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| | AllRefer.com - JosE Santos Zelaya (Nicaragua History, Biography) - Encyclopedia |
 | | He fomented revolutions in neighboring countries and tried to reestablish the Central American Federation with himself as head. | | | His ambitions created intense opposition, which led to the Washington Conference of 1907 and the establishment of the Central American Court of Justice. | | | The United States was highly antagonistic to him, and the presence of U.S. cruisers helped rebel forces to overthrow and exile him. |
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| | MC 974Inventory to the Papers of Robert Jackson Alexander Fernanda PerroneApril 2000Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries |
| | When Jay Lovestone was head of the International Department of the American Federation of Labor during the 1950s, Professor Alexander sent him reports on the countries he visited, describing the economic and political situation and paying particular attention to communist activity in the trade unions. | | | In 1962, Alexander was nominated to the American Civil Liberties Union Academic Freedom Committee. | | | Includes documentation of the Alliance for Progress Study Group (a sub-group of the International Study Group on Freedom and Democracy which focused on Latin American policy); and the American Civil Liberties Union Academic Freedom Committee, for which Alexander was nominated in 1962. |
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| | LaborNet: Online Communications for a Democratic Labor Movement |
| | Many of the unions most closely identified with the federation's cold war policies, such as the Bricklayers and the American Federation of Teachers, fought bitterly against Sweeney's election. | | | Today, many trade unionists remain haunted by the knowledge that their own federation, the AFL-CIO, played a key role in the US campaign, led by the Nixon Administration and the Central Intelligence Agency, to destabilize Chile in the years before the coup. | | | Meanwhile, ideologues on the right may be seeking to revive their old labor alliances in an effort to popularize American goals in the war against terrorism around the world. |
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| | Guest worker programs are a threat to the communities Central American migrants forge as they sweep across the US. | | | USLAW's campaign for labor rights in Iraq is also bringing reports, videos and testimony of American unionists who have traveled to Iraq into union halls in California, Washington, Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Washington, DC, and beyond. | | | As a result, hundreds of union members have suddenly been able to see Iraq not just as a scene of violent conflict but as a complex nation of 24 million people, with trade unions, political parties and civil organizations trying desperately to win back control of their country. |
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| | Pittsburgh PA Allegheny County Pennsylvania links directory |
| | The city became the focus of historic friction between labour and management, and the American Federation of Labor was born there in 1881. | | | Central to the city's cultural life is the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (formerly Carnegie Institute), an umbrella organization consisting of a number of institutions. | | | Pittsburgh Pennsylvania has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor acting as chief executive and the nine-member council setting city policy. |
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| | Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, ltd. |
| | “The Effects of Inebriation on Olfaction.” The Combined Annual Meeting of the Central Society for Clinical Research, Midwest Section American Federation for Clinical Research, Midwest Society for Pediatric Research, Midwest Society of General Internal Medicine, and the Ambulatory Pediatric Association Regions V and VI Annual Meeting. | | | Hirsch, A.R. and Wyse, J.P. “Posttraumatic Dysosmia: Central vs. Peripheral.” J Neurol Orthop Med Surg. | | | Hirsch, A.R. and Wyse, J.P. “Post Traumatic Dysosmia: Central Versus Peripheral.” Chemical Senses. |
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| | Central American Federation |
| | American Culinary Federation Central Missouri Chapter Promoting the culinary profession and assisting advancement with education and expertise. | | | central american federation interrational federation federation member police federation wrestling federation wildlife federation national retail federation police federation northern public employees federation world wrestling federation central central machinery | | | Texas Federation of Teachers TFT represents 27,000 members in 23 locals and is the Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers. |
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| | Central American Federation |
| | Central American Federation or Central American Union,political confederation (1825–38) of the republics of Central America—Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. | | | At the Central American conference of 1922–23, the U.S. recommendation of a union was not favorably received, partly because of earlier U.S. policies in Panama and Nicaragua. | | | Henry Kelly Appointed President of the Federation of American Scientists. |
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| | Central American Federation Central American Federation or Central American Union, political confederation (1825-38) of the republics of Central America—Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. | | | Native American languages -> Languages of Mexico and Central America Of the languages of Mexico and Central America, about 24 linguistic groups, or stocks, have been identified; it is still not clear which of these can be classified together to reduce the number of groups. | | | central bank central bank, financial institution designed to regulate and control the money supply of a nation, with the goal of fostering economic growth without inflation. |
