Trends in the share of railways in transportation

This issue of the FAL Bulletin analyses the history of railways in modal distribution in Latin America, and puts forward recommendations for improving their functioning and making them a real, competitive and sustainable transport option.

Notes on the Colloquium of the Association of Caribbean Historians on "Political Ideas and Tendencies in the History of the Caribbean" and "Cities in the Caribbean"

Comentarios sobre el 8o Coloquio de la Asociacion de Historiadores Caribenos en el que se analizo las ideas politicas y las ciudades en la historia del Caribe

Brief history of the IDRC-CELADE relationship in the development of the Latin American Population Documentation System (DOCPAL)

El documento contiene una breve resena sobre las relaciones entre el IDRC y CELADE con miras al desarrollo del sistema latinoamericano de documentacion en poblacion (DOCPAL)

Investment and port traffic: an analysis of the situation in Spain

The principal objective of this issue of the FAL Bulletin is to look at investments made in the Spanish port system between 1993 and 2010 in order to determine whether there is a direct link between expansion of port facilities and the outcome of competition for traffic.