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Jóvenes y adultos padecen por igual situaciones de desempleo en Venezuela
Written by Kira Kariakin
Cualquier momento es bueno para redondearse un dinero extra, especialmente en tiempo de elecciones. Foto: Kira Kariakin. Abstract: In Venezuela it’s common to complement the monthly income with small side enterprises, a practice known as “killing tigers” (matar tigres), but for some it’s a way of living. Currently 40,6% of […]
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Una identidad nueva para nuevas oportunidades económicas: la chola boliviana
Written by Lucia Querejazu
Abstract: European migrations since the sixteenth century provoked a world wide movement of men, women, objects, fabrics, ideas, fashion. In colonial Bolivia indians were prohibited from using Spanish clothings in order to maintain the social order. However, in the eighteenth century women from indigenous descent but already mixed raced transformed […]
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Brazil’s economic clout: it’s the women’s turn!
Written by Elis Anjos
Brazil is a country in a great development and this sucess is linked with increase brazilian women participation in economic and political process. This is a brief report about these women’s force.
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South American trade between Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance
Written by Luis Felipe Morgado
Any conversation about free trade in South America inevitably includes some comment on Mercosur, a South American regional group constituted in 1991 and once hailed as the “next European Union” – clearly in a time when comparison with the EU was still seen as a symbol of hope and success! […]
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The Torn Pocket of Father State
Written by Mariana Belloso
The Salvadoran state is like a father who has many children. It is in debt, has limited wages, has maxed out its credit cards and overdrawn its checking account, and while it gets loans to restructure its debt, it always comes back for another overdraft. Father State thinks he’s doing well. He […]
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Ecuador’s difficult road to a trade agreement with the EU
Written by EduardoVarasC
Last April Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa went on an international tour of several countries, including Germany, Italy and Spain. In Germany, his intention to open a trading space with the European Union (EU) became clear to many people. In a joint press conference with German chancellor Angela Merkel, he said […]
