scholarly journals Importancia (numérica) de las variantes diatópicas españolas y su tratamiento en los diccionarios

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Mogorrón Huerta
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Research Team ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Santiago De Compostela ◽  
The University ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Real Academia

AbstractThis paper describes the work done by the research team FRASYTRAM (Fraseología Y Traducción Multilingüe) at the University of Alicante, which is creating a database specialised in fixed verbal constructions (FVC) aiming at being as exhaustive as possible. This database is 29000 records rich. 9000 of them are related to FVC from different Latin American countries and 20900 have been collected from Spanish dictionaries.The Spanish dictionaries used for creating the database only contain 1000 diatopic FVC coming from Latin America, even if two of them (Diccionario de la Real Academia Española de la Lengua and Diccionario de Uso del Español de María Moliner) are considered reference works in Spain and Latin America.We have studied Latin American dictionaries and have identified 8100 Latin American FVC that are not registered in Spanish dictionaries. This number should increase as we have not yet finished the stage of extraction. These FVC are analysed in order to study how they are treated in Spanish and Latin American dictionaries.In this paper we analyse parasynonyms related to „llover mucho, con fuerza, intensamente“ identified in the Spanish and Latin American dictionaries and on the Internet. It is a frequent atmospheric phenomenon in Spain and Latin American countries. In this sense different expressions should be used to describe this concept. In fact, there exist different expressions used in Spain, but are they used in Latin American countries or are they registered in Latin American dictionaries? This paper also aims at identifying expressions which are used in Latin American countries.We have classified the FVC in four groups:-- Spanish FVC registered in Spanish dictionaries:-- [caer, llover] capuchinos de bronce (DDFEJC); [caer, llover] chuzos (de punta) (DUE); [descargar, desgajarse] [el cielo, las nubes] (DUE); llover a mares (DUE); llover a cántaros (DUE); llover a jarros (DUE); llover a mares (DUE); llover más que [cuando, el día que] enterraron [a Zafra, al Zafra] (EPM).-- Spanish FVC identified on the Internet: -- en Navarra y Guipuzcoa, está jareando; en Santiago de Compostela, llover a barriles; en Canarias llover más que cuando se casó Abraham (DEREC); llover más que el año que el barranco se llevó a la puerca (DEREC), etc.-- Latin American FVC registered in Latin American dictionaries:-- [caer, llover] burros aparejados (DDAmer, República Dominicana); caer sapos de punta (DFHA, Argentina); caer sapos panza arriba (DFHA; Argentina); caer soretes de punta (DFHA; Argentina); llover a baldazos (GDHA; Norte de Argentina); llover a baldes (GDHA; Norte de Argentina); estar cayendo [bigornias, pingüinos] de punta (GDHA; Argentina).-- Latin American FVC identified on the internet: -- Abrirse el cielo (Puerto Rico); caer raíles de punta (internet, Cuba); estar cayendo el cielo (internet, Venezuela); estar cayendo un palo/coñazo de agua (internet, Venezuela); estar lloviendo pescados y hasta ballenas (Internet, Guatemala); llover de abajo para arriba (Argentina, Costa Rica); llover sapos y culebras (internet, El Salvador).

Leadership Training in Latin America

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-17
Author(s):  
Alice B. Lentz
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Enterprise Growth ◽  
The University ◽  
Latin American Countries

Alice Lentz offers a brief view of the role of the Americas Fund for Independent Universities (AFIU) in relation to significant initiatives in various Latin American countries. In a region where the function and development of private higher education institutions is especially important, the focus of the AFIU's activities is on private universities' ability to provide trained business leaders with the skills necessary to meet the challenges of enterprise growth in these developing economies. She mentions in particular the strengthening of financing capabilities within the university, and the evolution of three-way partnerships among business corporations, AFIU, and universities in Latin America.

