Temas de Nuestra America. Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos

15-20

Authors: Tania Madrigal-Huezo

This essay focuses in the in the relation between dance and community as a vital cohesion, as part of the experience of the author in her work with vulnerable communities and at risk of violence

37-52

Authors: Jorge Rubem Folena de Oliveira

Military Justice, which should judge exclusively military personnel in peacetime, throughout Brazil’s history has been used to condemn civilians, including for reasons of political persecution. In recent years there has been the condemnation of civilians, residents of favela communities in Rio de Janeiro, by the Military Justice as a result of alleged crimes of disobedience and contempt in the course of law and order guarantee operations. The purpose of this article is to analyze the prosecution by the military justice of civilians (mostly poor, black, and slum dwellers in Rio de Janeiro), in the course of law and order compliance operations, for framing the crimes of disobedience and contempt practiced against military people.

63-88

Authors: Hermes Campos-Monge

The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century were characterized by major challenges facing the prevailing discourses on sex education. A challenge against the prevailing political power and the conventions of the moral order was witnessed in CostaRican society in the period 1960-2018

102-114

Authors: Yamile Delgado Smith, Alicia Silva-Silva

This paper approaches four axes. On the one hand, it analyzes cooperatives from the contributions made by the International Labor Organization. On this aspect, the problems of cooperatives are studied from a gender perspective. The second place of attention is the women’s movement to achieve insertion in the public sphere. The third axis allows us to know some experiences that are built on the occasion of the binomial cooperatives and women. A fourth section is devoted to the analysis of work and cooperatives in Latin America, emphasizing the Venezuelan case.