Iberoamerica 2026 №2

This issue of Iberoamérica presented to readers, consists of four sections. The first one is devoted to the economic situation and integration processes in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Ludmila N. Simonova and Anna A. Lavut (Russia) analyzed regional integration in the infrastructure of the region. Liudmila B. Nikolaeva (Russia) examines the achievements and challenges in the energy transition, while Nikolay A. Shkolyar (Russia) identifies the consequences of USA protectionism for Mexican free trade and integration processes in North America as a whole.

The second section reflects various aspects of ideology and politics. Maxim V. Movsesov (Russia) analyzed the key integration paradigms of Latin America and the Caribbean –Pan-Americanism and Latin Americanism – and their evolution from their inception to the present. Elizaveta S. Golousova (Russia) and Mateo Rojas Samper (Colombia) used an analysis of vlogs, blogs, and other publications to identify common features of Russia's image in digital media landscape of Colombia. Aleksandr V. Malov (Russia) used a retrospective analysis and a comparative approach to verify the "agricultural factor," which plays a key role in economic stability and influences the sustainability of political regimes in Argentina. Ilona A. Gritsenko (Russia) also focuses on Argentina, assessing the government's policy of claiming a sector of Antarctica as its own territory.

The authors of the third section focused on legal issues in the Latin American region. Edgar Hernán Fuentes-Contreras (Chile) uses historical and etymological elements to explore the theoretical aspects of legal fetishism. Rodrigo Andrés Guerra Espinosa (Chile) and Ronald Vilchez (Peru) analyze various interpretations of the Chilean Penal Code regarding female suicide as a form of femicide.

The fourth section includes an article by art historian Anna V. Morozova (Russia), reflecting on the changes in Spanish painting of the late 16th and 17th centuries in terms of the expressive nature of images.

IBEROAMÉRICA

2026, №2 (April – June)

Content

ECONOMIC SITUATION AND INTEGRATION PROCESSES

Ludmila N. Simonova, Anna A. Lavut. Regional Integration in the Infrastructure of Latin American and the Caribbean

Liudmila B. Nikolaeva. Latin America in the Maze of Energy Transition

Nikolay A. Shkolyar. American Protectionism vs Mexican Free Trade

IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS

Maxim V. Movsesov. The Evolution of Concepts of Pan-Americanism and Latin Americanism

Elizaveta S. Golousova, Mateo Rojas Samper. The Image of Russia in the Digital Media Space of Colombia

Aleksandr V. Malov. Food Sovereignty Policy: the Argentine Experiment

Ilona A. Gritsenko. Territorialization of a Deterritorialized Space: Argentina and its Southern Projection