Author: Rafael Uzcategui
Publisher: See Sharp Press
ISBN: 1937276163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A critical look at the Chavez regime from a leftist Venezuelan perspective, this account debunks claims made by Venezuelan and U.S. rightists that the regime is antidemocratic and dictatorial. Instead, the book argues that the Chavez government is one of a long line of Latin American populist organizations that have been ultimately subservient to the United States as well as multinational corporations. Explaining how autonomous Venezuelan social, labor, and environmental movements have been systematically disempowered by the Chavez regime, this analysis contends that these movements are the basis of a truly democratic, revolutionary alternative.
Venezuela
Author: Rafael Uzcategui
Publisher: See Sharp Press
ISBN: 1937276163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A critical look at the Chavez regime from a leftist Venezuelan perspective, this account debunks claims made by Venezuelan and U.S. rightists that the regime is antidemocratic and dictatorial. Instead, the book argues that the Chavez government is one of a long line of Latin American populist organizations that have been ultimately subservient to the United States as well as multinational corporations. Explaining how autonomous Venezuelan social, labor, and environmental movements have been systematically disempowered by the Chavez regime, this analysis contends that these movements are the basis of a truly democratic, revolutionary alternative.
Publisher: See Sharp Press
ISBN: 1937276163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A critical look at the Chavez regime from a leftist Venezuelan perspective, this account debunks claims made by Venezuelan and U.S. rightists that the regime is antidemocratic and dictatorial. Instead, the book argues that the Chavez government is one of a long line of Latin American populist organizations that have been ultimately subservient to the United States as well as multinational corporations. Explaining how autonomous Venezuelan social, labor, and environmental movements have been systematically disempowered by the Chavez regime, this analysis contends that these movements are the basis of a truly democratic, revolutionary alternative.
Procesos de verdad, justicia y reparación a las víctimas de desaparición forzada en el Sahara Occidental
Author: María López Belloso
Publisher: Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
ISBN: 8497693442
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
La tesis de la investigadora, defendida en 2017 en la Universidad de Deusto y dirigida por los profesores Felipe Gómez Isa y Carlos Martín Beristain, analiza el que califica de “conflicto olvidado” del Sahara Occidental desde la perspectiva de los derechos humanos abordando, en particular, el delito de desaparición forzada. Para ello, la autora, que formó parte del equipo de trabajo de la investigación que desembocó en “El Oasis de la Memoria”, analiza en detalle 95 casos de desaparición forzada, 86 de ellos recogidos en dicha publicación y los nueve restantes, en “Meheris: la esperanza posible”. La investigadora indica que es necesaria “una voluntad política real por transformar la realidad y romper con el pasado de violaciones de derechos humanos” y denuncia que “no se haya respetado el derecho de las víctimas a la verdad”. Los resultados del trabajo, según apunta López, se espera que sirvan para que las personas afectadas puedan defender sus derechos ante las instancias internacionales y la Audiencia Nacional española.
Publisher: Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
ISBN: 8497693442
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
La tesis de la investigadora, defendida en 2017 en la Universidad de Deusto y dirigida por los profesores Felipe Gómez Isa y Carlos Martín Beristain, analiza el que califica de “conflicto olvidado” del Sahara Occidental desde la perspectiva de los derechos humanos abordando, en particular, el delito de desaparición forzada. Para ello, la autora, que formó parte del equipo de trabajo de la investigación que desembocó en “El Oasis de la Memoria”, analiza en detalle 95 casos de desaparición forzada, 86 de ellos recogidos en dicha publicación y los nueve restantes, en “Meheris: la esperanza posible”. La investigadora indica que es necesaria “una voluntad política real por transformar la realidad y romper con el pasado de violaciones de derechos humanos” y denuncia que “no se haya respetado el derecho de las víctimas a la verdad”. Los resultados del trabajo, según apunta López, se espera que sirvan para que las personas afectadas puedan defender sus derechos ante las instancias internacionales y la Audiencia Nacional española.
