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Venezuela's Economic Crisis: Issues for Congress (open access)

Venezuela's Economic Crisis: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the economic crisis in Venezuela including its origins of the crisis and current attempts at debt restructuring by the Venezuelan government. The report also outlines U.S. interests in the Venezuelan economy and trade, the outlook for U.S. holders of Venezuelan oil company bonds, ownership of CITGO (the biggest shareholder is the Venezuelan state-oil company), and the prospects of U.S. support of economic recovery in the future.
Date: January 10, 2018
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations

This report report provides an overview of the overlapping political, economic, and social crises in Venezuela, followed by an overview of U.S. policy toward Venezuela.
Date: June 27, 2018
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando; Nelson, Rebecca M.; Brown, Phillip & Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations

This report report provides an overview of the overlapping political, economic, and social crises in Venezuela, followed by an overview of U.S. policy toward Venezuela.
Date: March 9, 2018
Creator: Seelke, Clair Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Overview of U.S. Sanctions (open access)

Venezuela: Overview of U.S. Sanctions

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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Venezuela Regional Migration Crisis (open access)

The Venezuela Regional Migration Crisis

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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Political and Economic Crisis and U.S. Policy (open access)

Venezuela: Political and Economic Crisis and U.S. Policy

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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean (open access)

China's Engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean

This report discusses the bilateral partnership agreements the People's Republic of China (PRC) has signed with multiple countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region, including "strategic partnerships" with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. The report also discusses concerns and considerations U.S. policymakers may want to address in response to these partnerships.
Date: September 18, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P. & Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 5

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Anthology of writing by the ten winners of the 2016 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The pieces are published in order of places awarded: McCoy, “It Was an Accident, Baby” (1st place); Dreier, “A Child’s Scraped Knee” (2nd place); Baker, “The Power of Will” (3rd place), and runners up, Cox, “A Marine’s Conviction”; Goffard, “Framed”; Thompson, “The Long Way Home”; Kleinfield, “Fraying at the Edges”; Kuchment and Thompson, “Seismic Denial”; Caruba, “55 Minutes”; and Wangsness, “In Search of Sanctuary.”
Date: June 2018
Creator: Reaves, Gayle
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress

This report examines the political and economic environment in Latin America and the Caribbean and U.S. policy toward the region in the 115th Congress, highlighting congressional interest and legislative action.
Date: October 4, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.; Beittel, June S.; DeBruyne, Nese F.; Meyer, Peter J.; Seelke, Clare Ribando; Taft-Morales, Maureen et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin American and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress (open access)

Latin American and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress

This report provides an overview of U.S. policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean during the 115th Congress. It begins with background on the region's political and economic environment and then examines U.S. policy toward the region, focusing on the Trump Administration. The report then examines selected regional and country issues, highlighting congressional interest and legislative action. An Appendix lists hearings on the region in the 115th Congress.
Date: March 12, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.; Beittel, June S.; DeBruyne, Nese F.; Meyer, Peter J.; Seelke, Clare Ribando; Taft-Morales, Maureen et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organization of American States: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Organization of American States: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Organization of American States (OAS) which is a regional multilateral organization of all the independent countries in the western hemisphere (except Cuba) that was founded in 1948. Background on the organization, its structure, and current issues in Congress related to it are discussed.
Date: March 14, 2018
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress

This report examines U.S. policy toward Cuba in the 115th Congress in three sections: Cuba's political and economic environment; U.S. policy toward Cuba; and selected issues in U.S.-Cuban relations, including restrictions on travel and trade, funding for democracy and human rights projects in Cuba and for U.S. government-sponsored radio and television broadcasting, migration, anti-drug cooperation, U.S. property claims, and U.S. fugitives from justice in Cuba.
Date: October 31, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress

This report examines U.S. policy toward Cuba in the 115th Congress in three sections: Cuba's political and economic environment; U.S. policy toward Cuba; and selected issues in U.S.-Cuban relations, including restrictions on travel and trade, funding for democracy and human rights projects in Cuba and for U.S. government-sponsored radio and television broadcasting, migration, anti-drug cooperation, U.S. property claims, and U.S. fugitives from justice in Cuba.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Overview and Issues for the 115th Congress (open access)

International Trade and Finance: Overview and Issues for the 115th Congress

This report discusses major topics of interest and debate in the 115th Congress related to trade and finance.
Date: March 5, 2018
Creator: Irace, Mary A. & Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations, (open access)

U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations,

This report describes U.S. foreign aid to Latin American and Caribbean countries for fiscal year 2018 including the request and legislative actions on appropriations.
Date: February 5, 2018
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments (open access)

Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments

This report provides an overview of the series of executive actions (the first two taking the form of executive orders, and the third issued as a presidential proclamation) commonly referred to as the "Travel Ban," which restrict the entry of specified categories of non-U.S. nationals (aliens) into the United States, and the litigation related to those executive actions. It also addresses a fourth and more recent executive action--an executive order issued on October 24, 2017--which announced the general resumption of refugee admissions into the United States (subject to certain restrictions) following the expiration of a temporary suspension on such admissions.
Date: January 18, 2018
Creator: Smith, Hillel R. & Harrington, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments (open access)

Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments

This report is an update of an earlier report regarding the "travel ban" litigation going through the courts and includes President Trump's April 10th,2018, executive order lifting travel restrictions on nationals of Chad.
Date: April 23, 2018
Creator: Smith, Hillel R. & Harrington, Ben
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Violence Against Journalists in Mexico: In Brief (open access)

Violence Against Journalists in Mexico: In Brief

This report discusses Mexico's problem of violence committed against journalists. Topics include press freedom in Mexico compared to other Latin American countries, crimes against journalists, Mexican government efforts to address these crimes, and U.S. policy on the issue.
Date: May 17, 2018
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Transportation Impacts of Expanded U.S.-Cuba Trade (open access)

Potential Transportation Impacts of Expanded U.S.-Cuba Trade

Study aimed at identifying the potential trade and transportation impacts of a more open U.S.-Cuba trade relationship.
Date: February 2018
Creator: Prozzi, Jolanda & Wilson, Victoria
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcription of Speech by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society] (open access)

[Transcription of Speech by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society]

Transcript of a speech made by Wanda Orton to the Bay Area Heritage Society discussing Texas heroes that had lived in the Baytown area dating back to the time before the Texas Revolution, such as David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, etc.
Date: 2018
Creator: Orton, Wanda
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ecuador: In Brief (open access)

Ecuador: In Brief

This report discusses Ecuador's political and governmental structure (including the 2017 elections), economy, and their relationship with the U.S.
Date: February 13, 2018
Creator: Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 1, 2018 (open access)

The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 1, 2018

Monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes news and information about the Churches of Christ along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Tryggestad, Erik
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This report provides data on current Latin American and Caribbean leaders and the date of their last election as well as the next scheduled election.
Date: April 11, 2018
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections

This report provides data on current Latin American and Caribbean leaders and the date of their last election as well as the next scheduled election.
Date: November 5, 2018
Creator: DeBruyne, Nese F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library