Bolivia Sports
US Department Of State Post Report
Private instruction in art, music, photography, folkdancing, and ballet is available. ACS provides a program of after school and evening sports and educational activities for both students and adults. Depending on demand and availability of teachers, these activities consist of photography, ballet, exercise, square dancing, handicrafts, business courses, language, culture, and aerobics, among others. German, U.S., and French binational centers periodically offer courses and lectures in a variety of fields. Graduate-level courses leading to a Master’s Degree in Education from Framingham State College are offered at ACS several times a year. For those with working knowledge of Spanish, other special educational opportunities exist. The municipal government sponsors a cultural foundation (Casa Juvenil de la Cultura “Juancito Pinto”) offering classes in music, folkdancing, and puppetry to children free of charge. Many options for activities are also offered through the Embas ... [Read More]
South America
Domestic Programs (Demand Reduction). The GOU remains committed to education and prevention. In 2004, to improve its tracking of drug consumption, the GOU funded studies on the social costs of drug use, drug use in prisons, and the link of drug use to emergency room visits. It also started a register for tracking drug offenses in the prison population. Uruguay’s demand reduction efforts focus on developing prevention programs, rehabilitation and treatment. They are based on a strategy developed cooperatively in 2001 between the National Drug Secretariat, public education authorities, and the Ministries of Interior and Public Health, and include INJU (The National Institute of Youth), the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, INAME (The National Institute of Minors), municipalities and NGOs. Specific projects are: 1) the "Adventure of Life" program aimed at teaching values and healthy habits to elementary school children, which reached 90 schools in ... [Read More]
International Security - US Department of State
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E) South America
Bilateral Cooperation. The USG and the GOU work together on a variety of counternarcotics efforts. The USG has provided equipment, including computers, machine-readable passport scanners, and software, to the GOU for use in upgrading border control. A canine breeding and training program continues to be supported in the DGRTID. The USG has also sponsored training targeting increased police professionalism and the enhancement of Coast Guard and Customs controls at the port of Montevideo. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) held two seminars on financial investigations during 2001, attended by judges, prosecutors, public and private bankers, and enforcement officials, designed specifically to assist the newly created Financial Information and Analysis Unit in the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU). In addition, U.S. funds have supported the work of the Alliance for a Drug-Free Uruguay, an NGO spreading its counternarcotics message through broadcast advertising, event spons ... [Read More]
South America
Demand Reduction Programs. The GOU does not maintain statistics on domestic drug consumption, but indications are that drug use within Uruguay is moderate but increasing, with marijuana dominating. GOU efforts focus on prevention, rehabilitation and treatment, based on a strategy developed by the National Drug Council, the Ministries of Education, Interior, Public Health, and Sports and Youth Affairs, and including INJU (The National Institute of Youth), INAME (The National Institute of Minors), the municipalities and NGOs. Specific demand reduction projects include: 1) the “Adventure of Life” program for teaching values and healthy habits to school children; 2) the “Espacio de Encuentro” web page chat forum of the National Drug Council; and 3) the “Centro de Referencia de Drogas,” an NGO program that works with addicted children and young adults. The National Drug Council has sponsored teacher training, public outreach, and programs in community ce ... [Read More]
South America
Demand Reduction. There are signs that low levels of drug consumption in Uruguay are slowly rising, and the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SND) has coordinated demand reduction programs to counter this trend. Domestic efforts have included teacher training, public outreach and seminars and programs based in community centers and sports clubs. The Alliance for a Drug Free Uruguay directs an extensive media campaign, which has significantly increased public awareness of narcotics-related issues in the past few years. ... [Read More]
Vol 33 No 4, October - December 1995 Page 30
In this exercise, students are asked to write a list of ten things that are impossible. They may list such "real life" impossibilities as getting straight A's on their report cards, or use their wildest imagination envisioning their desk flying to the moon or their pencil turning into a sports car. The idea is to expand their visionary capacity and to allow them to imagine the fantastic. ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
US DEPARTMENT OF STATEBUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS MATTERSINTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAGEGY REPORTAPRIL 1994[DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 10145] TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARYPOLICY AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS IN 1993 1Political Will and Corruption 3Chemical Controls 4Money Laundering 5Demand Reduction 6United Nations 7Cocaine 8Opium and heroin 9Next Steps 12Methodology 14Status of Potential Worldwide Production 16Cultivation and Production Charts 19UN Convention signatories 22Country Summaries 27FY 1993-1995 FISCAL SUMMARYAND FUNCTIONAL BUDGET 60LEGISLATIVE BASIS FOR THE INCSR 62INTERNATIONAL TRAINING ... [Read More]
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