Populismo, democracia y política social en Venezuela.
Resumen en: This article examines the main characters of the Venezuelan populism and its relation with the democracy and social policy, particularly with the strate...
La Popularidad de Chávez ¿Base para un proyecto popular?
En este articulo se sustenta y caracteriza el fenomeno de la popularidad del presidente venezolano Hugo Chavez Frias para luego indagar sobre la direccion que lleva el proyecto politico que se apoya en esa popularidad. Los autores analizan aspectos claves del primer ano de gestion de gobierno y senalan que si bien se han dado pasos importantes en la direccion de construir una nueva alianza hegemonica para la sociedad venezolana, esta sigue plena de debilidades. Al mismo tiempo concluyen que lo avanzado en materia economica en 1999 deja a interrogantes sobre la vocacion popular del proyecto emergente.
Tourism in the Amazon: identifying challenges and finding solutions
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the tourism sector in the Amazon regions of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname and then discuss the manner in which tourism activity assists the protection of the Amazon rainforests. The paper also describes the manner in which the first World Hospitality and Tourism Themes Roundtable on Tourism in the Amazon is organized in 2009.Design/methodology/approach – Teams of researchers from the Ministries of Tourism, the private sector and academia in the Member Countries of Treaty for Amazon Cooperation collaborated to address, in ten‐page papers, the question “Does sustainable tourism offer solutions for the protection of the Amazon rainforest?”Findings – The paper provides valuable information on the current state of tourism policy and practice in the Amazon Member Countries. It also articulates the challenges that attend the development of sustainable tourism as a mechanism for the protection of the Amazon.Practical...