Globalization: Central America

Abstract

Recent developments in several countries in Central America caused a lot of handwringing about the growing threat of regional economic stability. While I share some of these problems, I think a lot of social tensions that have emerged are a consequence of a new, positive global paradigm that is emerging even though accompanied by pressures and challenges as the region moves towards full participation in the globalized economy. This change entails the opportunity to achieve a quantum leap in economic performance across the region, provided, however, that our society to prove its ability to consistently move forward with the modernization reforms in the economic and social fields.

Globalization: Central America

Globalization

Globalization has been described as one of the most contested issues in the social sciences (Guillen, 2001). This concept is a tough position and the strong emotions from both supporters and opponents. Strong feelings of opponents of globalization first irrupted on national television and in media in 1999 in Seattle, Washington, where thousands of protesters tried to close the meeting of the World Trade Organization (Almeida, Walter, 2006, p175-190). Globalization has several features, namely: economic, political, social, cultural and environmental. However, where it was most telling impact on a large and sharp increase in world trade and exchanges in an open, integrated, and borders on the international scene. This includes foreign exchange, capital, technology transfer, international travel and migration, as well as in the international flow of ideas and information. There were also significant changes in industrial structure, which led to a higher power, profit and productivity of these firms and corporations that have the capacity and human and financial resources to choose among the many countries and suppliers for their sources of materials, production facilities and markets. These businesses rely on international subsidiaries and strategic alliances to obtain comparative and competitive advantages, thereby ensuring their market share, influence and flexibility.

The differences between the theorists, although less violent, however, divided. Globalization theorists see the fastest growth over the last twenty years of cross-border economic, social, technological and cultural exchanges, such as: a key to economic development and believe that it increases inequality within and between nations, (Pérez, Pablo, 2003, p205-221) threatens employment and living standards and undermines social progress (Ohmae , 1990).

Globalization in Central America

Military and political movement, in 1980 paved the way for the globalization of economies in Central America. Central America, the economy has changed, because the money solutions industry in the region has changed. The region is only used for the production of agro-industrial exports such as coffee and bananas, and now a presence in the textile industry, along with the expansion of tourism and the export of exotic fruits and flowers, has increased the area of impact on the world economy. (Robinson, 2002, p221-250) The process of globalization is transforming every local community throughout the world. With new products on the world market, globalization leads to greater diversity of local cultures and awareness of the interdependence between the regions, he ...