The renewal of interest in the study of imperialism has changed the debate on globalisation, previously centred exclusively on the critique of neo-liberalism and on the new features of globalisation. A concept developed by the main Marxist theorists of the 20th century - which enjoyed a wide diffusion in the 1970s - has again attracted the attention of analysts because of the aggravation of the social crisis of the Third World, the multiplication of armed conflicts and the deadly competition among countries.

Realidad Económica n 183,octubre-noviembre 2001, Pg:18-43, Ed IADE, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISSN: 0325-1926.

The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is a strategic project of the United States which seeks to consolidate its domination of the region through new mechanisms of trade penetration, greater control over investment and refined forms of supervision of financial flows.

Why is the economic crisis in Argentina so serious? How can the present and continuing depression be explained? The recession in the economy has persisted for three years, twice the traditional length of cyclical contractions. The fall in investment affects all sectors and the gross domestic product has fallen by 4.3 per cent from the beginning of 1998.

Eseconomía. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, número 6, año 2, invierno 2003-04, pags 5-21, México, ISNN:1665-8310.

Desde los cuatro puntos, n 33 , agosto 2001, México.

Dialéctica. Revista de filosofía y teoría social, año IX, n 13, invierno 2001, pg 55-72, Buenos Aires, Argentina.