Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2017

The Demographic Observatory 2015 contains selected indicators from the 2015 revision of estimates and projections for the populations analysed. The figures contained in this publication are a revision of those presented in the Observatory 2014 and include updates of the estimations and projections of national populations from 1950 to 2100, taking into account new information sources available for Chile and Guatemala. Future issues will incorporate new estimates and projections, also prepared using the component method, but by simple ages and calendar years.

The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, political dynamics, and other key components of the story. Hamas initiates conflict every few years. But the reporting rarely improves. Social media has only further clouded the picture. Hamas is rarely held responsible for its use of "human shields," blindly firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, or diverting aid that should benefit the people of Gaza. The Islamic Republic of Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, has been the ...

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En esta edición digital, dividida en dos partes, más de 150 autores, de 40 universidades o centros de investigación internacionales, reúnen sus contribuciones en un ímprobo esfuerzo editorial para dejar constancia de su gratitud al maestro y dar mayor valor, si cabe, a su fecunda obra y enseñanzas, cruciales para entender no solo nuestra Edad Media sino el influjo que esta época y sus condicionamientos han tenido en el desarrollo y actual estructura de España. En este segundo volumen figuran los trabajos relacionados con los siglos XIII al XVI.

A partir de una exhaustiva recopilación de fuentes documentales –sobre todo, noticias de prensa desde mediados del siglo XIX hasta la actualidad–, analizamos la sorprendente historia, antigua y reciente, del edificio de mayor plasticidad y proyección sociocultural de la capital del Turia, que denominamos la Plaza de Valencia atendiendo a sus múltiples usos, su impacto y su apertura al conjunto de la ciudadanía en todos los tiempos. Desde su arquitectura en el marco del urbanismo valenciano, el foco se trasladará hacia la explosión y diversidad de espectáculos celebrados en el coso, ...