Economic Integration in Latin America The process of economic integration in Latin America has played an important role in the economic history and development of the region, specially after the Second World War. ... After the Second World War, integration assumed concrete form in plans of varying degrees of success, the Central American Common Market, the Latin American Free Trade Agreement, and the Andean Pact, to list some. Since the 1980s, integration schemes have developed with greater force, perhaps encouraged by the formation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which ...

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Private military and security companies fill the vacuum mainly left in three types of unstable situations: (i) in zones of low-intensity armed conflict (the new asymmetrical wars) where the armies are not fully deployed or in post conflict situations with a high level of insecurity; (ii) in armed conflicts when international organizations do not intervene; and (iii) in troubled areas in developing countries where there is no presence of the State and extractive transnational corporations operate.5 Under the emergent system of international criminal law the individual is a subject of the law. ...

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At the time this Report is being released, the world economy continues to emerge slowly from the most serious economic crisis of the post–World War II period-one that has deeply transformed the global economy and highlighted the increasingly important role that emerging markets and developing economies play in the global economy. ... Among the advanced economies, two patterns seem to emerge: the United States, Canada, and Japan are expected to grow at a gentle pace, while the prospects for the euro zone are more uncertain, especially as tight credit conditions continue to limit domestic ...

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