As public and private sectors become stakeholders, nation-states become corporations, interests become strategic objectives, and identities become brands, branding emerges as a key feature of the pervasiveness of market logic in today's world. Branding Latin America: Strategies, Aims, Resistance offers a sustained critical analysis of these transformations, which see identities deliberately (re)defined according to the principle of competition and strategically (re)oriented towards the market. Through context-sensitive case studies that foreground a specific, under examined set of practices and concepts, this volume draws particular attention not only to the reconfigurations of citizenship, identity, and culture according to an insidious logic of market competitiveness, but also to the ways in which different actors resist, survive, and even thrive in such a context. In so doing, it illuminates the ambivalent relationships between the local, national, and global; the individual and collective; the public and private; and the economic, political, and cultural landscapes that characterize contemporary Latin America and the wider world.

Forever Together is the story of two sisters and their life long journey. We discover their first experiences as children, continue following them through their teenage years, and we eventually learn how friendship grows stronger over time. Their story is an example of how sisters are "the greatest treasure of all." This beautifully illustrated story of true love, friendship, and innocence will delight children and adults alike.

Clavito de porcupine is a nuisance to his four neighbors: Mrs. Hen (and her egg), Goat (who ate anything), Rabbit (who loved to jump), and Guinea Pig (who wore glasses because he couldn't see very well). After a few accidents, the neighbors asked Clavito to go far far away. That's how things started and after Clavito left, his old neighbors realized that underneath all the prickly quills, Clavito had a heart filled with love for everyone. This is the first bilingual edition of Clavito de porcupine (English and Spanish)