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Las dinámicas de la globalización acelerada han transformado la naturaleza de las economías nacionales, exigiendo el desarrollo de la tecnología innovadora dentro de una cadena de plataformas que constituyen la reformada esfera de la producción. Con poco respeto a las fronteras nacionales mucho menos al intervencionismo del Estado, las naciones están obligadas a abrir sus economías o arriesgar su exclusión sistemática. El Caribe ha sido gravemente afectado, experimentando los efectos de la desintegración del bienestar social estatal mientras que se ha revelado su incapacidad relativa para lograr una inserción competitiva en la economía global; todo eso, debido a su débil base tecnológica, su pequeña formación de capital y sus élites no especializadas en la innovación productiva –más en el comercio-. Como el caso atípico caribeño, Cuba tuvo que abrir sistemáticamente su economía socialista después del colapso de sus acuerdos comerciales con el CAME, restableciendo sus mercados de exportaciones e importaciones y buscando una reinserción competitiva en la economía mundial. El papel asumido por el Estado cubano ha permitido las inversiones estratégicas en las áreas como el turismo para generar divisas en el corto plazo; en el largo plazo en las industrias de tecnología intensiva y de alta ganancia como la farmacéutica, la biotecnología y la comercialización de los servicios de salud. El capital extranjero ofrece a Cuba no solamente los recursos productivos y las tecnologías sino un acceso al mercado garantizado, bajo el contexto agresivo del embargo comercial estadounidense. Al contrario del resto del Caribe, un Estado fuerte le permite a Cuba la posibilidad de manejar las inevitables tensiones sociales que resultan de la apertura, mientras mantiene la inversión doméstica a niveles más altos, a diferencia de las economías donde las crisis son dominadas por el sector privado.

At a press conference on June 16th, 2011 in the "Caduti di Forte Bravetta" Council Chamber of Rome's 16th Municipal District, archaeologists from the LATERES Cooperative and University of Rome at Tor Vergata presented the initial results of their study of the southern slope of the Monteverde in Rome above the Tiber River's right bank. The project in course must also track down unpublished evidence of the early 20th century digs, particularly those of 1913 and 1919, that may or may not survive. These preliminary results have led site supervisor Dr. Daniela Rossi to propose the excavation of the garage site in the summer of 2011, and further outreach to area residents for insights into the changes affecting the Monteverde quarter in recent times. The publication of these studies, along with a new archaeological map of the zone, should be recognized as a significant contribution by the Italian government to the Jewish cemeteries in its care. ; Article on a press conference held in Rome on 16 June, 2011, to announce preliminary results of probes in the suspected site of the Catacombs of Monteverde, long inaccessible and believed to have been almost completely destoryed.

Elsa Laurenzi's presentation of the Jewish catacombs of the Vigna Randanini in Rome for the Gangemi Series on "Roma Ebraica" is the first detailed archaeological monograph on the site in many generations, a fact most surprising given the catacomb's significance as one of the few monumental testimonies to Ancient Jews in Rome thus far revealed. That the book itself is jointly sponsored by Italy's Cultural Ministry and the Jewish Community of Rome (with funding provided by the Elio Toaff Foundation for Jewish Culture) is a sign of a new season of collaboration between "Synagogue and State" on the conservation of Jewish cemeteries in Italy, a legal obligation for the country's government and long an issue of concern to Jews. Laurenzi's detailed and informative overview will serve as a guide for future investigations. Many pieces of the puzzle exist, but need reassembling. It is exciting to take stock of the work in the Vigna Randanini catacomb up to this point and focus on what needs a clearer resolution. Now is the time to move beyond the manifest, and make bold and interpretive analyses of the site.

