Argentina Woman
Ambassador Aurelia E. Brazeal's Page
Ambassador Brazeal is the first African American woman career foreign service officer to be promoted into the Senior Foreign Service of the United States. Her current personal rank of Career Minister is the second highest in the United States Foreign Service. In the course of her career Ambassador Brazeal has received several honor awards, including Superior Honor Awards, Performance Pay Awards and a Presidential Performance Award. She is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World. ... [Read More]
E) South America
Seizures of marijuana from Paraguay rose dramatically in 2002. Chilean Customs recorded 88 seizures through October 2002, totaling 4 tons. The amount seized by the Investigations Police and Carabineros has more than quadrupled the figure from 2001, from 2,351 kilos to 8,413 kilos as of October 2002. In April 2002, Chilean police, in joint operation with Paraguayan authorities, seized nearly 2 tons of pressed marijuana in a truck crossing the border. Part of “Operation Southern Cross,” the authorities arrested 13 individuals including a Chilean woman alleged to be the head of the ring. There have also been several other large seizures (one or more tons) of marijuana, including a shipment hidden in lumber pallets. ... [Read More]
Frequently Asked Historical Questions
Who was the first woman to head one of the regional bureaus? ... Who was the first woman Foreign Service Officer to become an Ambassador? ... Who was the first African-American woman to become an Ambassador? ... [Read More]
Kenney, Kristie Anne
Ambassador Kenney was Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement since late 2001. For three years prior to that, she served as Executive Secretary of the State Department, the first woman to hold that key position. In that capacity, she headed a staff of 185 persons responsible for inter-agency policy coordination and crisis management working directly for Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright. Ambassador Kenney led the State Department transition team from the Clinton to Bush Administrations. ... [Read More]
Argentina
The Constitution affirms that political parties are fundamental institutions of the democratic system and calls on political parties to implement measures to increase women's representation in elective office. Decrees provide that one-third of the members of both houses of Congress must be women, a goal achieved through balanced election slates. There were 31 women in the 71-seat Senate and 87 women in the 255-seat Chamber of Deputies. The Minister of Social Development was the only woman in the cabinet. There were two female Supreme Court justices, and women were prominent in other levels of the judiciary. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
The University Women’s Club meets monthly for luncheons featuring guest speakers. The club offers orientation courses, tours, and study groups. Programs are generally in English. Any woman, regardless of nationality, who has attended an accredited university or college for 2 years is eligible for membership. ... [Read More]
Argentina
In September police arrested 25-year-old Ariel Simonini in Tres de Febrero (Buenos Aires province) and charged him with stealing a weapon. According to Simonini, no evidence was found but before releasing him, a policewoman allowed three former police officers and a former intelligence official, who themselves were under arrest, to torture Simonini. Simonini reported that they kicked and beat him in the stomach, head, legs and ribs. The authorities charged the policewoman as the instigator of the torture and the four men involved as participants. ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Equatorial Guinea is a transit and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, involuntary domestic servitude, and other forced labor. Women and children are trafficked to Equatorial Guinea from West and Central Africa, principally Cameroon, Nigeria, and Benin. Women are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation in Malabo, where demand is high due to the booming oil sector. Cameroonian and Beninese children are trafficked to Malabo for exploitation as street and market hawkers; Nigerian boys are trafficked to Rio Muni (the mainland) for exploitation as agricultural workers. The Government of Equatorial Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Over the past year the government has made a number of efforts that attest ... [Read More]
Argentina
Argentina is a federal constitutional democracy with an executive branch headed by an elected president, a bicameral legislature, and a separate judiciary. In 1999 voters elected President Fernando de la Rua in generally free and fair elections. After protests in December 2001, de la Rua resigned and was succeeded briefly by three interim presidents before the Legislative Assembly elected Eduardo Duhalde to serve out the remainder of the de la Rua term. The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary, but judges and judicial staff were inefficient and at times subject to political influence.The President is the constitutional commander-in-chief, and a civilian Defense Minister oversees the armed forces. Several agencies share responsibility for maintaining law and order. The Federal Police (PFA) report to the Ministry of Justice, Security, and Human Rights, as do the Border Police (" ... [Read More]
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