Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

This article analyses the female figure in Madama Sui (1996 [1995]) by Augusto Roa Bastos, by questioning the image of women that underlies the narrative discourse aswell as the narrative strategy that shapes the novel’s main figure. Drawing on the theories ofphilosophical feminism and reflections on ways of seeing, the analysis shows that MadamaSui emerges as the object of the male gaze who (re)constructs her life and figure. Based on theidentities assigned to Madama Sui, which fuel the image of Japan and the East-West  dichotomy in the text, this article also reflects on the allegorical link between the story of Madama Sui and the history of Paraguay, which is reinvented in the novel.

Current Debates and Pending Accounts of Transitional Justice in Latin America

The article analyzes, based on a methodology of documentary review and narrativeanalysis, the experiences of young people in Colombia, in the context of the popular outbreak of 2021. In the first part, a descriptive approach is made to the context, characterized by the systematic violation of rights and episodes of  dehumanization. In the second part, processes, practices and products of resistance and re-existence carried out by the young insurgents are reviewed. In relation to resistance, the  categories confront and endure stand out. While the first was evidenced through physical confrontation (in the streets) and symbolic (performative and cyberactivist activities), the second refers to the ability of young people to stay in contention and repel state violence. In relation to re-existence, territoriality and aesthetic practices stand out. The first refers to the emergence of disruptive popular territorialities that process the occupation and resemantization of places. Aesthetic practices comprise performative experiences that contribute to sensitization and combativeaction.

The Dossier addresses the relationship between youth and politics in Latin America through a perspective that takes the concept of generation as a key issue. From this point of view, the six papers within the framework of youth studies reflect on topics such as the "first generation" of referents in the field during the second half of the 20th century, the generational reconfigurations in youth politicization during the recent decades of the 21st century, youth policies, and the effects of the pandemic on youth participation. In this sense, we propose a journey that explores the main questions and challenges of an interdisciplinary field of studies in constant consolidation and expansion.

In 11 years, the generation that led the most important student mobilizations in 2011, today comes to power with the President Gabriel Boric, one of its most visible leaders. The main objective of this paper is to understand the leadership of the main actors of the new government from 2011 to the present day. As secondary objectives, it seeks to analyze the transformations of these leaders in their political speeches from 2011 to date. Second, to study the major membership organizations from 2011 to date and, finally, to understand how these student leaders managed to come to power in 11 years. The research methodology is qualitative and is based on secondary sources, from written and digital media, papers, and books, as well as interviews with actors of said movement between 2011 and 2021.

The article proposes a generational reading of a series of biographical interviews with eight of the most significant authors of Ibero-American ‘youthology’. We are referring to two precursors –Jesús Martín-Barbero and Néstor García  Canclini– and six members of the first  generation of youth researchers: José Antonio Pérez Islas, Rossana Reguillo, José Manuel Valenzuela, Sergio Balardini, Carlos Mario Perea and Ernesto Rodríguez. We call them “98’ generation” because the founding “moment” of the group was a meeting organized by the Mexican Youth Institute in 1998 in Ixtapan de la Sal – although there is also a play on words with the Spanish literary generation of 1898, which portrayed the end of the colonial empire. In some way it is, then, a generational manifesto.

Iberoamerican Reviews

Starting in 2020, activities with older adults changed due to the health situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This research aims to show the experience of older adults and students with the initiative "Friends at a distance" of the project Promotion of healthy aging and intergenerational solidarity in the communities of Cartago (TC-678). The activity consisted of making telephone calls to those who attended the day center of the Quebradilla de Cartago community. With what has been provided in these conversations, seven categories were established on different elements regarding this beneficiary population. Additionally, five evaluation questions were formulated aimed at the elderly person to find out their perception about the activity "Friends from a distance." This work was received positively by the older adult population. All of the beneficiaries had an excellent perception of the initiative, as did the student body participating.

This paper examines the cognitive and social skill requirements for middle and low-skilled workers in 3,661 Ecuadorian firms. Results from descriptive statistics and estimation of probit models indicate that half of the firms require basic reading, spelling and grammar, and arithmetic skills from the typical medium or low-skilled worker. The percentage is lower (42%) for complex problem solving skills. The skill of interacting with a work-team is the most required of all. A combination of all cognitive and social skills is required by 25% of companies. There is an inverse relationship between the skills required by firms and their percentage of medium and low-skilled workers. Firms with more skilled workers require more cognitive and soft skills from their unskilled workers, suggesting that lower-skilled workers could be useful for improving the productivity of higher-skilled workers. Positive correlations were found between different cognitive and soft skills indicating complementarity. The findings can guide public policy decisions on skills training in the education system, labour market training policies, as well as business practices in recruitment and training of personnel.

In recent times, caring for the environment has become one of the decisive factors when choosing the destination by tourists, in this sense nature tourism acquires great importance. Due to the relevance of the subject at present, this article has been carried out whose objective is to develop a bibliometric study on nature tourism and its perspective for destinations. For this, the methodology proposed by Diana Lorena Pineda Ospina was used, which has three steps; as well as the documentary review of articles published in the Scopus database in the period 2001-2023. For this, tools such as Endnote X7, Excel 2019, Biblioshiny and VOSviewer 1.6.16 were used for data processing and visualization. The results show that the scientific production on the subject is low. As part of the bibliographical review that complements the present investigation, the main research gaps were determined: the use of techniques and theories to determine and examine nature tourism, in addition to the need to use advanced methods and integrated approaches to evaluate the perspectives of it.