Bogota Siglo XXI

Con ocasión de algunos hechos ocurridos en 1991, que reflejaban la corrupción en la sociedad, el arzobispo de Buenos Aires escribió un artículo, que se convirtió después en un opúsculo, en el que interpretaba fenomenológicamente la corrupción y la figura del corrupto a la luz de los personajes y de las palabras de Jesús en el evangelio, criticando la corrupción, incluso en el ámbito religioso, y señalando su curación.

Uno de los grandes intelectuales de nuestro tiempo desvela la política extranjera reciente de Estados Unidos en El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panamá, el sureste asiático y la guerra del Golfo Pérsico. El autor denuncia a continuación el “lavado de cerebro en casa”, es decir, las consecuencias enajenantes de esa política en el interior de su país. El libro termina con las opiniones de Chomsky sobre el inmediato futuro del mundo.

"They came for her husband. The trucks arrived with a crash, the occupants came down screaming, their grandchildren played in the street, both ran scared. It was seven thirty in the afternoon. They were followed by at least six men. Others stayed outside, on duty. In the rustic interior courtyard, María Ordóñez could only hug the little ones. The only room with a door inside the house was the one below. The invaders tore her down. But there was no one behind. They seized a laptop, a tablet, a camera, two cell phones: the reporter's work tools. He slept on the top floor. The fatigue of two...

In 2008, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean rose to a new record high despite slowing with respect to the previous year, and the region's outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) reached its second highest level ever. Considering the economic and financial turmoil of the times, these results are surprisingly positive, but caution needs to be exercised in their interpretation. Many of the investments carried out in 2008 reflected the inertia effects of pre-crisis market trends, and capital flows in 2009 are in fact expected to fall. Focusing on the impact ...