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Uncertain Regional Urbanism In Venezuela. Government, Infrastructure And Environment, Fabio Capra-Ribeiro

Faculty Publications

Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela explores the changes cities face when they become metropolises, forming expanding regions which create both potential and problems within settlements. To do so, it focuses on three metropolitan areas located in Venezuela’s Center-North region: Caracas, Maracay and Valencia, designated as "Camava."

Considering three core topics, government and territorial administration, infrastructure and environment, as well as looking at the reciprocal impact, this book describes and analyzes the determinant variables that characterize the phenomenon of regional urbanization in this area and in the wider Global South. It includes documentary research, semi-structured interviews and Delphi methodology, involving a …

Mapping The Presence Of Latin American Art In Canadian Museums And Universities, Alena Robin

Hispanic Studies Publications

This essay overviews how Canadian museums and universities have historically accessioned Latin American visual culture and identifies potential ways of sustaining interest, streamlining initiatives, and promoting access. The larger project aims at contributing to a hemispheric and transnational understanding of the history and growth in Canada of the field of Latin American art and its subfields of Pre-Columbian, colonial, modern, and contemporary art. While the study of art history among Canadian museums and universities has kept up with the decades-long interest in Latin American art and visual culture, there remain considerable challenges in bringing Latin American art to the forefront …

Las Guerrillas Del Alto Paraná, Robert Andrew Nickson

Robert Andrew Nickson

La lucha armada fue un acontecimiento poco frecuente durante la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89), quien gobernó al Paraguay por más tiempo que cualquier otro líder en la historia del país. Este trabajo trata del auge del movimiento guerrillero durante 1959-1960 cuando un total de aproximadamente 250 opositores, mayormente jóvenes, entraron clandestinamente al país por la selva del Alto Paraná con miras a derrocar la dictadura. Pertenecían a dos movimientos separados – el Movimiento 14 de Mayo (M-14) y el Frente Unido de Liberación Nacional (FULNA). En su gran mayoría, estos guerrilleros murieron en una lucha tan desigual que bordeaba …