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No 6 (2025)
Policy
Discursive Strategies of Zapatista Resistance to Regional Development Megaprojects in Mexico
Abstract
The article provides an analysis of the controversy surrounding the megaprojects of regional development of Mexico proposed by President A.M. López Obrador (2018-2024). The aim of the study was to identify the characteristics of the official discourse of the megaprojects of development in Mexico and the oppositional discourse of the Zapatista Movement. It was found that the official discourse presents megaprojects as a means of solving social problems. The Zapatista movement has used environmental, gender and eschatological discourses to delegitimise megaprojects.
6-20
Internal armed conflicts and civil wars as one of the factors of interstate peace in Latin America
Abstract
The article examines the causes of interstate peace in Latin American countries. Special attention is paid to the existing explanations from the «great theories» and middle-level theories. The purpose of the article is to verify the thesis that civil conflicts in Latin American countries have led to certain positive results, to the establishment of peace between them. It is shown that civil wars have historically played an important role in terms of containing interstate military conflicts. The author argues that after internal conflicts, states are less likely to participate in external military actions, since they are focused on restoring and consolidating peace within the country.
21-34
Society
Protection of traditional family values: the Latin American experience
Abstract
The article examines the current stage of resistance to gender-based mainstream, reproductive and sexual rights in Latin American countries, the reasons for the intensification of conservative forces, their goals and objectives. A special emphasis in the work is placed on the analysis of the Peruvian movement "Don't mess with our kids as one of the most numerous in the region. The author attributes the leadership of evangelical churches, their politicization, and the formation of alliances with the Catholic clergy and right-wing parties to the characteristic features of Latin American anti-gender. The scale of the movement's spread and effectiveness are explained by the use of a set of strategies, including rejecting religious rhetoric in favor of scientific arguments, appealing to human rights, creating independent NGOs, and using social networks as a tool for mass mobilization of citizens. As a result of the research, the author comes to the conclusion that the movement for traditional family values in Latin America is a subject of the political process and, having a huge mobilization potential and resources, is able to influence the alignment of political forces in the region.
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Protection of Lake Baikal and the Galapagos Islands as Natural World Heritage Sites
Abstract
The article studies the problems of World Natural Heritage protection on the examples of Lake Baikal and the Galapagos Islands. It shows the common nature of the problems typical for unique natural properties, despite their significant remoteness and different socio-economic context of their protection. The forms of national legal protection of Lake Baikal and the Galapagos Islands are studied, and the compatibility of the interests of protection of World Heritage properties and residence of a significant number of local residents within the boundaries of such properties is stated.
The aim of the study is to discover common patterns of protection of unique natural properties in different states. It is achieved by identifying normative sources that determine the protection of the Galapagos Islands; analyzing the practice of the World Heritage Committee, expressed in its decisions; studying the features of the socio-economic context of the protection of the ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands.
According to the results of the study, the article reveals the tendency of the plurality of different nature protection regimes operating within the boundaries of unique natural properties. The tendency of formation of specific normative acts providing protection of World Natural Heritage properties is shown. The necessity of recognizing the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory as a specially protected natural territory with the subsequent formation of its unified administration is justified.
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History pages
The perception of the fiduciary monetary system reforms in Mexico in the 1860—1900s in Mexican press
Abstract
The article examines the perceptions of monetary reforms aimed at establishing a fiduciary monetary system, as well as an analysis of the financial habits of the population. With the onset of the reforms in the 1860s, the established economic models and forms of monetary exchange started to undergo changes, affecting the understanding of money as a concept. An analysis of periodical materials from various ideological perspectives provides a comprehensive assessment of approaches towards the perception of these reforms, as well as coverage of issues related to the introduction of new types of paper and metallic money.
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The crisis of 'constituted' power. The case of Constitutional guarantee statute in Chile in 1970
Abstract
This article examines the problem of the crisis of constituent power in Chile in the early 1970s through the example of the Statute of Constitutional Guarantees, a contract between Parliament and the ascendant Salvador Allende. This topic is examined within the history of ideas framework of A. Negri’s studies of the crises of constituent power. This paper also analyzes some of the reasons for the rapid decline of democratic institutions in Chile in the early 1970s.
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Caudillo by the grace of God. Sovereignty and the legitimization of power in Francoist Spain
Abstract
Thearticleattempts to explain the structure of the politicalsovereignty of FrancoistSpain, to findhistoricalandconceptualgroundsforcaudillismoas a model of leadership.Evidence is presented infavor of the argumentthat the armywas the forerunnerand the most importantbasisforSpanishCaudillismo.Acomprehensivereview of legalnovelsandideologicalconceptsinterpretingandlegitimizing the Francoregime is proposed.
85-100
Scientific life
Changing global context and implications for Latin America. Opinions of researchers.
Abstract
A review of the annual meeting of the Association for Ibero-American Studies. It contains theses of scholarly discussion on the impact on Latin America of geo-economic and geopolitical changes. At the meeting, a presentation of books and specialized scientific journals took place. The reports of colleagues from the regional centers of the Association were heard.
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