Environmental Governance Indicators for Latin America & the Caribbean: A Cross-Country Assessment of Environmental Governance in Practice in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Jamaica, Peru & Uruguay

This chapter focuses on palliative care in one Portuguese-speaking country (Brazil) and eighteen Spanish-speaking countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela). The challenge for palliative care in Latin America is to develop a model of care appropriate to the sociocultural context and integrated to public health, including suitable policies, education, and implementation of palliative care programs to all levels of society.

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Mycena citricolor. [Distribution map].

Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases ◽

10.1079/dmpd/20046500009 ◽

1996 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Puerto Rico ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

Trinidad And Tobago ◽

El Salvador ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

French Guiana ◽

Distribution Map ◽

New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Mycena citricolor (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Sacc. Hosts: Coffee (Coffea) spp. and others. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Florida, Venezuela.

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Digital Accessibility Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean

10.1093/oso/9780198846413.003.0005 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 81-105

Author(s):

Francesca Cesa Bianchi

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Case Studies ◽

Latin American ◽

Assistive Technologies ◽

Internet Services ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Internet Infrastructure ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Latin American And Caribbean

After an analysis of gaps in implementing digital accessibility policies in the region, this chapter reviews five country case studies (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Guyana) of successful innovations leveraging their fast-expanding mobile and internet services ecosystems that could be easily replicated across the region. Those findings support the thesis that, with better policies and capacity to implement, Latin American and Caribbean countries are in a favorable position to leapfrog in promoting digital accessibility and assistive technologies and services for persons with disabilities by capitalizing on their mobile and internet infrastructure and common languages.

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P749 Epidemiological and clinical characterisation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Latin America and the Caribbean: The EPI-LATAM IBD study from the Pan American Crohn’s colitis organisation

Journal of Crohn s and Colitis ◽

10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz203.877 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S599-S600 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J K Yamamoto-Furusho ◽

N N Parra-Holguín ◽

E Grupo-Colombiano ◽

F Bosques-Padilla ◽

G Veitia-Velásquez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Puerto Rico ◽

Latin America ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

Latin American ◽

Steroid Resistance ◽

Extraintestinal Manifestations ◽

Inflammatory Bowel ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Epidemiological Characteristics ◽

Latin American And Caribbean

Abstract Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is currently recognised as a global health problem, since its incidence and prevalence have increased significantly worldwide in recent years. Studies in Latin America are only limited to reporting incidence and prevalence, so our main objective is to report the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of IBD in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Methods This is a multicentre cohort study in which 8 Latin American and Caribbean countries were included: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela during the period from August 2017 to October 2019. Two study groups were conducted by geographic region due to their ethnicity, Group 1) Caribbean: Cuba, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, Group 2) Latin America: Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Peru. Statistical analysis was performed with the statistical programme SPSS v.24. A value of p <0.05 was taken as significant. Results This study included a total of 4216 IBD patients from 8 countries. The CD was more frequent than UC in the following countries: Puerto Rico with 68.5%, Dominican Republic 56.3% and Peru with 53.1%, while in the rest of the countries the frequency of UC predominated, in Colombia by 79.2%, Venezuela in 78.4%, Cuba in 69.9% and Mexico in 75.8%. The Caribbean countries had a significantly higher frequency in the fistulising phenotype in CD with 65.1% (p = 0.0001), steroid dependence in 11.51% (pp = 0.002), steroid resistance in 28.5% (pp = 0.0001), thiopurine intolerance in 1.40% (p = 0.0002), extraintestinal manifestations in 55.91% (p = 0.0001), IBD surgeries in 32.10% (p = 0.0001) and family history of IBD reported a frequency of 15.60% (p = 0.0001). For Latin America, the frequency of pancolitis was more frequent in 48.21% (p = 0001) in patients with UC. The factors associated with the use of biological therapy were: fistulising phenotype in CD, steroid resistance, thiopurine intolerance, presence of extraintestinal manifestations and IBD-related surgeries. There is an increased frequency in the diagnosis of IBD in the last two decades (2000–2019), being 7.5 times for UC and 12.5 times for CD as show in Figure 1. Conclusion This is the first large and multicentre study in Latin America and the Caribbean which showed significant increase in the diagnosis of IBD in the last two decades as well as the differences in clinical and epidemiological characteristics between both regions.

