Topic: Latin America & Carribean

Atmospheric Change and the North American Transportation Sector: Summary of a Trilateral Workshop (1998) - In March 1997 a workshop was held in Washington D.C. that convened a wide variety of experts from Canada, Mexico, and the United States to examine...

Building Ocean Science Partnerships: The United States and Mexico Working Together (1999) - Building Ocean Science Partnerships describes a set of potential ocean science projects for cooperative research between scientists from the United...

Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding and Reducing the Effects of Nutrient Pollution (2000) - Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine...

Guatemala: Human Rights and the Myrna Mack Case (2003) - The Committee on Human Rights (CHR) has worked on the case of Guatemalan anthropologist Myrna Mack Chang since she was stabbed to death in 1990 as...

International Transit Studies Program: Report on the Spring 1998 Mission - Private Urban Transit Systems and Low-Cost Mobility Solutions in Major Latin American Cities (1999) - This digest presents an overview of the eighth International Transit Studies Program (ITSP) mission. The 2-week mission involved visits and...

Lead in the Americas: A Call for Action (1996) - The participants in this conference came to two general conclusions. The first was definite and specific: lead exposure, it its various forms,...

Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation (1989) - This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the...

Mexico City's Water Supply: Improving the Outlook for Sustainability (English and Spanish Version 1995) - This book addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the...

Scientists and Human Rights in Chile: Report of a Delegation (1985) - This report presents information gathered by the members of a delegation that was sent to Chile by the Committee on Human Rights in March 1985. The...

Scientists and Human Rights in Guatemala: Report of a Delegation (1992) - Roughly 40 thousand people have been killed or made to "disappear" for political reasons in Guatemala during the last 30 years. Despite vows and some...

Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable Management of Groundwater - The US National Academies and the Mexican Academy of Sciences hosted a workshop, entitled “Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making for...

The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985 (1991) - On November 13, 1985, catastrophic mudflows swept down the slopes of the erupting Nevado del Ruiz volcano, destroying structures in their paths....

The March 5, 1987, Ecuador Earthquakes: Mass Wasting and Socioeconomic Effects (1997) - This book provides an account of the 1987 Ecuador earthquakes, evaluating the physical phenomena involved and the performance of structures and...

The Myrna Mack Case: An Update (1998) - This 2003 report focuses on a CHR mission to Guatemala in fall 2002. The delegates sent by the committee were National Academies’ members Mary Jane...