Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean is suffering the worst crisis in the last quarter century due to the economic globalisation process, says "Labour Outlook 2002", a new report by the regional office of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Peruvian psychiatrist Mariano Querol read books with and counseled his kidnappers, one of whom he now calls 'el amigo' (the friend). Referring to the pyschological phenomenon known as the 'Stockholm Syndrome', he says his case could be seen as an example of the 'Lima Syndrome'.