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Mineral deposits of Latin America and the Caribbean. Preface

Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana ◽

10.18268/bsgm2020v72n3p250820 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 72 (3) ◽

pp. P250820

Author(s):

Joaquín A. Proenza ◽

Lisard Torró ◽

Carl E. Nelson

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Iron Oxide ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

Iron Ore ◽

Mineral Exploration ◽

Mineral Deposits ◽

Special Issue ◽

Gold Silver ◽

Copper Gold ◽

The Caribbean

The region that encompasses Latin America and the Caribbean is a preferential destination for mining and mineral exploration, according to the Mineral Commodity Summaries 2020 of the US Geological Survey (https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic/). The region contains important resources of copper, gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, iron, niobium, aluminum, zinc, lead, tin, lithium, chromium, and other metals. For example, Chile is the world’s largest copper producer and the second largest lithium producer. Brazil is the world’s leading niobium producer, the second largest producer of iron ore, and the third-ranked producer of tantalum. Cuba contains some of the largest reserves of nickel and cobalt in the world, associated with lateritic Ni-Co deposits. Mexico is traditionally the largest silver producer and contains the two largest mines in this commodity and, along with Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, accounts for more than half of the total amount of global silver production. The region also hosts several world-class gold mines (e.g., Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic, Paracotu in Brazil, Veladero in Argentina, and Yanacocha in Peru). Also, Bolivia and Brazil are among the world’s leading producers of tin. The region hosts a variety of deposit types, among which the most outstanding are porphyry copper and epithermal precious metal, bauxite and lateritic nickel, lateritic iron ore from banded iron-formation, iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG), sulfide skarn, volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS), Mississippi Valley type (MVT), primary and weathering-related Nb-bearing minerals associated with alkaline–carbonatite complexes, tin–antimony polymetallic veins, and ophiolitic chromite. This special issue on Mineral Deposits of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana contains nineteen papers. Contributions describe mineral deposits from Mexico, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina. This volume of papers covers four mineral systems (mafic-ultramafic orthomagmatic mineral systems, porphyry-skarn-epithermal mineral systems, iron oxide copper-gold mineral systems, and surficial mineral systems). This special issue also includes papers on industrial minerals, techniques for ore discovery (predictive modelling of mineral exploration using GIS), regional metallogeny and mining history.

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Las etnias centroamericanas durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX

Estudios Latinoamericanos ◽

10.36447/estudios2004.v24.art4 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 67-87

Author(s):

Francisco Lizcano Fernández

Keyword(s):

Costa Rica ◽

El Salvador ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Ethnic Diversity ◽

Short Description ◽

Central American ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Siglo Xx

Short description: This article is dedicated to the demographic levels and distribution of Central American ethnic groups: indigenous, mestizos, mulattos, creoles, garifunas and Asians. The study includes 7 countries: Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Emphasis is placed on the Caribbean region of these countries, where ethnic diversity is the greatest. Short description translated and adapted from the text by Michał Gilewski

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Retos para La internacionalización de Los Estudios de Posgrado en América Latina y el Caribe: el caso del Posgrado en Planificación de la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica / CHALLENGES FOR THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: THE CASE OF THE POST-GRADUATE PROGRAM IN PLANNING OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA

PLURAIS - Revista Multidisciplinar ◽

10.29378/plurais.2447-9373.2017.v2.n2.27-45 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 27

Author(s):

Luis Fernando Morales Abarca - Costa Rica

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Graduate Program ◽

Post Graduate ◽

National University ◽

Postgraduate Studies ◽

The Caribbean ◽

America Latina ◽

Carpe Diem

Ante la existencia de distintas megatendencias en los campos de la demografía, la tecnología, la educación, la economía, la sociología, entre otras, cabe hacernos un par de preguntas. La primera interrogante consiste en tratar de comprender ¿hacia dónde va el mundo?; la segunda interrogante nos plantea un gran desafío - ¿hacia dónde queremos ir nosotros? Si nos aferramos a la primera pregunta y dejamos de lado la segunda interrogante, seríamos como hojas que el viento las mueve y las lleva a cualquier lugar. Mientras tanto, si asumimos el desafío de tratar de construir una respuesta a la segunda interrogante. Entonces, debemos ser capaces de apropiarnos de nuestro pasado, de nuestro presente y de intentar construir, juntos, y de manera participativa, el futuro que deseamos para nosotros y las próximas generaciones, desde un punto de vista de los principales retos académicos a nivel de la enseñanza y la investigación de posgrado en América Latina y el Caribe. Carpe diem.

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Small Changes that Make a Great Difference: Reading, Playing and Eating with your Children and the Facilitating Role of Managers in Latin America

10.1007/978-3-030-75645-1_14 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 245-264

Author(s):

María José Bosch ◽

Mireia Las Heras

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

El Salvador ◽

Direct Impact ◽

Dual Careers ◽

Almost All ◽

Positive Engagement

AbstractParenting is challenging in today’s world. Dual careers, hyper-connectivity, and long distances take almost all our time, and parents must integrate their different roles. A direct impact of this hectic life is on the time parents spend with their children. Additionally, the role of fathers has gained importance, and it is important to understand his influence. In this chapter we will analyze the importance of the time fathers spend in positive engagement activities with their children, such as eating and reading with their children, and also how organizations, through their managers, can promote these positive engagement activities. Also, to show how context influences this relationship, we compare different countries in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.

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