INGLÉS 1 (Extracurricular)

MODELO DE SEGUNDO EXAMEN PARCIAL (Año 2017)

Strengthening Efforts to Counter Trafficking in Argentina, Brazil and

Paraguay

An IOM1 regional project which provides vital assistance to victims of trafficking

in the tri-border area of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, will in a second phase
also aim to strengthen counter-trafficking networks in this hot spot notorious
for diverse criminal activities.

New funding will allow IOM and its partners to continue providing medical,
psychological, legal, and job placement assistance to the victims while
strengthening the existing counter-trafficking network based in the three
bordercities: Ciudad del Este, Paraguay; Foz do Iguacu, Brazil; and Puerto
Iguazu, Argentina.

"The counter-trafficking tri-national network was created in 2006 during the first
phase of the IOM programme. Although it is in operation, it needs a lot of
strengthening. Its work is critical for inter-institutional and regional counter-
trafficking efforts," explains Cynthia Bendlin, manager of the IOM project.

Human trafficking in the tri-border area primarily involves women, children

and adolescents. According to IOM studies, young women are trafficked for
short stays across borders (for hours, one day or a weekend) for sexual
exploitation.

Recent research carried out by local organizations and volunteers, titled

Profiles of Children and Adolescents Who Access Paraguay by Foot through
the International Friendship Bridge, estimates that the number of children and
adolescents who annually cross the bridge between Brazil and Paraguay alone,
by foot or using other means of transport, CAN be approximately 6,000. Many
are potential victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Most victims hail from poor families and live in extreme poverty, primarily in rural
areas. Many are illiterate and flee abuse and violence within their families, and
are pushed to the border area in search of work not available in their
communities.

Sentinela, a Brazilian organization in Foz do Iguacu, reports that between 2002

and 2007 they assisted 489 children and their families; 410 of them (90 per cent
of them girls aged between 7 and 18), were victims of sexual exploitation.
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International Organization for Migration
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Since 2007, Argentinean immigration officials have assisted more than 150 girls
and young women victims of trafficking in Puerto Iguazu; 99 per cent were
Paraguayan girls being transported to brothels and night clubs in the Argentine
cities of Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Corrientes and Cordoba.

The shared tri-border area is known for its regular and irregular movements
through the porous borders, including the smuggling and trafficking of human
beings. Also, a considerable number of trucks transit through the tri-border
area daily, smuggling and trafficking drugs, arms and all types of goods.

ACTIVIDADES:

1) Provea el mejor equivalente en español de las siguientes frases nominales:

counter-trafficking networks:
Human trafficking in the tri-border area:

2) ¿Qué tiempos verbales se encuentran subrayados en cursiva? Explique cuál es el uso

de cada uno de ellos en ese contexto en particular, comentando qué expresa la
oración.
3) Un verbo de modalidad fue marcados en MAYÚSCULA . Explique cuál es la modalidad
que expresan en el contexto en el que aparecen.
4) Identifique cuál de las siguientes dos oraciones es una construcción en voz pasiva.
Justifique su elección comentando qué expresa la oración.
 The counter-trafficking tri-national network was created in 2006 (…)
 (…) between 2002 and 2007 they assisted 489 children and their families
5) Explique a qué se refieren las cinco palabras/frases que fueron subrayadas
6) Tres conectores fueron recuadrados. Indique sus categorías y también comente, CON
SUS PALABRAS Y EN ESPAÑOL, las dos ideas que los mismos enlazan.

7) Responda estas preguntas sobre el texto:

a) ¿Cuál es la principal actividad delictiva que denuncia el texto?
b) ¿Quiénes son las víctimas? ¿Para qué se las utiliza?
c) ¿Cuál es el contexto social del que provienen las víctimas?
d) ¿Qué tipo de asistencia provee el proyecto mencionado?
e) ¿A qué se refieren las siguientes cifras?:
-6,000:
-489:
-99 per cent:
f) ¿Cuál sería el equivalente del título en español?

Av. Calchaquí 6200 | Florencio Varela (1888) | Provincia de Buenos Aires | Argentina
: +54 11 4275 6150 | www.unaj.edu.ar