编号 6 (2025)

The article provides an analysis of the controversy surrounding the megaprojects of regional development of Mexico proposed by President A.M. López Obrador (2018—2024). The study aims to identify the characteristics of how megaprojects are represented in official and oppositional discourse. It was found that the official discourse presents megaprojects as a means of solving social problems. The Zapatista movement has used environmental, gender and eschatological narratives to delegitimise megaprojects.

The article examines the current stage of resistance to gender-based mainstream, reproductive and sexual rights in Latin American countries, the reasons for the intensification of conservative forces, their goals and objectives. A special emphasis in the work is placed on the analysis of the Peruvian movement "Don't mess with our kids as one of the most numerous in the region. The author attributes the leadership of evangelical churches, their politicization, and the formation of alliances with the Catholic clergy and right-wing parties to the characteristic features of Latin American antigender. The scale of the movement’s spread and effectiveness are explained by the use of a set of strategies, including rejecting religious rhetoric in favor of scientific arguments, appealing to human rights, creating independent NGOs, and using social networks as a tool for mass mobilization of citizens. As a result of the research, the author comes to the conclusion that the movement for traditional family values in Latin America is a subject of the political process and, having a huge mobilization potential and resources, is able to influence the alignment of political forces in the region.

The article examines the perceptions of monetary reforms aimed at establishing a fiduciary monetary system and provides an analysis of the financial habits of the population. With the onset of the reforms in the 1860s, the established economic models and forms of monetary exchange started to undergo changes, affecting the understanding of the concept of money. An analysis of periodical materials from various ideological perspectives provides a comprehensive assessment of approaches towards the perception of these reforms, as well as coverage of issues related to the introduction of new types of paper and metallic money.

The article attempts to explain the structure of the political sovereignty of Francoist Spain, to find historical and conceptual grounds for caudillismo as a model of leadership. Evidence is presented in favor of the argument that the army was the forerunner and the most important basis for Spanish Caudillismo. A comprehensive review of legal novels and ideological concepts interpreting and legitimizing the Franco regime is proposed.

The article presents a report on the annual meeting of the Association of Researchers of the Ibero-American World. It contains theses of scholarly discussion on the impact on Latin America of geoeconomic and geopolitical changes. The event featured presentations of books and specialized scientific journals, as well as reports from colleagues from the regional centers of the Association.