La acción política de las viudas de pilotos en la Ciudad de Guatemala
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12189652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Misael Camus (0000-0001-7135-6942, Universidad de Guadalajara, corresponding author), Manuela Camus |
| Year | 2014 |
| Issue | 97 |
| Pages | 7-24 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies | Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0924-0608 • E-ISSN: 1879-4750 |
| Publisher | CEDLA - Centro de Estudios y Documentacion (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18352/erlacs.9793 |
| OpenAlex | W2147286289 |
| Language | ES |
| References cited | 1 |
The political action of the widows of bus drivers in the City of GuatemalaA wide range of violent acts is occurring within the context of a Guatemala caught in a post-conflictive problematic. Many urban transport drivers in Guatemala City have been executed by members of ‘pandillas’ or ‘maras’ (gangs) to force the payment of the extortion money, leaving their families devastated by the trama and the difficulties of survival. This paper centres on the difficulties that the widows of these drivers organized in AVITRANS (Association of Transport Widows) are facing in their political struggle for government support and social recognition when they are seen as being delegitimized for being poor, mestiza and coming from the ‘grey zone’ areas of this metropolis. This case study attempts to analyse the consequences of the neoliberal model in practice.Resumen La Guatemala postconflicto se encuentra abrumada por una amplia gama de violencias. Muchos pilotos del transporte urbano de la ciudad de Guatemala son ejecutados por miembros de las pandillas o maras para forzar el pago de las extorsiones quedando sus familiares devastados por el trauma y las dificultades de la sobrevivencia. Este texto se centra en las dificultades que las viudas de estos pilotos organizadas en AVITRANS (Asociación de Viudas del Transporte) enfrentan en su lucha política por el apoyo del gobierno y el reconocimiento social al verse deslegitimadas por ser pobres, mestizas y procedentes de la ‘zona gris’ de las colonias de esta metrópolis. El caso permite considerar las consecuencias del modelo neoliberal en la práctica
Art · Humanities · Latin Americans · Political science · Power (physics · Latin American socio-political dynamics · Latin American Urban Studies · Law · Public Policy and Governance
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |