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International Migrations 
in Latin America and the Caribbean
Edition Nº 65
May-August 2002
Rodolfo Stanley, 1950
Costa Rica
Las Negritas del Carroussel (1985)
Oil in canvass
100 x 130 cms.
Reproduction from the catalogue
Figuración/Fabulación edited
by the Caracas Museum of Fine Arts
for the exhibition "Seventy-five Years
of Painting in Latin America
1914-1989"
Rodolfo Stanley is one of the most outstanding contemporary artists of Costa Rica. He has
exhibited his works in individual and collective expositions in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, the
United States, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela, France, Spain, El Salvador, Italy, Japan,
Guatemala, Switzerland, Cuba, Honduras, Germany and Chile. Stanley has been awarded with
recognitions such as the Honourable Mention of the First BTC Engraving Contests, in San
Jose, Costa Rica; the Honourable Mention in the III and the IV L&S Costa Rican
Painting Biennal; and the First Mention in the XI International Contesto of the
Association of Critics and Commentators of the Arts (ACCA), based in Miami, Florida, U.S.
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Migration, One of
Globalization's Few Exclusions
Otto Boye
This article reviews briefly the status of the main international and regional legal
instruments that cover the issue of migration: some have not been ratified and others are
inadequate. In view of the magnitude of migration flows and their effects on all aspects
of society, the author points to the need to include the issue of migration on the agenda
of current and future international negotiations.
Professional Emigration in the
Knowledge-Intensive Society:
A Few Unanswered Questions
Claudio Rama
The author examines the recent evolution of higher education in Latin American and
Caribbean countries, pointing out that the number of professionals who graduate from the
region's universities and higher education institutions has increased considerably.
However, he warns that the quality of higher education has decreased, widening the gap
with the levels established in developed countries. The author concludes posing a number
of questions regarding education and migration and pointing out that the close link that
exists between both processes needs to be taken into account in view of the fact that in
the new knowledge-intensive society migration flows will increasingly include
professionals.
Migration, Integration and
Development
Fidel Jaramillo
This article presents data on migrations in Latin America and the Caribbean: its main
destinations, the number of undocumented migrants as well as the volume of remittances
migrants send to their families in the region. The author concludes with a brief analysis
of the links that bind integration processes, migration and development.
International Migration in LAC:
Social, Demographic and Economic Traits
Miguel Villa and Jorge Martínez P.
In this article the authors examine the major tendencies and traits of Latin American and
Caribbean migration. To begin with, they offer some general reflections on the new
complexities of international migration, pointing to the paradox that excludes migration
from globalization. They then identify the three major coexisting migration patterns,
whose importance has been changing over time. Finally, they examine the uncertain future
of migration trends and the possibilities countries have to make strides towards the
administration of migration. A brief exploration of the links that exist between migration
and development leads them to underline the potentials offered by open regionalism and
integration, within the wider globalization scenario.
Reflections on Skilled Migration
Adela Pellegrino
This article examines the issue of skilled migration and its recent characteristics. The
article is divided into three sections: in the first, the current context of international
migration, particularly skilled migration, as well as its future prospects, is examined;
the second section reviews the impact of skilled migration on Latin American countries and
the last examines the evaluations that have been made of this phenomenon so far.
ILO Standards on Labour Migrations
Daniel Martínez
The author reviews the evolution of international labour migration, its volumes, countries
of destination and nature, as well as the specific issues of irregular migration and women
migrants. In the second section of the article, he examines the status of the main legal
instruments on labour migration that have been proposed or adopted within the framework of
the International Labour Organization (ILO).
An Analysis of International
Migration Trends
Marta Roig Vila
This analysis is aimed at providing an answer to the following three questions: (a) has
the number of international migrants increased? In other words, has the real absolute and
relative number of people born abroad increased? (b) Is there evidence of a
"universalization" of migration, a real worldwide migration? In other words, is
there evidence of a diversification of both origins and destinations, or rather, are
migration movements still taking place between some (very few) countries that are linked
by historical bonds? (c) Have new migration trends emerged? Secondly, the author analyses
migration trends from a global perspective. Finally, he examines in depth the trends in
the main receiving countries for which more information is generally available. After a
regional analysis, the author reviews some phenomena that are acquiring more importance,
as evidenced from the available information.
Mexican Migration, Its History and
Effects
Fernando Lozano-Ascenso
This paper comprises two main sections. The first section analyses the impact of Mexicans'
migration to the U.S. on Mexico's population's growth rate and structure, based on the
main demographic elements: mortality rate, fertility and international migration. The
second section examines the recent evolution of migrants' remittances and the impact such
revenues have on family economies. The analysis focuses on the years 1999 and 2000 and is
based on data from population censuses in Mexico and the U.S., as well as on information
from the Bank of Mexico.
Living Off the North
Alejandro I. Canales
This paper analyzes the differences between households that receive remittances and those
that do not, focusing on one of Mexico's high migration communities, Los Altos de Jalisco.
The objective is to evaluate the statistical significance of each factor that accounts for
the differences between such households. To this end, the author examines the role
remittances play in the community and the social and demographic profiles of
remittances-receiving households, based on a logical regression model.
The Cuban Case: An Age Old
Phenomenon
Rolando García Quiñones
In this article the author analyzes the specific case of international migrations in Cuba.
He points out that even though Cuban migration began in aboriginal times, it reached
peculiar characteristics only during the last forty years, as a result of changes in
political relations between the United States and the largest island in the Antilles,
following the triumph of the Cuban revolution in 1959.
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