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Silva, Marilene Rosa Nogueira da. Negro Na Rua. A Nova Face da Escravidão. São Paulo, Hucitec, 1988.
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Amerindian politics in Buenos Aires. The counter-celebration march of October 12 as chronotropic construction
Based on research carried out between 2008 and 2014, I argue that the debate process generated over 1992 –the year in which the five centuries of the “discovery” of America were commemorated– resulted in the symbolic reappropriation of the day on which Christopher Columbus arrived to the Caribbean, fostering the crystallization of historic amerindian people historical demands. On October 12 it became a day of reflection, protest, vindication, demonstration and counter-celebration. Through observant participantion from the musical interpretation, complemented with interviews, I suggest that in Buenos Aires –a city imagined as a European enclave– this process led to the establishment of a march that is established and manifested chronotropically: a significant event of the past evoked in the present for political purposes. It is the only annual march in the country led by amerindians people –both foreigners and nationals–, as well as conducted in “festive key” by musicians similar to the festive pasacalles in the central Andes. In this scenario, the music of siku (zampoña or pan flute center-Andean) is the soundtrack of the Amerindian political construction in the city, strengthening links between migrant communities, as well as natives attracted by dynamics of regional vindication.
The quality of democracy in Honduras, 2014-2018: political system, civil society and institutions in perspective
This paper explores the main determinants and outcomes of Honduran democracy. The quality of democracy in Honduras can be analyzed and studied through eight dimensions based on Leonardo Morlino ́s thought. This analytical model includes: political participation, political competition, electoral accountability, inter-institutional accountability, rule of law, responsiveness, liberty, and solidarity. The paper takes in consideration the previous research of both authors on the subject. So, the manuscript discuss the major limitations of the political evolution and the policies needed to improve the democratic quality of Honduras.
2019
Joo, Carlos Ugo Santander Avila, Carlos Federico Domínguez
Beyond historical organizations, emblematic figures and recognized practices. Elements to rethink the human rights movement in Argentina
Argentina stands out, from the return to democracy in 1983, for the presence of human rights in its political culture. In these pages I will analyze the role played in that process by the human rights movement. I propose to think of this movement beyond its historical organizations, its emblematic figures and its recognized practices incorporating the examination of initiatives that, developed by actors not framed in these organizations, contributed to the truth, justice and memory regarding the crimes of State and, with it, the status attained by human rights in the political culture of the country.