Informe del Director

Authors

  • José Rodríguez Elizondo

Abstract

This issue of International Studies is doubly special. First, for being dedicated to Professor Gustavo Lagos, a great promoter of Latin American integration and, second, for dedicating its contents to Professor Lagos' fundamental concern: the immediate and (unfortunately) rather problematic future of Latin America. That attention is not provoked by a luminous horizon; again we are concerned with the risk of international marginalization. It is not necessary to dramatize to visualize that possibility. It is therefore necessary to contribute to deepening the diagnosis, study and reflection to elucidate, in addition to the efforts made by regional organizations, the keys to the situation. Surely not with an exclusively academic objective, but rather to give support to those who must lead the actions and formulate policies aimed at reversing the process. Such is the meaning of the papers that we present in this edition.

Keywords:

Journal of International Studies, University of Chile, Gustavo Lagos, Latin American Problems, Development Crisis