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The Memory State: Disputing the Past in Plurinational Bolivia

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This article analyses the politics of memory in Bolivia from the so‐called Gas War in 2003 and the crisis of 2019, travelling from a struggle for power to state's legitimation language and back to the streets. It also studies dissident movements that claimed reparation from the Plurinational State, particularly human rights activists and the ...
Sue A. S. Iamamoto
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Lithium and Water: Why Hydrological Limits Will Define a Just Energy Transition

Global Challenges, Volume 10, Issue 9, September 2026.
Lithium extraction is reframed as a water governance challenge rather than solely a mining issue. Water‐Bounded Lithium Governance places hydrological limits at the center of decision‐making, offering a new pathway to reconcile critical mineral supply with environmental integrity, indigenous rights, and a just energy transition.
Ricardo O. Barra, Fernanda Álvarez‐Amado, Víctor Parra, Marcela Salgado, Susana Alvarez, Amaya Alvez, Leopoldo Gutiérrez   +6 more
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An interdisciplinary review of the interplay of conflict, socio‐economic factors, and land cover and vegetation dynamics in Colombia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1533-1549, September 2026.
Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz, Jesús A. Anaya, Nicola Clerici, Lina M. Estupinan‐Suarez, Isabel Lopera, Solveig Richter, Alejandro Salazar, Carlos A. Sierra, Andrés Tangarife‐Escobar, Miguel D. Mahecha, David Montero, Pablo Palacios‐Rodríguez, Pablo Ramos, Santiago Botía   +13 more
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 480-493, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
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Ephemeral Earthmoving Labour Versus the Great Acceleration: (Re)producing the Flux Urban Political Ecologies of Bolivian Amazonia

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The article investigates how Indigenous labour interacts with powerful sediment movements and flooding cycles in 23 riverine communities in Bolivian Amazonia. These interactions, we argue, transcend the binary between human labour and biophysical processes in shaping flux urban political ecologies, landscapes and human settlements that ...
Fernando Schrupp Rivero, Maria Kaika
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The institutional paradox of a substantivist conception of the economy in public policy: Insights from public procurement for solidarity economy in Ecuador

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Volume 97, Issue 3, Page 871-900, September 2026.
Abstract Ecuador's 2008 Constitution advanced an ambitious substantive economic vision through Buen Vivir (Good Living), recognizing a plural economy which encompasses private, public and solidarity economy (SE) sectors. This paper aims to analyze public procurement programs in Ecuador, one of the flagship Buen Vivir policies for SE promotion.
Maria‐José Ruiz‐Rivera, Andreia Lemaître   +1 more
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Problemática jurídica en torno a la pérdida del conocimiento tradicional

Foro, Revista de Derecho, 2017
Desde el estudio de las normas constitucionales del Ecuador sobre los derechos colectivos de los pueblos indígenas, se enfoca la pérdida de los conocimientos tradicionales, escenario causado por los procesos históricos, las políticas gubernamentales y ...
Ena G. Matos Jaqui
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Comprehensive Analysis for the Evaluation of Torrential Floods and Slope Stability of River Channels: La China River Area (Colombia)

Journal of Flood Risk Management, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2026.
Colombia and other tropical regions face a very high threat from torrential floods, which have resulted in over 25,000 deaths in a single event. Unfortunately, there is no comprehensive assessment methodology to zone and determine the magnitude of these disasters; therefore, this research aims to help fill this gap.
Carlos A. Buenahora Ballesteros, Antonio M. Martínez‐Graña, Mariano Yenes   +2 more
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Law (justice) and livestock economy of the Aymara of the South Andean: Prospects for communal development

, 2004
Los aimaras del Sur Andino peruano comparten un interesante conocimiento sobre el derecho y la economía aplicados a su actividad ganadera. El presente ensayo quiere reflexionar sobre este punto, aunque con dos limitaciones: nuestro conocimiento en economía no es especializado y la muestra de comunidades en la que se basa el estudio recoge sólo dos de ...
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On International Transaction Law: Current Trends and Challenges from a Latin America Perspective

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2012
Munoz José
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