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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 Some theories and analytical tools have become outdated or inaccurate, such as the center-periphery approach.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]

El artículo trata la violencia en América Latina. Afirma que el nivel de violencia en la mayor parte de los países latinoamericanos es más elevado que en Europa, Estados Unidos y Canadá. Aborda Colombia como un caso extremo de violencia. Analiza la violencia en cuatro dimensiones: su intensidad, diferencias regionales, evolución y efecto sobre la esperanza de vida.