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The lady in the pictures: distant mothers, successful professionals and burnout syndrome
Written by vlemus
My friends find it hard to believe that I have no childhood memories of my mother. Sure there are pictures in her photo albums that prove that she was indeed around while I was a child. But even though I’ve tried to look deep into my mind, I just can’t […]
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La pronta justicia como base del contrato social: el caso del juicio por genocidio en Guatemala
Written by vlemus
Abstract: Guatemala is to hold the first genocide trial in Latin America in March 2013. A former president and some other high-rank Army generals and colonels will be also facing trial under the accusation of ordering a series of massacres against Mayan population between 1982 and 1983. But since the […]
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Borracho sí, fumador no
Written by vlemus
Abstract: Salvadoran society doesn’t have any problem with heavy drinking but is quite severe with tobacco consumption. Why is it that the country with most alcohol-related deaths worldwide celebrates alcohol consumption yet is quite intolerant with smokers? Regulations and special taxes on both tobacco and liquor consumption are currently standing, […]
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El peregrinaje campesino por atención sanitaria en Centroamérica
Written by vlemus
Abstract: Centralamericans believe that the rural misery portrayed by the media in the seventies is gone. Most peasants have left the countryside and now live in the cities or in the US, they assume, but this is not true. Governments have neglected health coverage – which is supposedly free and […]
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All books and no play makes Jack an out-of-work boy
Written by vlemus
The author would LOVE to thank Ligia María Orellana for her awesome drawings and her awesome self. I have a friend who’s studying abroad, in Mexico. She’ll have a PhD in Demographic Studies before she turns 30. This is highly unlikely in Latin America and even less likely in Central […]
