Los territorios latinoamericanos en la mundialización del capital

Since its conquest and colonization by Spain and Portugal, Latin America has been articulated as a dominated pole to the process of primitive accumulation of capital in Europe, to the successive phases of the capital’s mondialization, and to the imperialism hegemony. This subordinate position and the uneven and combined development of capitalism have resulted in particularities both in the socioeconomic formation and terrritorial and urban structure of the subcontinent. The current neoliberal accumulation pattern has deepened these distinguishing features. Therefore, the specific urban theories developed for the hegemonic poles of capitalism today are inadequate to analyze Latin American realities.