This edited volume examines the impacts of the 2014-2015 decline in the price of oil. Participants will examine the economic, social and political consequences on states and regions, along with their responses. The following questions will be examined: what were the impacts for countries experiencing an energy revolution in shale and gas like the United States and Canada? What were the repercussions of the collapse on other states of the Western hemisphere dependent on oil for growth and d...

El libro "Handbook de Terapia Cognitivo Comportamental", escrito por Lina María González y publicado en 2025, es un compendio de los seminarios de Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental, resultado de años de revisiones narrativas, insights y reflexiones generadas en espacios de clase. Este documento recoge las discusiones y aprendizajes obtenidos durante varios años de formación, y los plasma en una guía clara y concisa que abarca desde los fundamentos teóricos hasta las aplicaciones prácticas d...

High oil prices are bound to undermine the U.S. economic recovery, unless global supplies increase significantly. Latin America holds the world's biggest oil reserves after the Middle East, but politics are hindering its potential, especially in Venezuela. Global U.S. security would benefit from a revamping of outdated and misguided idealism-driven policies toward Latin America, which, in fact, strengthen anti-American forces led by President Hugo Chávez.This is a blind spot in Ame...