Battles for Memory and Justice in Chile
Author: Joannie Jean
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031255348
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This book analyzes how the past and its representation in the public space have been a source of conflict in Chile since the end of the Pinochet regime. From a multi-disciplinary perspective (sociology, anthropology and history), it studies the work of seven organizations of memory and human rights in Santiago, Chile, the struggles in which they are engaged, and the main debates that have arisen in the country around the themes of impunity, truth and memory. Covering the period from 1998 to 2018, this book begins its analysis with the detention of Augusto Pinochet in London and concludes with the end of the second term of Michelle Bachelet. The seven organizations studied range from family groups and survivors to sites of memory and consciousness. Through analyses of the discourses produced by these organizations, it examines particular historical periods(1998-2000, 2001-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2013 and 2014-2018) by focusing on strong debates and events of these conjunctures in order to highlight the struggles of meaning and the conflicts of legitimacy relating to these times. In concrete terms, particular attention is paid to the analysis of the main themes of litigation, the way in which the actors are mobilized, their objectives and how the past is evoked in the public space. Battles for Memory and Justice in Chile: Struggles for Remembrance, Legitimacy and Accountability will be of interest to researchers from different disciplines and fields of study within the human and social sciences, such as sociologists, historians and anthropologists working in fields such as Latin American studies, sociology of memory, sociology of social movements and human rights studies.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031255348
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This book analyzes how the past and its representation in the public space have been a source of conflict in Chile since the end of the Pinochet regime. From a multi-disciplinary perspective (sociology, anthropology and history), it studies the work of seven organizations of memory and human rights in Santiago, Chile, the struggles in which they are engaged, and the main debates that have arisen in the country around the themes of impunity, truth and memory. Covering the period from 1998 to 2018, this book begins its analysis with the detention of Augusto Pinochet in London and concludes with the end of the second term of Michelle Bachelet. The seven organizations studied range from family groups and survivors to sites of memory and consciousness. Through analyses of the discourses produced by these organizations, it examines particular historical periods(1998-2000, 2001-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2013 and 2014-2018) by focusing on strong debates and events of these conjunctures in order to highlight the struggles of meaning and the conflicts of legitimacy relating to these times. In concrete terms, particular attention is paid to the analysis of the main themes of litigation, the way in which the actors are mobilized, their objectives and how the past is evoked in the public space. Battles for Memory and Justice in Chile: Struggles for Remembrance, Legitimacy and Accountability will be of interest to researchers from different disciplines and fields of study within the human and social sciences, such as sociologists, historians and anthropologists working in fields such as Latin American studies, sociology of memory, sociology of social movements and human rights studies.
Judge Antônio A. Cançado Trindade. The Construction of a Humanized International Law
Author: Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
ISBN: 9004251030
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1910
Book Description
This volume is the sixth in the Series The Judges, which collects and synthesizes the opinions of leading international Judges of the contemporary era who have contributed significantly to the progressive development of international law. The current volume contains a selection of the Individual Opinions of Judge Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, former Judge and President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and since 2008 a Judge of the International Court of Justice. Many dwell on aspects of the increased humanization of international law. Elevating this body of norms, which have traditionally focused on purely inter-State relations, to a level where individuals and their suffering (projected in time) become a primary concern, is without doubt Antônio A. Cançado Trindade ́s major doctrinal contribution. Revisiting the traditional conceptions of the basis of State responsibility and of jurisdiction, the problems of amnesty laws, the prohibitions of jus cogens, the imperative of access to justice in the light of jus cogens, the obligations erga omnes of protection, the provisional measures of protection, locus standi in judicio and the international legal personality of the human person, jus standi and the international legal capacity of the human person, and developments in reparations, are but a few examples of the themes examined in the learned Opinions expressed by Judge Cançado Trindade at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The great achievement of Judge Cançado Trindade at the International Court of Justice has been to draw attention to this dimension, and to further its development in the international case-law, in the light of the universal juridical conscience and stressing the relevance of general principles of international law. In a significant number of cases the World Court acts today as a human rights court, dealing increasingly, albeit under the traditional umbrella of inter-State disputes, with situations that involve human suffering and lead it to find human rights violations. The volume includes a Preface by Dean Spielmann and a General Introduction by Andrew Drzemczewski. Two volume set. This title comprises volume 1 & 2. We also offer this title as part of a 3 volume set (isbn 9789004375048).
