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ATPA Renewal: Background and Issues

Description: This report outlines the various aspects of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), including significant dates and modifications. The ATPA extends special duty treatment to certain U.S. imports from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru that meet domestic content and other requirements. The purpose of ATPA is to promote economic growth in the Andean region and to encourage a shift away from dependence on illegal drugs by supporting legitimate economic activities.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress

Description: This report discusses the background of the G-20 (an international forum for discussing and coordinating economic policies) and some of the issues that it has addressed. It includes historic background on the work of the G-20, information about how the group operates, overviews of G-20 summits, major issues that the group is likely to address and the likely effectiveness of the G-20 in the near future. The members of the G-20 include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germa… more
Date: March 31, 2011
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Venezuela: Issues for Congress

Description: This report covers the issues Venezuela poses for Congress. It examines the Venezualian political situation, its economic conditions, the United States policy toward Venezuela, and the legislative initiatives of the 111th Congress regarding this foreign nation.
Date: March 11, 2011
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Venezuela: Political and Economic Crisis and U.S. Policy

Description: This report discusses the ongoing political, economic, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro and U.S. responses.
Date: October 9, 2018
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Venezuela: Overview of U.S. Sanctions

Description: This report discusses the sanctions the U.S. employs against Venezuela related to terrorism, drug trafficking, trafficking in persons, antidemocratic actions, human rights violations, and corruption.
Date: October 4, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Mamiña Area, Province of Tarapacá, Chile

Description: Abstract: In 1958 geologists of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de Chile made a reconnaissance for uranium in the Mamiña area, Province of Tarapacá in northern Chile.
Date: October 1958
Creator: Knowles, Paul H.; Bowes, William A.; C., Mario Serrano & H., Erik Klohn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Elqui-Vicuña area, Province of Coquimbo, Chile

Description: Abstract: The Elqui-Vicuna area, Coquimbo province, Chile, was selected for uranium reconnaissance on the basis of two known uranium occurrences and favorable area-wide geologic indications of the possible presence of uranium in commercial quantities.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; C., Mario Serrano & H., Erik Klohn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium in Peru

Description: Introduction: From the inception of the effort to utilize atomic energy Perú has been of interest as a possible source of radioactive raw materials because of its great variety and abundance of metals. Because of this and a desire at that time to develop additional supplies of uranium, a cooperative program to search for uranium deposits was initiated in 1953 by the Junta and the USAEC.
Date: January 1, 1962
Creator: Gabelman, John W. & Beard, Raymond R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Tocopilla area, Province of Antofagasta, Chile

Description: Abstract: In September-October 1958 a six-day reconnaissance in the Tocopilla area, Antofagasta Province, Chile, was made by members of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de Chile for the purpose of evaluating reported uranium occurrences.
Date: February 1959
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; C., Mario Serrano & S., Rudolfo Grüenwald
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Antofagasta Area, Province of Antofagasta, Chile

Description: Abstract: The Antofagasta area, in the Province of Antofagasta, Chile, was investigated in September and August 1958 by two field parties of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de Chile, who were working under a cooperative agreement between the teo governments. the purpose of the investigation was to examine the area for the possible occurrence of commercial deposits of uranium.
Date: April 1961
Creator: Knowles, Paul H.; Bowes, William A.; C., Mario Serrano & S., Rudolfo Grüenwald
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Copiapo Area, Province of Atacama, Chile

Description: Abstract: The area was examined for a period of about two weeks during October and November 1958 by geologists of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de Chile for the purpose of evaluating known uranium occurrences and determining the overall potential of the region for uranium.
Date: June 1962
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; C., Mario Serrano & S., Rudolfo Grüenwald
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Chanaral-Taltal area, Provinces of Antofagasta and Atacama, Chile

Description: Abstract: In the Chañaral-Taltal area of northern Chile irregular replacement type iron deposits are especially well developed along a somewhat radioactive lithologic belt in andesite volcanic rocks and Cretaceous dioretic intrusions to the east of the Atacama fault, a prominent shear zone.
Date: December 1961
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; Moraga B., Aldo & C., Mario Serrano
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Arica Area, Province of Tarapaca, Chile

Description: Abstract: In August 1958 two geologists of the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de Chile made a one-week reconnaissance for uranium of the Arica area in northern Chile.
Date: December 1960
Creator: C., Mario Serrano & H., Erik Klohn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the San Pedro de Atacama and Laco areas, Province of Antofagasta, Chile

Description: Abstract: A reconnaissance for uranium in and a general geologic study of the San Pedro de Atacama and Laco areas of nothern Chile disclosed no significant radioactivity in the Laco area, but near San Pedro de Atacama slight anomalies were detected in limey silts of the San Pedro formation.
Date: December 1961
Creator: Knowles, Paul H.; Bowes, William A.; C., Mario Serrano & Moraga B., Aldo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Iquique Area, Province of Tarapaca, Chile

Description: Introduction: This exploratory work was undertaken as a preliminary evaluation of the area's uranium potential, and was limited to reconnaissance for favorable geologic indications of uranium, which included visits to selected localities and mining districts.
Date: October 1958
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; C., Mario Serrano & H., Erik Klohn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brazil’s WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program: A Brief Overview

Description: This report provides a brief overview of Brazil's case against the U.S. cotton program, the evolution and current status of the case, and the potential role for congress.
Date: March 17, 2009
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brazil-U.S. Relations

Description: This report analysis Brazil's political, economic, and social conditions, and how those conditions affect its role in the world and its relationship with the United States.
Date: July 29, 2011
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

Description: This report examines the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement which was originally intended to be part of a broader U.S.-Andean free trade agreement (FTA), but after negotiators failed to reach agreement, Peru and the U.S. decided to move forward on a bilateral basis. The PTPA is a comprehensive trade agreement that, if ratified, would eliminate tariffs and other barriers in goods and services trade between two countries. The labor provisions may be among the more controversial of the agreement.
Date: June 5, 2006
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Venezuela Regional Migration Crisis

Description: This report discusses the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Venezuela, which has elevated congressional concerns about the country. Venezuela remains in a deep political and economic crisis under the authoritarian rule of President Nicolás Maduro.
Date: November 27, 2018
Creator: Margesson, Rhoda & Seelke, Clare Ribando
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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