Imperialismo e Dependência Estrutural Latino-americana: Alguns Aspectos Conceituais, Históricos e Contemporâneos

This article discusses Latin American “structural dependence”. At least since the 1920s, this theme has enabled an axis of interpretations on social misery and economic retardment in the region. The main emphasis for this explanation was found in the subordination relations to the imperialist countr...

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Autor: Silva, Luiz Fernando da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Caracol (São Paulo. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/171633
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/caracol/article/view/171633
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Latin America and the Caribbean
Social thought
Structural dependence
Imperialism
América Latina e Caribe
Dependência estrutural
Pensamento social
Imperialismo
America Latina y el Caribe
Dependencia cultural
Pensamiento social
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Sumario:This article discusses Latin American “structural dependence”. At least since the 1920s, this theme has enabled an axis of interpretations on social misery and economic retardment in the region. The main emphasis for this explanation was found in the subordination relations to the imperialist countries in alliance with the local “national” bourgeoisies. The topic today is rarely addressed in academic circles and even by a large part of the political left. The globalization did not eliminate the process of structural dependency but empowered it. It is not possible to consider such a phenomenon without also considering the so-called “progressive” governments, which developed in South America, starting in the late 1990s. The new forms of extractivism that expanded over huge territorial areas, with the sign of the mega mining and agricultural enterprises of international groups on the original peoples, peasants and quilombolas, gained new expansion in progressive governments. In this current period, the new right-wing and ultra-right governments are working to further deepen this dependency.