Após a nacionalidade: história do romance e produção romanesca no Brasil e na América Latina by Pedro Dolabela Chagas

“…We comment the theses of Roberto Echevarría about the Latin-American novel, which place on a wider geographical frame the propositions by Flora Süssekind about the Brazilian novel. …”
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Is There a Diversity of Dependent Capitalisms in Latin America? by Ilán Bizberg

“…The Latin American continent has been considered as a paradigm of dependent economies since the studies of the Dependency Theory in the sixties and seventies. …”
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Congresos criminológicos internacionales y su impacto en los códigos penales de América Latina (1870–1945) by Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta

“…It focuses on the particular role that these congresses played as tools for the universalization of norms and in the production of modes of subjectivity based on a racist social classification, which was widely accepted by Latin American elites.Thus, the presence of the Latin American delegations in these congresses gave rise to theoretical frameworks for social control and transnational criminal law regimes. …”
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Whiteness in Latin America: measurement and meaning in national censuses (1850-1950) by Mara Loveman

“…Fundamental similarities in ideas about whiteness found in Latin American censuses appear even more starkly when the scope of analysis expands to include the censuses of the United States.…”
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Considering middle-classes in Latin America: An update of old debates by Isabel Díaz

“…The approaches to the middle classes that have been dominant in Latin American thought and that structure current academic debate form the analytical nucleus of this article. …”
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Sobre o modelo decolonial: a importância do outro e a urgência de seu olhar by João Alberto Mendonça Silva, Josemar de Campos Maciel, Dolores Pereira Ribeiro Coutinho

“…This article is an exhibition about changing models of thought intended for Decolonial thinkers, questioning and provoking the massificator system that Latin American societies have lived since the Colonial process. …”
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Bolivia at a Crossroads: Is Consolidation of a ‘Divided Society’ Feasible? by T. A. Vorotnikova

“…A protest wave which began in 2019 has swept across many Latin American countries. The Multinational State of Bolivia, where rapid destabilization of political situation has led to a serious internal crisis, was no exception. …”
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Professional Baseball Player Type and Geographic Region of Origin Impacts Shoulder External and Internal Rotation Strength by Lori A. Michener, Adam J. Barrack, Bernard Y. Liebeskind, Ryan J. Zerega, Jonathan C. Sum, Ryan L. Crotin, Hillary A. Plummer

“… # Methods Minor league professional baseball players from North America and Latin America (n=242; age=22.4±2.3 years; n=135 pitchers and n=107 position players; n=162 North American and n=80 Latin American players) volunteered at spring training. …”
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Identity, Familia, and Belonging by Alicia Long, Denice Adkins

“…Many librarians of Latin American heritage are and have been members and/or leaders of the American Library Association (ALA). …”
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Growth models and comparative political economy in Latin America by Nikolas Passos, Guilherme Spinato Morlin

“…Finally, the paper opens a research agenda for the political economy of stagnation in Latin American economies.…”
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Value-based healthcare in Latin America: a survey of 70 healthcare provider organisations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico by Pedro Ramos, Marcia Makdisse, Daniel Malheiro, Marcelo Katz, Luisa Novoa, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Jose Henrique Germann Ferreira, Sidney Klajner

“…A previous national-level survey has shown that Latin American countries were in the early stages of alignment with VBHC. …”
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Varying circumstances surrounding opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive cross-sectional study by Tara Gomes, Mina Tadrous, Sophie A Kitchen, Frank Crichlow, Tonya J Campbell, Cynthia Damba, Colin H Johnson, Ashley Smoke

“…Decedents were categorised as Asian, black, Latin American or white. We summarised decedents’ sociodemographic characteristics, circumstances surrounding death and patterns of healthcare utilisation preceding death by ethno-racial group, and used standardised differences (SDs) to draw comparisons.Results Overall, 6687 Ontarians died of opioid toxicity, of whom 275 were Asian (4.1%), 238 were black (3.6%), 53 were Latin American (0.8%), 5222 were white (78.1%) and 899 (13.4%) had an unknown ethno-racial identity. …”
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Public policy training in Latin America: Current status and challenges for political science by Nicolás Bentancur, Germán Bidegain, Rodrigo Martínez

“…The present article analyzes training in public policy at the undergraduate level in Political Science programs at 11 Latin American countries. This research addresses the profile of instructors, the most often quoted authors and texts and the importance granted to knowledge produced both inside and outside the region. …”
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Populism: A Threat to Democracy in Latin America? A Dialogue with Kurt Weyland by Jenny Pontón Cevallos

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Identification of social innovation in health criteria in Latin America by Diana Castro-Arroyave, Luisa Fernanda Duque-Paz

“…Objectives Understanding the Latin American Social Innovation in Health (SIH) approach requires a process of typifying and identifying main criteria of the approach based on the employed practices of different health initiatives implemented throughout the region. …”
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Conceptos para el estudio del agro latinoamericano: campesinos y agricultores familiares by Eloy Gómez-Pellón

“…It also reviews the contributions of the new American tradition in peasant studies (e.g., Kroeber, Redfield) and examines the relevant literature on Latin American family farming (e.g., Schejtman, Maletta, Schneider). …”
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Development of a cross-cultural scale on attitudes toward gender and sexual diversity (AGSD) by Daniel Oleas, Xochitl Garza-Olivares, Fernando Silva Teixeira-Filho, Guido Mascialino, Jose A. Rodas, Jose A. Rodas

“…Three distinct factors were identified, providing a comprehensive measure of attitudes toward gender and sexual diversity in social, psychological, and behavioral contexts.ConclusionThis scale represents a valuable tool for assessing attitudes toward gender and sexual diversity in Latin American populations. Future research should test its applicability across broader populations and in different Latin American countries to further validate its use and generalizability.…”
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The communicative evaluation of Spanish in non-Spanish-speaking students of the Medical Sciences preparatory course by Adrian Abreus González, Guadalaupe García González, Nancy Castillo Mauri, Zaydelys Lucrecia Torres Calzadilla, Juan Manuel Cala Corrales

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the linguistic performance of non-Spanish-speaking students in the preparatory course for Medical Sciences students at the Medicine Latin American School.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> Qualitative research methods and techniques such as observation and discussion groups were used, through workshops developed with the group of Spanish teachers for foreigners at the Medicine Latin American School and the Cienfuegos University. …”
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Anthropometric Parameters in Celiac Disease: A Review on the Different Evaluation Methods and Disease Effects by Allysson Costa, Gleisson A. P. Brito

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Evaluation of Cross-Border Transport Connectivity and Analysis of Spatial Patterns in Latin America by Changqi Miao, Yinbao Zhang, Xinjia Zhang, Jianzhong Liu, Shike Zhang

“…Comprehensive connectivity evaluations are lacking and insufficient attention has been paid to Latin American connectivity, so it is of great practical importance to comprehensively and rationally evaluate Latin American connectivity. …”
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