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Of great use for Cuban studies, this book looks at totalitarianism and communism in order to make a precise and lucid dissection of the Cuban Revolution. All aspects are studied: communication, housing, culture, society, religion, social services, agricultural reform, health, terror and foreign relations. The book gives a balance look into Cuba's evolution.

El 20 de octubre de 2011, ETA anunció el cese definitivo de la violencia. Fue realmente su final. En aquel momento, el Gobierno socialista de Rodríguez Zapatero no descartaba una escisión debida a las disidencias en el mundo abertzale; su sucesor un mes después, Mariano Rajoy, desoyó los consejos que abogaban por el diálogo y por una flexibilización de la política penitenciaria. Era obvio que ETA pretendía por esta vía difuminar su derrota, pues el terrorismo había cesado sin lograr ninguno de sus objetivos políticos. Afortunadamente, el 3 de mayo de 2018 tuvo lugar su disolución ...

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians have seen the ruble steadily lose ground to alternative means of payment such as barter and privately issued quasi-monies. Industry now collects as much as 70 percent of its receipts in nonmonetary form, leaving many firms with too little cash to pay salaries and taxes. In this ground-breaking book on the Russian economy, David Woodruff argues that Moscow's inability to control the nation's currency is not a carry-over from the Soviet past. Rather, the Russian government has failed to build the administrative capacity and political support...

The 2014 edition of Social Panorama of Latin America presents ECLAC measurements for the analysis of income poverty, taking, as well, a multidimensional approach to poverty. Applying these two approaches to data for the countries of the region provides confirmation that despite the progress made over the past decade, structural poverty is still a feature of Latin American society. In order to contribute to a more comprehensive design of public policies aimed at overcoming poverty and socioeconomic inequality, this edition examines recent trends in social spending and sets out a deeper gap...