El trabajo analiza el proceso de empoderamiento de jóvenes mujeres dominicanas con alto capital humano emigradas a España. La hipótesis principal en la que se fundamenta el trabajo es que la variable migratoria puede ser conside­rada como clave del proceso de empoderamiento y, a la vez, como elemento de ruptura con la cultura "machista". A partir de la teoría de Rowlands (1997) han sido ana­lizados los elementos que permiten los cambios hacia el empoderamiento. Según el autor, el proceso se desarrolla a través de tres dimensiones: individual, colectiva y de las relaciones cercanas. Para cada una hay elementos positivos y negativos que afectan el proceso.
El trabajo se desarrolló mediante entrevistas con 18 jóve­nes dominicanas que viven en España. Las informaciones se obtuvieron a través del uso de la entrevista semiestruc­turada y de un cuestionario sociodemográfico.
Los resultados muestran que nos enfrentamos con una ola migratoria que es diferente a la anterior: una mezcla en­tre jóvenes con capital humano alto, otras en condiciones económicamente desfavorables y madres solteras con hijos. Sí, es verdad que hay diferencias internas entre las mujeres, pero es cierto que a través de la migración estas consiguen crear proyectos de vida, empoderarse y romper con los esquemas tradicionales.

The catacombs discovered in November of 1919 during excavations to reinforce the foundation piers of the "scuderie nuove" or new stables at the southwest corner of the Villa Torlonia were the last to be identified as Jewish in Rome in modern times. Nearly a century later, they are still the most studied of Rome's ancient Jewish cemeteries, although their accessibility has long been an issue for a variety of political, economic and environmental concerns. In light of the proposed changes to the Villa Torlonia, including new structures that could directly affect the Jewish cemeteries and other ancient remains below its public grounds, we review the building history of the site and recent studies of the catacombs' chronology and conservation, with the expectation that what is known of these catacombs in their present state might undergo significant changes in the near future. ; Roma Subterranea Judaica, Publications of the International Catacomb Society, 7 (2012)

The unraveling of the Washington Consensus in Latin America is part of a broader decline of US hegemony in the region and beyond. Four distinct approaches by Latin American analysts from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Cuba are introduced that examine different aspects of this decline. It is argued that any serious analysis of regional hegemony must include consideration of the interrelationship between economic and military factors; the emergent modalities of exercising hegemony such as free trade agreements; the power structure of the hegemonic state; and the broader context of the global political economy.

A thick government file dating to the final years of the Papal State exists on the Jewish catacomb found in 1859 below land that had belonged until recently to the family of CDAS secretary Mons. Felice Profili. Known even today as the "catacomb of the Vigna Randanini" after the property owner who first made its discovery known, its excavation was treated with marked differences from those in the neighboring "Christian" sites, although the hard labor and primitive methodology employed in all such undertakings no doubt remained much the same. As a non-Christian site beyond de Rossi's and the CDAS's direct control, the catacomb was accessible to a different set of scholars eager to investigate rare material evidence of the Jews in ancient Rome. These men saw to it that the catacomb would never again be forgotten. But the catacomb's rare fame and con tinued accessibility also led to unregulated exploitation and spoliation of the site. The lawsuit filed in 1870 against the Randanini for their illegal sale of Jewish artifacts by a bankrupt and nearly powerless Papal State contains the original excavation licenses, site reports, meeting minutes and other official communication on the Jewish catacomb between 1859 and 1870. What it best reveals, if anything, is the struggle of the Roman authorities to enforce legal measures to protect the city's antiquities while encouraging what would otherwise not have been accomplished without funding from a private source. The drama that unfolds during the second half of the nineteenth century in this archaeological dig thus leaves modern visitors with a curious, though hardly complete, understanding of the site. ; 2011 Roma Subterranea Judaica 5, Publications of the International Catacomb Society

A selective examination of empirical cases is used to explore the incipient conditions of ideological breakdown in Latin American neoliberalism. The context of neoliberal consolidation is reviewed and the ideological supports for neoliberalism through the educational system and mass media are treated in a political context. Discussion then turns to the role of ideology in popular challenges to neoliberal domination where the need for further theorizing is identified. A preliminary conceptualization of the ideological decline of neoliberalism is proposed in order to begin charting a path towards a post-neoliberal alternative in Latin America, one that can genuinely address the region's development needs.