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'Truth Without Justice' in Chile
Human rights lawyer Fabiola Letelier argues that Chile has assembled plenty of facts about Pinochet years, needs to move on to punishment of guilty and reparations for victims. She does not entirely share public 'optimism' about President Michelle Bachelet.
Posted: 4/26/2006
Sudan Divestment Team Heads to Capital
The task force's new campaign comes about three weeks after the UC Board of Regents voted unanimously to divest from nine companies with holdings in Sudan.
Posted: 4/5/2006
UC Student Activists Make News With Sudan Divestment
Students won unanimous vote by Regents to shed holdings in nine companies doing business with government accused of genocide.
Posted: 3/29/2006
Afghan Foreign Minister Calls Judiciary 'Biggest Challenge'
Dr. 'Abdullah' Abdullah notes progress, urges diplomatic solution to dispute between neighboring Iran and the United States.
Posted: 3/20/2006
Brazilian Ambassador Denies U.S.-Latin Divide
On Southern Californian trip, Ambassador Roberto Abdenur discusses trade, left-leaning Latin American governments, Brazil's Bolivian investment.
Posted: 3/9/2006
China's Clout in Africa
Absence of political strings makes Chinese investment attractive for African governments, says Maryland foreign policy specialist Ernest J. Wilson III.
Posted: 2/21/2006
UC Regents Assess Possible Sudan Divestment
At UCLA meeting, students argue that action could help bring end to atrocities.
Posted: 2/15/2006
Global leaders offer ways to improve Middle East Company
Former President Clinton opens session with plan to make oil revenues benefit region.
Posted: 2/14/2006
Arts Activists Call Out to Human Trafficking Victims
Symposium on human trafficking is one of three recent globalization events sponsored by WAC with support from the International Institute. The others were a symposium on globalization and the arts and WAC's activites on World AIDS Day.
Posted: 2/13/2006
Prof's perspectives on Asia reach millions
Tom Plate's "Pacific Perspectives" is widely syndicated in the U.S. and in Asia
Posted: 2/13/2006
Doctor of Stability
Mexican Finance Minister Francisco Gil Díaz explains how his country has avoided fiscal crises like those that plagued it over three decades.
Posted: 2/6/2006
Former President Clinton Addresses Mideast 'Prosperity' Conference Co-Sponsored by UCLA Burkle Center
Speaking before high-level international delegations in Doha, Qatar, Clinton urges economic diversification in Middle East, advancement of women in workforce.
Posted: 1/31/2006
Missing Merchants
A Paris researcher says historians of colonial India have been neglecting an important part of history.
Posted: 1/25/2006
Q&A: Nathan Jensen
A political scientist and Global Fellow studies how multinational corporations make decisions that affect developing countries.
Posted: 1/9/2006
Chinese Labor Activist Han Dongfang on Why China Needs Unions
Han's UCLA Regents Lecture is now available via streaming video.
Posted: 12/14/2005
UCLA Faculty Speaking on Asia -- November 2005
Discussing Schwarzenegger in China...
Posted: 11/16/2005
UC Regents Take Up Sudan Divestment
Students rally outside Regents' meeting at UCLA, say silence on Darfur genocide not an option.
Posted: 11/15/2005
Q&A: Eric Hayot
A Global Fellow at the International Institute takes up queries on torture, Abu Ghraib, the adoption of Chinese girls, and success in academia.
Posted: 11/8/2005
Brazilian Cinema Reborn
Director Karim Ainouz and others discuss filmmaking and the state of the industry in Brazil.
Posted: 11/2/2005
The Ambassador's Role
The U.S. ambassador to Benin discusses the U.S. agenda, the Beninese ethos, and the trials of his vocation.
Posted: 9/12/2005
Empires Good And Evil
UCLA professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam discusses the nature and impact of British colonialism in South Asia and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s depiction of it.
Posted: 8/5/2005
Japan's Economy Steamrolls Back
In an excerpt from a longer Chicago Tribute opinion piece, UCLA professor Sanford M. Jacoby argues that Japan's economy is back on track.
Posted: 7/1/2005
Former Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor Defends the Record of Global Free Trade
300 million people were brought out of poverty in China and India in the last twenty years the trade expert tells UCLA undergraduates.
Posted: 6/6/2005
Future of Iraq, Israel-Palestine Conflict, and Central Asia Weighed at International Conference
Three-day meeting at UCLA hears reports on "The Middle East in 2005"
Posted: 5/27/2005
Global Entertainment and Popular Culture
Special Guest Lecture by Gareth Chang, with Professor Toby Miller, UC Riverside
Posted: 5/17/2005
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