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El agudo conflicto colombiano ha dejado de ser un asunto de mero interés interno. Siguiendo las realidades que impone el mundo globalizado actualmente en marcha, la comunidad internacional tiene puestos los ojos sobre los avalares de los acontecimientos domésticos. Así lo coloca en evidencia la realización, en menos de tres meses, de dos reuniones de alto nivel celebradas en los Estados Unidos por convocatoria del establecimiento militar de ese país. La primera se llevó a cabo en Fort McNair (Washington), en la sede de la Universidad de la Defensa Nacional bajo los auspicios del Departamento de Defensa. La segunda en el Colegio de Guerra del Ejército en Carlisle (Pennsylvania) bajo los auspicios del Departamento del Ejército.

El agudo conflicto colombiano ha dejado de ser un asunto de mero interes interno. Siguiendo las realidades que impone el mundo globalizado actualmente en marcha, la comunidad internacional tiene puestos los ojos sobre los avatares de los acontecimientos domesticos. Asi lo coloca en evidencia la realizacion, en menos de tres meses, de dos reuniones de alto nivel celebradas en los Estados Unidos por convocatoria del establecimiento militar de ese pais. La primera se llevo a cabo en Fort McNair (Washington), la segunda en el Colegio de Guerra del Ejercito en Carlisle (Pennsylvania). El presente articulo recoge las conclusiones del segundo evento, el de Pennsylvania, realizado en diciembre de 1998. (Anal Polit/DÜI)

The dynamics of Brazil's transportation sector early in this century reveal much about how and why US industries conquered the Brazilian market and established a sound basis for investment. Especially during the 1920s, US companies responded to the transportation needs of Brazil's rapidly growing economy and won the major share of its automobile and truck markets. This was crucial because of the automobile's central role as a leading sector of the world's economy during this period. Sales and then direct investment by US firms in automobile assembly plants placed US business on a more secure foundation than British investment, prominent in a sector losing the vitality exhibited in the nineteenth century: railroads. Rail systems slowed their extension into the immense Brazilian interior while the automobile flourished, promoted by a powerful Brazilian lobby forautomobilismoreinforced by efforts of US business and government. This process illustrates how the Brazilians' interpretation of their economic needs coincided with pressures exerted by US industry to create a permanent US presence within Brazil's economy. How Henry Ford replaced Herbert Spencer as the foremost symbol of industrialism in early twentieth century Brazil sheds light on the personal and political dynamics of international business competition.1Rapid economic growth in the early twentieth century thrust a host of new local and regional demands upon Brazil's woefully inadequate transportation sector. Capital formation rose without interruption from 1901 onwards and reached very high levels immediately prior to World War I; more than 11,000 industrial firms producing over 67% of the economy's 1920 industrial output came into being between 1900 and 1920.

In less than two decades Brazil accomplished the historic transition from the era of railroads to the era of the automobile, shifting its economic reference point from Great Britain to the USA. The author highlights this process

On December 10 and 11, 1998, over 100 scholars, civilian government officials, and military officers from the United States, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama and Mexico gathered at the U.S. Army War College to discuss "Landpower and Ambiguous Warfare: The Challenge of Colombia in the 21st Century." While the conference adopted no resolutions or conclusions, it provided a valuable forum for expressing widely differing viewpoints on critical components of Colombia's security situation. The meeting highlighted the urgency of the Colombian crisis and the need for a comprehensive response by Colombia, the United States, and the regional community of nations. Much of the dialogue developed the principal subthemes of the conference: the sources of violence; the role of the guerrillas, paramilitaries, and narcotraffickers; the institutional capabilities and responses of the Colombian government and armed forces; and the role of the United States. Here, there was sharp disagreement among the participants, with some arguing in favor of an increased U.S. counternarcotics and/or counterinsurgency role and others emphasizing the priority of the peace process. This report summarizes the issues addressed and the major concerns of the attendees. The Strategic Studies Institute is pleased to offer the monograph as a contribution to the national security debate on Colombia within the United States and abroad. ; https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/1848/thumbnail.jpg