Introduction -- The global crisis: causes and main theoretical explanations -- The global crisis and its effects on the accumulation in Argentina -- The impact of the global economic crisis on Brazil from 2008 to the present -- Boom and bust in Colombia 1990-2013 -- The global crisis and the Chilean economy -- The impact of the global post-2007 economic crisis and subsequent lethargic performance on Cuba's economy -- The structural causes of the severity of the world crisis in Mexico -- Venezuela and the international crisis -- The aftermath of the global crisis in Latin America: general remarks and future perspectives.