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Este artículo estudia la evolución de la violencia en América del Sur. Para ello, analiza y discute la influencia de las diferentes variables económicas sobre la tasa de homicidios mediante una prueba econométrica basada en datos de algunos países de América del Sur para los años 1995-2000. Muestra que este enfoque económico de la violencia puede ser útil pero también peligroso cuando lleva a políticas equivocadas de exclusión social. Además, variables como la rápida urbanización, un esfuerzo educativo insuficiente y la alta impunidad a menudo ligada a la corrupción juegan un papel importante en la generación de la violencia. Finalmente, recomienda cambiar la manera de concebir lo económico y sus relaciones con lo social recurriendo a su interacción con otras ciencias sociales.

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The new commercial globalization changed the map of the global industry. Today's world is different from yesterday. North does not dominate South in the same way. In the South there are large heterogeneities between developing countries, the emerging Asian and Latin American countries, etc. Some countries in the South have come to impose their own rules. However, not all emerging economies in the South have the same capacity prevail, as Latin America. Some Asian countries benefit temporarily from high growth, but experience a process of deindustrialization that weakens them. Some theories and analytical tools have become outdated or inaccurate, such as the center-periphery approach. Countries that yesterday belonged to the periphery have acquired characteristics of the old center and even exercise control over developed countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]