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
ISBN: 9004251030
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1910
Book Description
This volume is the sixth in the Series The Judges, which collects and synthesizes the opinions of leading international Judges of the contemporary era who have contributed significantly to the progressive development of international law. The current volume contains a selection of the Individual Opinions of Judge Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, former Judge and President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and since 2008 a Judge of the International Court of Justice. Many dwell on aspects of the increased humanization of international law. Elevating this body of norms, which have traditionally focused on purely inter-State relations, to a level where individuals and their suffering (projected in time) become a primary concern, is without doubt Antônio A. Cançado Trindade ́s major doctrinal contribution. Revisiting the traditional conceptions of the basis of State responsibility and of jurisdiction, the problems of amnesty laws, the prohibitions of jus cogens, the imperative of access to justice in the light of jus cogens, the obligations erga omnes of protection, the provisional measures of protection, locus standi in judicio and the international legal personality of the human person, jus standi and the international legal capacity of the human person, and developments in reparations, are but a few examples of the themes examined in the learned Opinions expressed by Judge Cançado Trindade at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The great achievement of Judge Cançado Trindade at the International Court of Justice has been to draw attention to this dimension, and to further its development in the international case-law, in the light of the universal juridical conscience and stressing the relevance of general principles of international law. In a significant number of cases the World Court acts today as a human rights court, dealing increasingly, albeit under the traditional umbrella of inter-State disputes, with situations that involve human suffering and lead it to find human rights violations. The volume includes a Preface by Dean Spielmann and a General Introduction by Andrew Drzemczewski. Two volume set. This title comprises volume 1 & 2. We also offer this title as part of a 3 volume set (isbn 9789004375048).
MáS Allá Del Arco Iris
Author: Guillermo Aguilar ÁLvarez
Publisher: Palibrio
ISBN: 1463332831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Diego es un hombre que injusta y falsamente ha sido involucrado con un movimiento armado que opera en el sureste de México. Señalado como un peligroso criminal será perseguido y sentenciado a morir para que con su desaparición cargue con la responsabilidad de ciertos hechos que él jamás cometió. Será el amor lo que se convertirá en su única opción de vida para enfrentar una verdad que avergonzará a toda una nación. Laura es una mujer cuya existencia ha sido marcada por la desgracia y la fatalidad. Militar de carrera y psicóloga de profesión ahora tendrá que incursionar en una zona de confl icto armado para realizar una misión que la llevará a descubrir lo que ella nunca creyó que existiera. El amor y la maldad humana serán el marco referencial donde ella descubrirá su verdadera identidad así como el sentido real de su existencia. Los destinos de Diego y Laura se entrelazan para crear una historia de amor sublime suscitada entre los bellos e inmensos parajes de la selva lacandona. El amor que nace entre ellos será un acontecimiento tan inesperado como fuera de toda lógica pero el amor es así... Impredecible e inesperado. Más Allá del Arco iris es una novela que enseña el camino del amor, el perdón, la humanización y desentraña, además, la espiritualidad humana. Esta maravillosa historia te ayudará a comprender y a admitir que Dios es amor y Dios existe dentro de cada ser humano manifestándose en el momento en que cada quien decida conocerle.
Publisher: Palibrio
ISBN: 1463332831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Diego es un hombre que injusta y falsamente ha sido involucrado con un movimiento armado que opera en el sureste de México. Señalado como un peligroso criminal será perseguido y sentenciado a morir para que con su desaparición cargue con la responsabilidad de ciertos hechos que él jamás cometió. Será el amor lo que se convertirá en su única opción de vida para enfrentar una verdad que avergonzará a toda una nación. Laura es una mujer cuya existencia ha sido marcada por la desgracia y la fatalidad. Militar de carrera y psicóloga de profesión ahora tendrá que incursionar en una zona de confl icto armado para realizar una misión que la llevará a descubrir lo que ella nunca creyó que existiera. El amor y la maldad humana serán el marco referencial donde ella descubrirá su verdadera identidad así como el sentido real de su existencia. Los destinos de Diego y Laura se entrelazan para crear una historia de amor sublime suscitada entre los bellos e inmensos parajes de la selva lacandona. El amor que nace entre ellos será un acontecimiento tan inesperado como fuera de toda lógica pero el amor es así... Impredecible e inesperado. Más Allá del Arco iris es una novela que enseña el camino del amor, el perdón, la humanización y desentraña, además, la espiritualidad humana. Esta maravillosa historia te ayudará a comprender y a admitir que Dios es amor y Dios existe dentro de cada ser humano manifestándose en el momento en que cada quien decida conocerle.
Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Intimate Crimes
Author: Rolando Ochoa
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192519425
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Mexico has one of the highest kidnapping rates in the world. Intimate Crimes outlines the history of kidnapping in Mexico City by constructing a narrative of this crime based on extensive qualitative research on gangs, policing and other crime-related policies. The book also analyses the effect of kidnapping - and crime more broadly - on how communities experience the city, as well as the strategies put in place by potential kidnapping victims to deal with the threat of being victimised by someone close to them, a common occurrence in Mexico City, including analysing the processes through which household employees are screened and selected in Mexican households. The book presents the results of over a year of fieldwork in Mexico, and creates a qualitative database of news reports for the material used in its writing. It includes material from over 70 interviews with kidnapping victims, their families, potential victims and their employees, police, prosecutors, government agents, journalists and other informants. Intimate Crimes contributes to existing criminological literature on Mexico and Latin America by making an important contribution to a subject of the outmost regional importance. The book also contributes to broader criminological topics on the rule of law, criminal gangs, policing and the impact of economic development on crime. It also builds on the existing literature on empirical work on trust and signalling, particularly as it relates to contexts of weak rule of law and low state protection.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192519425
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Mexico has one of the highest kidnapping rates in the world. Intimate Crimes outlines the history of kidnapping in Mexico City by constructing a narrative of this crime based on extensive qualitative research on gangs, policing and other crime-related policies. The book also analyses the effect of kidnapping - and crime more broadly - on how communities experience the city, as well as the strategies put in place by potential kidnapping victims to deal with the threat of being victimised by someone close to them, a common occurrence in Mexico City, including analysing the processes through which household employees are screened and selected in Mexican households. The book presents the results of over a year of fieldwork in Mexico, and creates a qualitative database of news reports for the material used in its writing. It includes material from over 70 interviews with kidnapping victims, their families, potential victims and their employees, police, prosecutors, government agents, journalists and other informants. Intimate Crimes contributes to existing criminological literature on Mexico and Latin America by making an important contribution to a subject of the outmost regional importance. The book also contributes to broader criminological topics on the rule of law, criminal gangs, policing and the impact of economic development on crime. It also builds on the existing literature on empirical work on trust and signalling, particularly as it relates to contexts of weak rule of law and low state protection.
Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 30 (2014)
Author: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004530495
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1241
Book Description
The print edition is available as a set of three volumes (9789004326590).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004530495
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1241
Book Description
The print edition is available as a set of three volumes (9789004326590).
Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Organized crime
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
This report is one of several studies conducted by UNODC on organized crime threats around the world. These studies describe what is known about the mechanics of contraband trafficking - the what, who, how, and how much of illicit flows - and discuss their potential impact on governance and development. Their primary role is diagnostic, but they also explore the implications of these findings for policy. Publisher's note.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Organized crime
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
This report is one of several studies conducted by UNODC on organized crime threats around the world. These studies describe what is known about the mechanics of contraband trafficking - the what, who, how, and how much of illicit flows - and discuss their potential impact on governance and development. Their primary role is diagnostic, but they also explore the implications of these findings for policy. Publisher's note.
Journal of Latin American Theology, Volume 12, Number 2
Author: Lindy Scott
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 153264132X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Corruption... The mere word brings up negative, and all too prevalent, images in our minds: bribes, abuse of power, and favoritism among our political leaders, business leaders, and even among our religious leaders. It is commonplace for Christians to rail against rampant corruption and lament its existence. What is not so common is to hear a thoughtful analysis of the factors that lead to and feed corruption. Even more scarce are practical and proven steps that we can take to reduce the levels of corruption in our societies. With these thoughts in mind, the Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana invited Christian leaders to tackle this issue head on at an international conference titled “Corruption Kills: Biblical, Contextual, and Ethical Perspectives.” Held in Lima, Peru from July 23–25, 2016, participants gave presentations that ranged from biblical and theological analysis of corruption to practical experiences of fighting it. Though our hearts are heavy due to the subject matter, it is our privilege to share with you in this issue of the Journal of Latin American Theology some of the key presentations of that conference.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 153264132X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Corruption... The mere word brings up negative, and all too prevalent, images in our minds: bribes, abuse of power, and favoritism among our political leaders, business leaders, and even among our religious leaders. It is commonplace for Christians to rail against rampant corruption and lament its existence. What is not so common is to hear a thoughtful analysis of the factors that lead to and feed corruption. Even more scarce are practical and proven steps that we can take to reduce the levels of corruption in our societies. With these thoughts in mind, the Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana invited Christian leaders to tackle this issue head on at an international conference titled “Corruption Kills: Biblical, Contextual, and Ethical Perspectives.” Held in Lima, Peru from July 23–25, 2016, participants gave presentations that ranged from biblical and theological analysis of corruption to practical experiences of fighting it. Though our hearts are heavy due to the subject matter, it is our privilege to share with you in this issue of the Journal of Latin American Theology some of the key presentations of that conference.