to include your address and zip code, as our list is divided by state and district. Latin America Working Group Legislative Update Publications Employment Participating Organizations Keeping the Cuba Amendments Alive Congress has adjourned to work on the upcoming election, leaving most of the thirteen spending bills for 2003including Treasury/Postal billsunpassed. Although the 2002 fiscal year officially ended on September 30, Congress passed a series of short-term continuing resolutions, or CRs, which allowed the government to continue operating at 2002 funding levels beyond that date. Second and third short-term CRs were passed on October third and tenth. On October 16th the House passed a longer-term CR, to keep the government operating through mid-November. This creates an unavoidable lame duck session for Congress starting after the election in November. Congress will find itself with a short time to debate and pass the remaining spending bills for 2003. The debate will be further curtailed if, as expected, congressional leadership combines the spending bills into one massive "omnibus" bill, which will be debated and voted upon all at once. The omnibus strategy saves Congress the time necessary to debate and vote on thirteen separate bills, but limits debate and amendments that can be offered. An omnibus bill is largely written by party leadership, and with the idea of ensuring a presidential signature by restricting controversial measures.
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Extractions: LATINO Links News, politics, arts, culture, entertainment, people, food, religion, business, careers, education, newspapers, and other categories of links, supported by Hispanic Online. Hispanic Culture Extensive links by country, provided by Yahoo. CiberCentro provides links to 20 Hispanic countries. LatinoLink , launched in 1995, was the first Web magazine to target Hispanics in the United States. It provides Latino-focused news, commentary and chat. Chicano.org , and online magazine for Chicanos in California and the southwest. LatinoWeb , a virtual information center for Latino resources, provides a gateway on the Internet where private, non-profit and public sectors can exchange information freely. Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC), affiliated with the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin, facilitates access to Internet-based information on, from, or about Latin America, including regional, social science and humanity links. The Meeting of Frontiers explores the Spanish expansion into North America from Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas across the continent through Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and California all the way to Alaska, sponsered by the National Library of Spain and the Library of Congress.
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Extractions: Mayor Alex Penelas Address to Inter-American Mayors Conference Hyatt Regency Downtown Tuesday, June 26 at 11:45 A.M. Thank you for your kind introduction. Welcome to Miami-Dade County. I am honored to participate with the Inter-American Mayors Conference and I am honored that have you chose to hold it here in Miami-Dade County. We are particularly pleased to sponsor your Conference because we pride ourselves in the diversity of our residents. The growing importance and vitality of our inter-American residents is a testament to the changing demographics of our nation. Here in Miami-Dade, about 57 percent of our residents are of Caribbean or Latin American ancestry. Although Cuban-Americans make up the largest segment of Latin Americans, the proportions are changing every day as people from every nation in Central and South America and the Caribbean move into our County.
Extractions: Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that the International Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a hearing today on an overview of U.S. policy towards the Western Hemisphere. As a member of the Subcommittee, Congressman Faleomavaega entered a statement for the record and questioned several witnesses from the Presidents administration including the Honorable John P. Walters, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, as well as the Honorable Adolfo Franco, Assistant Administrator for Latin America, and the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere, Mr. J. Curtis Struble. I want to commend you for holding a hearing on an overview of U.S. policy towards the Western Hemisphere. This hearing is of critical importance given the concerns we have about drug production in the region. Given that more than 16 million Americans use drugs monthly, I am pleased that President Bush has announced a new National Drug Control Strategy which includes, in part, $731 million for the Andean Counter-drug Initiative in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
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Extractions: Noticiero Latino Highlights for May 2002 Wednesday, May 1st, 2002 - Coalition of immigrant advocacy groups demonstrates in D.C. for labor equality. - U.S. indicts Colombian rebel group known as FARC for murder of three Americans. - Those left jobless after 9-11 unable to get aid from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for what they characterize as "absurd requirements". - Immigrants have the right to IDs legally recognized in Texas, according Dr. Juan Hernandez, director of Mexico's Presidential Office for Mexicans Living Abroad. - Dr. Juan Hernandez, director of Mexico's Presidential Office for Mexicans Living Abroad, in visit through Chicago. - Florida senate approves code of conduct for state public schools. - National Network of Day Laborers in Los Angeles launches workshop today to share work methods. - Majority of California voters favor eliminating ethnic statistics from public school records, according to poll. - Mexican President Vicente Fox expresses satisfaction with meeting with senators after weeks of publicly sparring over foreign policy. Friday, May 3rd, 2002
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Extractions: Fact Sheet Race/Ethnicity Return to Instructor Projects Return to Our Home Page Ethnic Groups Race Minority Groups We often use the term "minority" to refer to numerically fewer people. This is the correct usage of the term when, for example, referring to the political party having the fewest members in congress. However, in other instances, minority refers to groups of people having less access to a societys power, prestige and wealth.
