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The cultural magazines as spaces of resistence in the lasta argentinian militar dictatorship. From the “El Expreso Imaginario” to “El Porteño”, 1976 – 1983

Although they were a few, there were places during the military dictatorship, which produced innovative cultural goods, in continuity with experiences of the artistic avant-garde in the sixties. Alongside the political and military repression  they could articulate in their environment groups identified with alternative aesthetic  codes, in opposition to the dominant culture in the period. The first one of the aces  we examine in the article, El Expreso Imaginario is a privileged place where we may regard the origins of the traits of that social space. Towards the end of  the dictatorship, another one like El Porteño, marks a new era, even if we can  establish various continuities with the first one. The circulation places of these ideas and practices were often taking place in cellars and other hiding places. Is  that because they take the literal sense of underground in the eighties to groups  who having been part of that story or not, were willing to receive his inspiring legacy. Between both magazines we   fer identifies the transition from one state of the field to another, identifying the evolution of these zone of the culture field.

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cultural field of the seventeenth century in Spain and New Granada

The article aims to make visible some nuances of the 17TH century in Spain and the New Granada with emphasis on articulations and tensions that made up this cultural and social space through the analysis of the letrados and its position in the Hispanic cultural field of the 16th and 17TH centuries. This article also discusses the traditional thesis about the cultural isolation and obscurantism in the American colonies before the eighteenth century through the analysis of the circulation of books and knowledge between mainland Spain and its colonies, and the heterogeneous character of the lawyers that affect the symbolic monopoly of the Catholic Church.

La Revolución Bolivariana: sinopsis de una permanente ambigüedad

La victoria electoral de Hugo Chávez en 1998 se constituyó en un importante tema para las ciencias sociales latinoamericanas. En efecto, la sola idea de que se diera un cambio tan importante en la política venezolana alentó y desempolvó una serie de perspectivas sobre un proceso que ha llamado la atención de muchos académicos, analistas y estudiosos de nuestra realidad.En 1999 Venezuela le dio un cheque en blanco a una alianza electoral que prometió cambiar a un país que en ese momento le pasó factura a un período democrático que no supo adaptarse a los nuevos tiempos. A partir de esa fecha se fundamentaron al menos tres grandes espacios para la reflexión académica. En primer lugar, la problemática sobre los alcances de ese cambio; en segundo término, la discusión sobre sus causas, en cuanto a que Venezuela –considerada por mucho tiempo como un caso sui géneris dentro de la política comparada– se transformó a sí misma, y se dio de esta manera una verdadera ruptura con el pasado; en tercer lugar, el análisis sobre el papel que ha jugado la variable internacional en la configuración de ese cambio.

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Development, resistance and change. A point of view from Río Negro’s steppe

In this paper we search the concept of nonviolent resistance inquiring a rural experience from Rio Negro´s steppe. The initiative highlights the need to recognize  the context of the resistance exercise and the consideration of three aspects: the evaluation and interpretation of space, the dispute to public policy and the  restructuring of the family order. These three elements, which overlap material  and symbolic aspects, are discussed from an organization of trade domestic craft production. The notion of “development” is discovered on the basis of the  frameworks of values from which the reproduction of subordination is associated  with this idea, and even the challenge of change is the basis of the proposal which reviews that development idea, and illuminates from this complexity the notion  of “nonviolent resistance”.

¿Por qué leer a Maquiavelo?

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El régimen híbrido de Hugo Chávez en transición (2009-2013)

Existe un debate entre los estudiosos sobre la naturaleza del régimen político en Venezuela a partir del acceso de Hugo Chávez al poder en 1999. No obstante las divergencias en los enfoques, en los últimos años han ganado preponderancia los análisis que destacan su carácter híbrido, poniéndose énfasis en los aspectos democráticos o autoritarios. Este trabajo, partiendo de una conceptualización del régimen venezolano como híbrido, en particular en su vertiente competitiva autoritaria, pretende: 1.Mostrar cómo las reglas y prácticas autocráticas han ganado más espacio durante el periodo 2009-2013. 2. Explicar la caída de apoyo popular al régimen y el avance electoral de la oposición. 3. Discutir las consecuencias que tiene la desaparición del líder fundador del chavismo para el futuro del régimen y la continuidad del movimiento chavista. 

Archivos Finales

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¿Renovación, crisis o más de lo mismo? La revocatoria de mandato en los gobiernos locales latinoamericanos

In the public agenda in Latin America recall has gained of importance since the controversies generated by the votes in Venezuela (2004) and Bolivia (2008) in order to recall Presidents Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, respectively (both attempts failed). However, it is on the local level where this institution got activated  most frequently and where it could be responsible for major political changes. In  this article, we analyze the introduction, use and consequences of the recall on  the local level in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. We briefly  discuss recall in the light of the current debate on representative democracy and its adoption as a mechanism of direct democracy (MDD) from ‘bottom-up’, initiated  by the citizens. Furthermore, we describe the context under which MDDs have proliferated in various places of the world. More specifically, we then continue  to explore where and in which context in Latin America recall was promoted  as an element of participatory democracy. Finally, we com  up with tentative conclusions about the potential and risks involved with this particular mechanism of direct democracy.