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The Journal of Higher Education, 1966
In recent years one goal of higher education in Latin America has been to make a major contribution to national development. It has been assumed that this contribution should take two forms: better preparation of professional men in a greater variety of specialties and the accumulation of knowledge necessary for national development through research ...
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In recent years one goal of higher education in Latin America has been to make a major contribution to national development. It has been assumed that this contribution should take two forms: better preparation of professional men in a greater variety of specialties and the accumulation of knowledge necessary for national development through research ...
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Latin American Countries as Norm Protagonists of the Idea of International Human Rights
Understanding Global Cooperation, 2014Latin American governments, social movements, and regional organizations have made a far greater contribution to the idea and practice of international human rights than has previously been recognized.
K. Sikkink
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Americanism and Latinity in Latin America
Diogenes, 1963What in reality, in its relationship with other parts of the world, is that part of America usually called Latin? On the socio-cultural level, in what way does it form a homogeneous sociological complex permitting it to be considered entirely Latin—quite apart from its geographical unity—and, at the same time, part of an American whole within whose ...
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Latin American Ecotourism: What is it?
Current Issues in Tourism, 2002Defining – and agreeing upon a definition of – the word 'ecotourism' poses a challenge. This is especially true in Latin America where the buzzword remains a vague term used t o market anything related to nature or environmental tourism. 'Proyectos ecoturisticos' sell everything from community development projects to jet skis.
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Eurocentrism and Latin Americanism in Latin American translation history
Perspectives, 2016ABSTRACTLanguage and discourse are inextricably linked in the establishment of power and hegemony. In today’s globalized world, the power emanating from hegemonic centres that control communication and information systems is indisputable. The field of Translation Studies is not immune to such influence.
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Board structure and environmental, social, and governance disclosure in Latin America
Journal of business research, 2018We examine the effect of board structure on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure in Latin America. Previous studies have presented diverse results, but Latin American companies are rarely studied.
B. Husted, José Milton de Sousa-Filho
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Blackfriars, 1954
Latin America accounts for more than a third of the world’s Catholic population but for less than nine per cent of the world’s priests. The disproportion between these figures is the cardinal factor in the religious situation of a vast area almost wholly Catholic in nominal allegiance but which today presents one of the most urgent of the Church’s ...
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Latin America accounts for more than a third of the world’s Catholic population but for less than nine per cent of the world’s priests. The disproportion between these figures is the cardinal factor in the religious situation of a vast area almost wholly Catholic in nominal allegiance but which today presents one of the most urgent of the Church’s ...
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LATIN AMERICAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1994Several viral and bacterial agents are responsible for hemorrhagic fever in Latin America, but there are three agents that are only present in this region: (1) the Junin virus, (2) the Machupo virus, and (3) the Guanaritovirus, members of the Tacaribe complex of the family Arenaviridae and responsible for the Argentinian, Bolivian, and Venezuelan ...
B, Vainrub, R, Salas
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Blackfriars, 1953
The generalities of geography, or a shape on the map, do little to prepare you for a new land. After the timeless, torpid days of sea and sun, the gradual bulk of a strange continent seems a heroic gesture against the empty world of water. And the introduction to South America is a warning that you must forget what you expected to see.
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The generalities of geography, or a shape on the map, do little to prepare you for a new land. After the timeless, torpid days of sea and sun, the gradual bulk of a strange continent seems a heroic gesture against the empty world of water. And the introduction to South America is a warning that you must forget what you expected to see.
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Latin American trade elasticities
Journal of Economics and Finance, 1999An important issue in applied international economics is the extent to which trade flows adjust to changes in income, relative prices, and exchange rates. While there have been numerous surveys regarding merchandise trade elasticities in industrial economies such as Japan and the United States, relatively little work has been completed with respect to ...
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