Older adults and sport and physical activity professionals in spain

Presence of monitors in physical activities and sports practiced by adults older than 64 years of age in Spain is analyzed in this research. The objective of this study is to determine the existence of monitors in relation to the sociodemographic features of older adults, the size of municipalities, the activities practiced, and the organizations where they are performed. The methodology used included a cross-sectional survey applied to a sample of older adults in Spain. The most relevant conclusions are that the presence of monitors in physical activities and sports practiced by older adults is dominant (63.8%), hence, their importance, and that the presence of monitors is higher for women (81.3%) than for men (37.5%). In addition, it is concluded that the bigger the municipality the higher the tendency to have more instructors. Regarding the type of activity, wide diversification is obtained; finally, there is a larger presence of monitors in sports entities (87.5%) and nursing homes (79.5%).

El traslado de la capital del Reino de Guatemala (1773-1779). Conflicto de poder y juegos sociales

ResumenSegún los propios términos de los Ministros de la Real Audiencia, la decisión de reconstruir, en un lugar diferente, una nueva capital en la Capitanía General de Guatemala, tras los terremotos de 1773 provocó uno de los mayores asuntos que habrán ocurrido en las Audiencias de América. En este trabajo invitamos al lector a una nueva lectura del acontecimiento tomando en cuenta la complejidad de las apuestas financieras, la personalidad y la psicología de los actores sociales, los conflictos internos a las corporaciones municipales y eclesiásticas la influencia de las redes de poder que irrigaban la sociedad colonial. Una nueva luz en un conflicto del Antiguo Régimen que revela en toda su magnitud las trampas en que suelen caer los hombres de poder y con poca conciencia y de las consecuencias sociales de sus decisiones.AbstractIn their own words, the ministers of the Real Audiencia described the decision to rebuild, in a different location, a new capital for the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, after 1773 earthquakes destroyed the city as one of the greatest events that have occurred in the American Audiencias... In this work, we invite a new reading of this event, taking into account the complexity of the financial stakes, the personality, and psychology of the social actors, the internal conflicts of municipal and ecclesiastic corporations, and the influence of networks of power that reached throughout colonial society. A new light cast over an ancient regime conflict that reveals in all its magnitude the traps that men of power tend to fall into and the limited awareness they have of the social consequences of their decisions.