Evidence in the Spanish language press of linguistic borrowings of computer and Internet-related terms

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Morin
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Real Academia

With the rise of the Internet, English has become a source of borrowing of computer terms in many languages, including Spanish. Many of these borrowings are rapidly making their way into the Spanish language press. A survey of newspapers from eight Latin American countries yielded a total of 231 lexical borrowings of different types, all related to broad fields, such as software, hardware, data, and Internet-related terms. These borrowings can be classified as loanwords, calques of various kinds, including loan translations and semantic extensions, and loanblends. Many have already appeared in monolingual Spanish dictionaries, such as the Diccionario de la Real Academia, and in a number of dictionaries of Hispanic Anglicisms.

Urban Squatting in Latin America: Relevance of ‘Guided Occupancy’

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Belén Gesto ◽  
Guillermo Gómez ◽  
Julián Salas
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Front Page ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Universal Solution ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries

While the illegal occupation of land by families lacking the means to acquire housing on the market is hardly front page news in Latin America, it may not merit the silence to which it has been relegated of late. The authors, who formed part of a research team on the subject, conclude that urban squatting is still very common today. The team found that most Latin American countries are amending their municipal, provincial and national legislation in this regard and backing programmes for consolidation and improvement. In a nutshell, they are adopting a more tolerant attitude toward squatting. The authors believe that the Guided Occupancy Programme successfully implemented by the city of Trujillo, Peru, for over a decade, constitutes an exemplary approach to the problem. While not necessarily constituting a universal solution, it can be viewed as a viable and reproducible alternative in situations of widespread poverty.

Más allá del mar

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Pérez Rosario
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Transnational Connections ◽  
Latin American Countries

This chapter looks at the significance of New York's Spanish-language press—specifically the weekly newspaper, Pueblos Hispanos: Semanario Progresista (Hispanic Peoples: Progressive Weekly, 1943–44)—exploring how Puerto Ricans employed journalism as a form of cultural and political transnational practice. Pueblos Hispanos promoted pan-Hispanism, the integration of Latin American countries, and socialist causes throughout the world, with a focus on Latin American countries such as Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, and Mexico. The paper offered detailed coverage of the politics of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican colonia while encouraging solidarity in the struggle for freedom and justice in countries across Latin America. In sharing news from Latin America and specifically Puerto Rico, the paper kept Spanish-speaking residents of New York City informed, establishing transnational connections as they tried to influence local politics.

scholarly journals Neural tube defects in Latin America and the impact of fortification: a literature review

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Rosenthal ◽  
Jessica Casas ◽  
Douglas Taren ◽  
Clinton J Alverson ◽  
Alina Flores ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Folic Acid ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Time Trends ◽  
Folic Acid Fortification ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Latin American Countries

AbstractObjectiveData on the prevalence of birth defects and neural tube defects (NTD) in Latin America are limited. The present review summarizes NTD prevalence and time trends in Latin American countries and compares pre- and post-fortification periods to assess the impact of folic acid fortification in these countries.DesignWe carried out a literature review of studies and institutional reports published between 1990 and 2010 that contained information on NTD prevalence in Latin America.ResultsNTD prevalence in Latin American countries varied from 0·2 to 9·6 per 1000 live births and was influenced by methods of ascertainment. Time trends from Bogota, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala City, Mexico and Puerto Rico showed average annual declines of 2·5 % to 21·8 %. Pre- and post-fortification comparisons were available for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The aggregate percentage decline in NTD prevalence ranged from 33 % to 59 %.ConclusionsThe present publication is the first to review data on time trends and the impact of folic acid fortification on NTD prevalence in Latin America. Reported NTD prevalence varied markedly by geographic region and in some areas of Latin America was among the lowest in the world, while in other areas it was among the highest. For countries with available information, time trends showed significant declines in NTD prevalence and these declines were greater in countries where folic acid fortification of staples reached the majority of the population at risk, such as Chile and Costa Rica.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Mortality Rate and Its Incidence in Latin America: Dependence on Demographic and Economic Variables

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6900
Author(s):  
Javier Cifuentes-Faura
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Quality Infrastructure

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has left millions infected and dead around the world, with Latin America being one of the most affected areas. In this work, we have sought to determine, by means of a multiple regression analysis and a study of correlations, the influence of population density, life expectancy, and proportion of the population in vulnerable employment, together with GDP per capita, on the mortality rate due to COVID-19 in Latin American countries. The results indicated that countries with higher population density had lower numbers of deaths. Population in vulnerable employment and GDP showed a positive influence, while life expectancy did not appear to significantly affect the number of COVID-19 deaths. In addition, the influence of these variables on the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 was analyzed. It can be concluded that the lack of resources can be a major burden for the vulnerable population in combating COVID-19 and that population density can ensure better designed institutions and quality infrastructure to achieve social distancing and, together with effective measures, lower death rates.

Interest on the internet for systemic lupus erythematosus: Analysis of Google Trends in Latin American countries

Lupus ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 096120332110103
Author(s):  
Paul J Tejada-Llacsa ◽  
Pamela Villacorta-Landeo ◽  
Eder Aguilar-Buitrón ◽  
Graciela S Alarcón ◽  
Manuel F Ugarte-Gil
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Google Trends ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Systemic Lupus ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Latin American Countries

Background/Objective Information available on the internet about Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) can influence the doctor-patient relationship. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the terms used for SLE on the internet. Methods We analyzed the data downloaded from Google Trends, considering the term “Lupus” in a six-year web-based research. The frequency of the terms for each Pan-American country was obtained automatically from Google Trends, which reports relative search volumes or RSV (on a scale from 0 to 100) across regions. Results We obtained a total of 67 registered terms in 18 countries. The terms were distributed into five categories. The categories with interest in all countries were “definition” and “symptoms”. Conclusions Google Trends allows us to find useful information about SLE on the internet; once the accuracy of this information is validated, it can be used by patients, health institutions, rheumatologists and other health professionals.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in Latin America: a first glance to the mortality

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nubia Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Death Toll ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The Us ◽  
Latin American Countries

It is too early to know which will be the final death toll from the Covid-19 or SARS-CoV-2 virus epidemy in Latin America since the epidemy is still active and we will not know when it will end. The curve for new infections and deaths has not reached yet a peak (Figure 1). In addition, we know little about the epidemiology of this new virus. The daily litany of the number of people infected with the number of admissions to hospitals and intensive care units and the number of deaths guides health authorities to plan health services and politicians to gauge the degree of confinement necessary to control the transmission of the virus, but it says little about the magnitude of the problem if we do not relate it to the population at risk. At the end of the pandemic, we will be able to estimate age-standardized death rates for the different countries, but until then the crude death rates will provide a first glance or snapshot of the death toll and impact of the pandemic from March to May 2020. These rates are well below those estimated in other countries in Europe and North America: Belgium (82.6), Spain (58.0), the United Kingdom (57.5), Italy (55.0), France (42.9), Sweden (41.4), and the US (30.7). (Johns Hopkins CSSE, May 30, 2020). However, in the European countries and the US the number of deaths has reached a peak, while this is not the case in Latin American countries. (Figure 1). It should be taken into account that the above rates are crude and therefore, some of the differences could be due to the fact that European countries have a larger proportion of the population over 70 years of age in whom higher mortality rates have been reported.

Latin America and the Socio-Economic Impact of the Cuban Revolution

1962 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro C. M. Teichert
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Cuban Revolution ◽  
Good Neighbor Policy ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Imminent Threat ◽  
Good Neighbor ◽  
The Military ◽  
Latin American Countries

The Cuban revolution has profoundly shaken the economic and political foundation traditional in most of the 20 Latin American republics. The demand by the rest of Latin America for Cuban type reforms has also required a reappraisal of U. S.-Latin American relations, which with the breaking off of diplomatic intercourse between Cuba and the U. S., January 4, 1961, have reached their lowest point since the initiation in the mid 1930's of the Good Neighbor Policy by President Roosevelt. Furthermore, the spread of the Cuban revolution, with its ideals and aspirations for the fulfilment of the age-old political, social, and economic aspirations of the downtrodden masses, is now an imminent threat for the remaining undemocratic Latin American governments. There is no denying the fact that most Latin American countries are still run by an oligarchy of landlords and the military.

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