The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is an English-language acronym referring to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile. The region has over 670,230,000 people as of 2016, and spanned for 21,951,000 square kilometres (8,475,000 sq mi).
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👉 Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of Creative economy
The creative industries are economic activities focused on the generation or exploitation of knowledge and information. They may variously also be referred to as the cultural industries (especially in Europe), creative economy, and most recently they have been denominated as the orange economy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
John Howkins's concept of "creative economy" encompasses a wide range of sectors, including advertising, architecture, art, crafts, design, fashion, film, music, performing arts, publishing, R&D, software development, toys and games, TV and radio, and video games. Some scholars consider that the education industry, including public and private services, are forming a part of the creative industries. There remain, therefore, different definitions of the sector. In recent years, the delegation from UNESCO want add to Protection of cultural heritage in register .
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Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of Global North and Global South
Global North and Global South are terms that denote a method of grouping countries based on their defining characteristics with regard to socioeconomics and politics. According to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Global South broadly comprises Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia (excluding Israel, Japan, and South Korea), and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand). Most of the Global South's countries are commonly identified as lacking in their standard of living, which includes having lower incomes, high levels of poverty, high population growth rates, inadequate housing, limited educational opportunities, and deficient health systems, among other issues. Additionally, these countries' cities are characterized by their poor infrastructure. Opposite to the Global South is the Global North, which the UNCTAD describes as broadly comprising Northern America and Europe, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. Consequently the two groups do not correspond to the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere, as many of the Global South's countries are geographically located in the north and vice-versa.
More specifically, the Global North consists of the world's developed countries, whereas the Global South consists of the world's developing countries and least developed countries. The Global South classification, as used by governmental and developmental organizations, was first introduced as a more open and value-free alternative to Third World, and likewise potentially "valuing" terms such as developed and developing. Countries of the Global South have also been described as being newly industrialized or in the process of industrializing. Many of them are current or former subjects of colonialism.
Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of Latin American Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (commonly known as the Treaty of Tlatelolco) is an international treaty that establishes the nuclear disarmament of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was proposed by Adolfo López Mateos, the President of Mexico, and promoted by the Mexican diplomats Alfonso García Robles, Ismael Moreno Pino and Jorge Castañeda as a response to the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). For his efforts in favour of the reduction of nuclear weapons, García Robles was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
The following year, López Mateos invited President of Bolivia Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Brazil João Goulart, President of Chile Jore Alessandri, and President of Ecuador Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy to make a public statement following the Crisis. They issued a Joint Declaration on 29 April 1963, announcing their intent to undertake a multilateral Latin American nuclear agreement. The presentation of the Joint Declaration at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) authorised Mexico to lead the treaty's drafting. The 18th session of the UNGA approved the Preliminary Meeting on the Denuclearization of Latin America (REUPRAL), held from 23 to 27 November 1964. During the first session, REUPRAL established the Preparatory Commission for the Denuclearization of Latin America (COPREDAL).