Latin American Politics: A Developmental Approach

Developmental Biology Takes on a Latin American Rhythm

Latin America, the vast geopolitical region from Mexico to Cape Horn at the tip of South America, evokes images of the rain forests of the Amazon and snowcapped peaks of the Andes, ancient Incan and Mayan civilizations, Spanish and Portuguese colonialism, and iconic cities like Rio de Janeiro. Biological research in Latin America has traditionally focused on disciplines such as physiology, phar...

[Notes on childhood and theory: a Latin American approach].

This work seeks to introduce and examine different historically relevant theories and propose certain frameworks that allow for the development of a Latin American theoretical approach based in a new discourse regarding childhood and adolescence. In order to undertake the creation of this Latin American approach, understanding the category of childhood as a social and historical construction, t...

Politics, Policies, and Poverty in Latin America

Latin American Presidencies Interrupted

Almost 25 years have passed since Latin America began what has turned out to be the fullest and most enduring experience it has ever had with constitutional democracy. While dictatorships were the norm in the 1960s and 1970s—only Colombia, Costa Rica, and Venezuela avoided authoritarian rule during those decades—today an elected government rules in every Latin American country except Cuba and H...

Latin American economic development

This article examines the strategies, successes and failures of economic development in Latin America since 1870. We divide the analysis into four key development phases: primary export-led growth (1870–1929), import substitution industrialisation (1945–82), debt crisis (1980s) and the Washington Consensus (1990s). We demonstrate progress on many fronts, but underscore two key challenges for th...