Exergoecology Assessment of Mineral Exports from Latin America: Beyond a Tonnage Perspective

Psychiatry in Latin America: a historical perspective

The evolution of psychiatry in Latin America reflects the merger of three different types of human interactions. The first one is represented by the aborigine cultures that prevailed in this Continent before its discovery. This group in primarily represented by the Aztec and Incas Indians who primordially occupied Mexico and Peru respectively. The second one is primarily exemplified by the Span...

Trade liberalization and industrial competitiveness: The case of manufactured exports from Latin America (preliminary draft)

National Competitiveness in Comparative Perspective: Evidence from Latin America

The term competitiveness is widely applied as a catch-all for investor-friendly policies and institutions. This article argues that sloppy applications of the term ignore the possibilities of policy tradeoffs and varieties of institutional choices. Popular conceptualizations of the term describe three discernible clusters of economic policies and institutions. One cluster captures openness to i...

News from Latin America

The first international conference on cryptology and Information security, LatinCrypt 2010, will be held at the Baroque Hall located inside the Carolino Building in Puebla, Mexico from August 8 to August 11, 2010. The Program Committee co-chairs are Michel Abdalla (France) and Paulo S. L. M. Barreto (Brazil) while the General chair is Francisco RodrÃŋguez-Henríquez (Mexico). There have been 19 ...

Highlights from Latin America

The importance of supermarkets in the world food economy has increased radically since the early 1990s. They are now major sellers and buyers of food items not only in developed but also in developing countries. Urbanization and the liberalization of the services sector have been important facilitators of this process. Supermarkets have a significant impact on both producers and consumers. They...