Violencia y desigualdad limitan la democracia y son causa de pobreza y subdesarrollo

(13 de enero, 2012) La violencia y la desigualdad son causa y consecuencia de la pobreza, la inseguridad y el subdesarrollo, a la vez que limitan la democracia, la libertad y reducen la calidad de vida de los habitantes de América Latina y el Caribe. Así lo señalaron hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, y María Otero, Subsecretaria de Estado de Estados Unidos para la Seguridad Civil, la Democracia y los Derechos Humanos. La Subsecretaria Otero visitó la sede de la comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile, en donde dictó una conferencia magistral titula…

President of Ireland Called for a Harmonization of Investment and Sustainable Development

See photo gallery (5 October 2012) Today, President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he called for investment and sustainable development to be based on solid principles and to respect the well-being and environmental rights of local communities. As part of his tour of Chile, Brazil and Argentina, the leader took part in the Seminar on "Investment for economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability" , organized by the European Union (EU), the Government of…

Violence and Inequality Restrict Democracy and Cause Poverty and Underdevelopment

(13 January 2012) Today, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, and the United States Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, María Otero, stated that violence and inequality are a cause and consequence of poverty, insecurity and underdevelopment, and at the same time they restrict democracy, freedom and lower the quality of life for the population in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Under Secretary, Ms. Otero, visited the headquarters of the regional commission of the United Nations in Santiago, Chile, where she gave a magisterial conference en…

Region's Governmental Authorities Stress the Relevance of ECLAC's Structural Change Proposal

(30 August 2012) Today, authorities and experts stressed the relevance in this global economic crisis of the structural change for equality that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is proposing to the region as part of its thirty-fourth session being held from Monday 27 to Friday 31 August in El Salvador. On the fourth day of ECLAC's most important biennial meeting, Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented the main proposals from the latest institutional document entitled Structural change for equality: An integrated approach to development, which outlines…

Presidente de Irlanda llamó a compatibilizar inversiones y desarrollo sostenible

Ver galería de fotos (5 de octubre, 2012) El Presidente de Irlanda, Michael D. Higgins, realizó hoy una visita a la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde hizo un llamado para que las inversiones y el desarrollo sostenible estén basados en sólidos principios y respeten el bienestar y los derechos medioambientales de las comunidades locales. En el marco de su gira por Chile, Brasil y Argentina, el mandatario intervino en el Seminario sobre inversiones para el crecimiento económico, la inclusión social y la sostenibilidad ambienta…

Visita de María Otero, Subsecretaria de Estado de los Estados Unidos para la Seguridad Civil, la Democracia y los Derechos Humanos