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| | Central American Federation Central American Federation or Central American Union, political confederation (1825-38) of the republics of Central America—Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. | | | Native American languages -> Languages of Mexico and Central America Of the languages of Mexico and Central America, about 24 linguistic groups, or stocks, have been identified; it is still not clear which of these can be classified together to reduce the number of groups. | | | central bank central bank, financial institution designed to regulate and control the money supply of a nation, with the goal of fostering economic growth without inflation. |
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| | COCORI Complete Costa Rica Independence Day |
| | In 1842 the General Assembly, under the leadership of ex-president of the Central American Federation, General Francisco Morazán, declared that Costa Rica would continue to be part of the Federation. | | | The four principal Central Valley towns San José, Cartago, Alajuela and Heredia squabbled for several years in a civil war over the question of membership in the Central American Federation vs. total independence. | | | By 1838 the Central American Federation that had been formed by these former Spanish colonies existed in little more than name. |
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| | Central America - Historical Unions and Federations |
| | Central American Federation - The flag and the emblem that was used in 1824. | | | www.infoplease.com>: "Central American Federation or Central American Union, political confederation (1825–38) of the republics of Central America: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. | | | Central American Federation (1851) (Federacion de Centro America) |
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| | Rafael Carrera |
| | Central American Federation - Central American Federation or Central American Union,political confederation (1825–38) of... | | | He led the revolution against the anticlerical liberal government of Guatemala, and his ultimate success in 1840 helped to destroy the Central American Federation. | | | Until his death Carrera dominated Guatemala and was the most powerful figure in Central America, intervening to strengthen, restore, or install conservative governments in the other Central American countries. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Central American Federation (International Organizations) - Encyclopedia |
| | Central American Federation or Central American Union, political confederation (1825–38) of the republics of Central America : Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. | | | AllRefer.com - Central American Federation (International Organizations) - Encyclopedia | | | At the Central American conference of 1922–23, the U.S. recommendation of a union was not favorably received, partly because of earlier U.S. policies in Panama and Nicaragua. |
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| | Albany Central Federation of Labor |
| | The officers of the Albany Central Federation of Labor during Sano's tenure were: President Josephine Sano, 1st Vice President Walter Wheeler and Anthony Giagini, 2nd Vice President Elias Amash, Executive Secretary Steve Zahurak and Joseph B. Sano, Sergeant-At-Arms John Kearney, and Treasurer Doug Bullock. | | | From 1978 to 1979 Sano was a trustee of the Central Federation of Labor. | | | The Albany Central Federation of Labor was organized on June 8, 1888 by workers in the Capital District who obtained a charter and formed the organization. |
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| | Central American Federation of Pharmaceutical Laboratories / Guatemala | | | Central American Federation of Pharmaceutical Laboratories /Various Countries (Central America) | | | Ecuadorian Federation of Chambers of Agriculture / Ecuador |
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| | It then became part of the Central American Federation until 1838, when the sovereign republic of Costa Rica was proclaimed. | | | Guatemala was first a part of the Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide and then became a nucleus of the Central American Federation. | | | In 1821, Honduras gained independence from Spain and became part of Iturbide's Mexican Empire; from 1825 to 1838 it was a member of the Central American Federation. |
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| | Central Taekwondo Association Home |
| | And, of course, we should mention that it wrote the constitution for the Pan American Union of Karatedo Organizations and hosted the First World Technical Congress of WUKO, under the designation of the Central Technical Authority of the USA Karate Federation. | | | The formation of the Central Taekwondo Association (CTA) was caused by the indifference to American cultural ethics practiced by many Korean Taekwondo instructors together with the growing isolation of American practitioners and the discouraging possibilities of Americans to collaborate together and share their hard gained knowledge. | | | The name Central Taekwondo Association is a registered service mark of the Central Taekwondo Association and is legally protected under the laws of the United States of America. |
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| | of the Central American Federation (s.a.) to 26 May 1839. | | | 1898- 30 Nov 1898 Abortive attempt to restore the Central American federation as | | | 13 Jun 1921 - 14 Jan 1922 Part of Federation of Central America. |
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| | Finding Aid for the Congress of Industrial Organizations Records |
