Reseña del libro: “International Arbitration in Latin America Energy and Natural Resources Disputes”, editado por Gloria M. Álvarez, Mélanie Riofrio Piché, Felipe V. Sperandio con Celia Cañete

Political developments in Latin America have driven academic interest in Indigenous movements. This phenomenon emerged most clearly in the aftermath of massive uprisings that led to a flood of publications framed as “the return of the Indian” to the public consciousness. Much of our understanding of the history and trajectory of social movement organizing is a result of publications in response to these protests. Contemporary political concerns continue to inform much of the cutting-edge research on Indigenous movements. These issues include relations between social movements and elected officials (often framed as debates over horizontalism versus authoritarianism) and whether the extraction of natural resources can lead to economic development, including intense discussions over neoextractivism and the sumak kawsay, the Quechua term for living well (with equivalent phrases in other Indigenous languages, often translated in Spanish as buen vivir).

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Apropiación territorial y construcción de identidad colectiva frente al despojo de recursos. el caso del geoparque mundial mixteca alta, Oaxaca, México

Empiria Revista de metodología de ciencias sociales ◽

10.5944/empiria.48.2020.28071 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 67

Author(s):

Efrén Orozco López

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Final Section ◽

Popular Education ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Historical Process ◽

The Third ◽

Mixteca Alta ◽

Indigenous Lands ◽

Communal Land

Una discusión reciente en México es la posesión territorial. Este artículo comprende cuatro apartados que discuten tal fenómeno. El primero refiere al despojo como proceso histórico que se da por la disputa de recursos naturales, se ejemplifican dos casos de México y se plantean a los geoparques mundiales como alternativas de apropiación territorial de comunidades originarias. El segundo analiza fundamentos de los geoparques, y su situación en Latinoamérica, especificando al Geoparque Mundial Mixteca Alta (GMA). El tercero aborda la Educación Popular como paradigma de análisis, enfatizando al taller como herramienta de reflexión y acción en temas como la defensa del territorio. finalmente se da cuenta de dos talleres realizados a guías del GMA y los resultados referentes a la apropiación territorial. An actual discussion in Mexico has been the possession of land by the indigenous communities. The article is organized into four sections. The first refers to territorial evictions as a relevant historical process in Latin America due to the dispute over natural resources. In this same section the attention is focused in two cases of the activities developed in two mexican indigenous lands and the importance of the existence of geoparks as an alternative to land possession. The second section analyzes the characteristics of geoparks, their situation in Latin America, particularly in the case of the Mixtec World Geopark (GMA) in Mexico. The third part refers to methodologies that are based on Popular Education. It emphasizes the implementation of workshops as a tool that intends to generate reflection and action on issues such as the defense of the communal land. The final section represents the testimonies of two workshops conducted with GMA guides and their results regarding territorial management and property.

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The Economics of Natural Resources in Latin America

10.4324/9781315111377 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Natural Resources

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ALBA malaise may boost Mercosur in Latin America

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db203059 ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Cash Flow ◽

Oil Prices ◽

Political Capital ◽

International Arbitration ◽

Virtual Currency ◽

Content Type ◽

Flow Problems ◽

Anglophone Caribbean ◽

The Future

Subject The future of the Venezuela-dependent ALBA. Significance Although Venezuela's discretionary involvement in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) will be hit by its cash-flow problems, ALBA's better designed and more institutionalised initiatives (Petrocaribe, the SUCRE virtual currency) will continue to function. However, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's efforts to make political capital out of conflict with Guyana has reinforced the historical division between Anglophone and Latin states that ALBA looked to bridge, whereas larger Andean ALBA members continue to shift their attention towards Mercosur. Impacts ALBA will continue to stagnate unless oil prices rise significantly. Schemes similar to SUCRE are likely to appear, incorporating non-ALBA members. The Guyana conflict will entrench positions in the Anglophone Caribbean and Latin America; international arbitration is likely.

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Public Finance and Development in Colombia

Journal of Inter-American Studies ◽

10.2307/165211 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 11-33

Author(s):

Milton C. Taylor ◽

Raymond L. Richman

Keyword(s):

Public Finance ◽

Latin America ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Capita Income ◽

The Other ◽

Per Capita Income ◽

Land Area ◽

High Culture ◽

Per Capita

Colombia is a country of paradoxes. Because of the high culture of its ruling classes, Bogotá is called the “Athens of Latin America,” yet over one-third of the population is illiterate. The country is unusually well-endowed with natural resources, has a relatively large land area and a population of 15.6 million, but the per capita income is only the eighth highest in Latin America. Colombia is relatively underpopulated, with the same population as the Netherlands and 35 times its area, but there are millions of landless campesinos. Living in Bogotá, and walking the paths of the wealthy, it is difficult for a foreigner (and also for many Bogotanians) to believe that most Colombians are desperately poor. This is because Bogotá and the other main cities are like islands in a sea of poverty.

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