Cuerpos travestis en los discursos ficcionales latinoamericanos

El eje de este trabajo aborda la representación de algunos cuerpos travestidos y desestabilizadores en la literatura latinoamericana a partir de los años 90: es decir, la articulación de estos cuerpos y ficciones como dispositivo de producción de sentidos y representaciones políticas, sociales, culturales y discursivas, como por ejemplo en las novelas, Salón de belleza (Mario Bellatin), Sirena Selena vestida de pena (Mayra Santos Febres), El rey de la Habana (Pedro Juan Gutiérrez) o Tengo miedo torero (Pedro Lemebel), entre otras. No se trata de darle a la literatura un estatuto realista -como reflejo de una realidad social-, sino de explorar cuáles son los modos de esta construcción que conviven, ya sea complementándose o disgregándose de los modelos sociales y culturales más amplios que circulan en la sociedad

Cuerpos travestis en los discursos ficcionales latinoamericanos

El eje de este trabajo aborda la representación de algunos cuerpos travestidos y desestabilizadores en la literatura latinoamericana a partir de los años 90: es decir, la articulación de estos cuerpos y ficciones como dispositivo de producción de sentidos y representaciones políticas, sociales, culturales y discursivas, como por ejemplo en las novelas, Salón de belleza (Mario Bellatin), Sirena Selena vestida de pena (Mayra Santos Febres), El rey de la Habana (Pedro Juan Gutiérrez) o Tengo miedo torero (Pedro Lemebel), entre otras. No se trata de darle a la literatura un estatuto realista -como reflejo de una realidad social-, sino de explorar cuáles son los modos de esta construcción que conviven, ya sea complementándose o disgregándose de los modelos sociales y culturales más amplios que circulan en la sociedad

Latin American Agricultural Trade: The Role of the WTO in Sustainable Virtual Water Flows, European Association of Agricultural Economists

International agricultural trade has been growing significantly during the last decade. Many countries rely on imports to ensure adequate food supplies to the people. A few are becoming food baskets of the world. This process raises issues about the food security in depending countries and potentially unsustainable land and water use in exporting countries. In this paper, we analyse the impacts of amplified farm trade on natural resources, especially water. Farm exports and imports of five Latin America countries (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Chile) are examined carefully. A preliminary analysis indicates that virtual water imports can save valuable water resources in water-short countries, such as Mexico and Chile. Major exporting countries, including Brazil and Argentina, have become big exporters due to abundant natural resource endowments. The opportunity costs of agricultural production in those countries are identified as being low, because of the predominant green water use. It is concluded that virtual water trade can be a powerful tool to alleviate water stress in semi-arid countries. However, for exporting nations a sustainable water use can only be guaranteed if environmental production costs are fully reflected in the commodity prices. There is no basis for erecting environmental trade tariffs on exporters though. Setting up legal foundations for them in full compliance with WTOs processes would be a daunting task.

The determinants of the quality of Sales-Marketing Interface in a Multinational Customer Brand Focused Company: The Latin American Branches

Customer evolution and changes in consumers, determine the fact that the quality of the interface between marketing and sales may represent a true competitive advantage for the firm. Building on multidimensional theoretical and empirical models developed in Europe and on social network analysis, the organizational interface between the marketing and sales departments of a multinational high-growth company with operations in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay is studied. Both, attitudinal and social network measures of information exchange are used to make operational the nature and quality of the interface and its impact on performance. Results show the existence of a positive relationship of formalization, joint planning, teamwork, trust and information transfer on interface quality, as well as a positive relationship between interface quality and business performance. We conclude that efficient design and organizational management of the exchange network are essential for the successful performance of consumer goods companies that seek to develop distinctive capabilities to adapt to markets that experience vertiginous changes

Dealing with traffic risk in Latin American toll roads

Análisis de los sistemas de mitigación del riesgo de tráfico en autopistas de peaje en diferentes países de Latinoamérica. This paper presents a cross-country analysis of traffic risk allocation in road concessions of Latin America. It shows that some countries such as Chile, Colombia, and Peru have been greatly concerned with mitigating traffic risk, either by putting into practice public guarantees, implementing flexible term concessions, or through availability payment concessions; whereas other countries such as Mexico and Brazil have assigned traffic risk to the private concessionaire by using fixed-term concession contracts without any traffic guarantees. Based on an analysis of data from 1990 to 2010, the paper finds that shifting traffic risk from the concessionaire to the government or users was not confined to the riskiest projects, as one might expect. The analysis also suggests that the implementation of traffic risk mitigation mechanisms in Latin American toll roads has not been very successful in reducing renegotiation rates or in increasing the number of bidders in the tenders

Pozzuolanic properties of the natural zeolites of some latin american deposits

This paper shows the results of the study of physical, mechanic and chemical behaviour of some natural zeolite types sampled in different outcrops of the world, mainly from Mexico, Cuba and Spain, as well as their incidence in certain practical applications, by means of the utilization of its pozzuolanic properties. Results emphasize that every natural zeolite variety gives different answers in the assays, probably influenced by the subtle variability of their chemical composition. Key words: zeolites, pozzuolanic, density, geometric, strength

Modelo Europeu como referencia par a integracao na American Latina do seculo XXI = Europe as a model in the integration of Latin American in the 21st century. Jon Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 13 No. 5, February 2013

No abstract.

European Union-Latin American relations in a turbulant era. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 12, Special December 2012

From the Introduction. The mere mentioning of “the Trans-Atlantic Relationship” generates a standard interpretation. Customary understanding claims that it is supposed to deal with the links between Europe and the United States (moderately expanded to include Canada, a country taken for granted). This is a view shared both in Brussels and Washington. This geographical concept very rarely refers to include the role of Mexico, for example. This “relationship” is never understood as triangular, formed by three partners (United States/Canada, Europe and Latin America/Caribbean). A quadrangular format, including Africa, is contemplated only in a bilateral sense (usually when one of the important partners (the United States or Europe) is considered as a protagonist. In sum, “Atlantis” (as an entity shared by all) is as mysterious and difficult to grasp as the myth of antiquity, as a problem that this volume surely tries to grasp and analysis.