| | The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) transferred the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Records Collection to the Department of Archives, Manuscripts, and Museum Collections (now the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives) at The Catholic University of America in four separate installments between 1962 and 1976. | | | Although CIO leaders envisioned a more activist labor federation that included national unions organized on an industrial model, they had no clear idea of an alternative central federation structure. | | | The newly created American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) ended the CIO's twenty year tenure as an independent and competing labor federation. |
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| | CAFTA and FTAA: The Battle to Protect Workers’ Rights |
| | Workers and their allies are fighting to stop the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), signed May 28, 2004, by the United States, the Dominican Republic and five Central American countries. | | | Joint declaration on CAFTA by AFL-CIO and Central American unions. | | | It would extend to Central America the disastrous job loss and environmental damage caused by 11 years of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). |
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| | Federation of Private Sector Entities of Central America and Panama(FEDEPRICAP) |
| | The Federation of Private Sector Entities of Central America and Panama (FEDEPRICAP), which represents the collective voice of the Central American business community, offers concrete reform proposals to regional and national authorities to advance the economic, political and social integration processes and assist in consolidating the region's market-oriented democracies. | | | Completion of Central American economic integration is important for consolidating regional democracy. | | | They will also strengthen the institutions that manage regional integration relationships, such as the Central American Parliament, the Central American Integration System (SICA), and the Central American Monetary Council. |
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| | Central American Federation - The flag and the emblem that was used in 1824. | | | Central American Federation (1851) (Federacion de Centro America) | | | The Greater Republic of Central America, composed by El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, as a result of the Pact of Amapala signed in June of 1895, adopted the Flag of 1851 with two blue strips and one white in the center, and hoisted the 1st of November of 1898. |
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| | Nicaragua - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Nicaragua |
| | After declaring independence from Spain (1821), Nicaragua was briefly part of the Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide and then (1825–38) a member of the Central American Federation Central American Federation or Central American Union, political confederation (1825–38) of the republics of Central America—Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. | | | American occupation ended in 1925 but resumed the next year, when Emiliano Chamorro Chamorro, Emiliano (āmēlyä`nō chämō`rō), 1871–1966, president of Nicaragua (1917–20, 1926). | | | Nicaragua is bordered on the north and northwest by Honduras, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on the south by Costa Rica, and on the southwest by the Pacific Ocean. |
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| | The Central American Integration System |
| | The involvement of the Central American Presidents and Vice Presidents in the integration process is intended to underscore the fact that SICA is both a high-level political as well as economic integration program which has as its ultimate goal the revival of the Central American Federation of the early 19th century. | | | In November of 1999 Nicaragua presented a petition to the Central American Court of Justice requesting that it declare Honduras in violation of its SICA obligations by having ratified the Treaty on Maritime Limits between the Republics of Colombia and Honduras. | | | The Central American Court of Justice sits in Managua and each state that has ratified the Statute is entitled to have one permanent and one substitute judge sitting on the bench. |
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| | Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica secede from Central American Federation. | | | Central American Federation and the United States sign Treaty of Friendship. | | | In the Central American nation of Nicaragua, 73-year-old businessman Enrique Bolanos took the presidential oath of office on Thursday. |
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| | Travel in Guatemala City - Guatemala - History - WorldTravelGate.net®- |
| | After independence from Spain was declared in 1821, Guatemala City served successively as the capital of the province of Central America under the Mexican Empire of Agustin de Iturbide (1822-23), the Central American Federation (1823-33), the state, and, finally, the independent Republic of Guatemala. | | | After independence (1821) Guatemala became the nucleus of the Central American Federation and, after dissolution of the federation in 1839, a separate republic. | | | Distrust of the city in other areas of Central America and the prevalence of open fighting in the city's streets and public buildings was a factor in the demise of the federation and in the failure of subsequent attempts to revive it. |
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| | Farm Bureau Federation, Official Petition to the American Farm Bureau Federation -- Defenders of Wildlife |
| | We the undersigned, are outraged that recent legal action by the American Farm Bureau could lead to the extermination of wolves in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. | | | By demanding the removal of the wolves now inhabiting Yellowstone and central Idaho as part of the wildly successful Northern Rockies Wolf Reintroduction Program, the American Farm Bureau has taken an extremist position out of step with the wishes of the vast majority of Americans. | | | Farm Bureau Federation, Official Petition to the American Farm Bureau Federation -- Defenders of Wildlife |
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