PARAPSYCHOLOGY IN THE IBERO-AMERICAN WORLD, PAST AND PRESENT DEVELOPMENTS (SERGIO A. RUEDA)

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journat of rarapsychology, Vol. 55, June 1991
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Noifollz, VA 23501
PARAPSYCHOLOGY IN THE IBERO-
AMERICAN WORLD
PAST AND PRESENT DEVELOPMENTS
BY SERGIO A. RUEDA
ABSTRACT: This review of parapsychology in Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Puert
Rico, and Mexico points out that many developments in these countries rarel
transcend the language barrier to become better known in the international con
munity of psi researchers. The review focuses on developments in research an
theory, as well as on parapsychological organizations, journals, and other aspect
of the field. Parapsychology in some of the countries is very different from Anglc
Saxon parapsychology owing to cultural influences, but it shares with the rest c
the world problems in financing research. The aim of this review is to help coin&
the language and cultural barriers that have limited cross-cultural communicatio
of parapsychological activities and findings.
Although parapsychology has a long history and tradition i
some of the Ibero-American' countries, very little is known to th
rest of the parapsychological community about the efforts of th
Ibero-American parapsychologists to establish parapsychology as
respected field of science within their wider scientific community. A
Alvarado (1989a) has pointed out, this is perhaps due mainly to lar
guage-barrier problems. Other reasons, however, may also hay
contributed to the isolation and neglect of the Ibero-American
searchers, among them the idea that third-world science is inferic
to that of developed countries (e.g., see Garfield, 1987). In the cas
I wish to thank,the Parapsychology Foundation for financial support. I also grat
fully acknowledge the cooperation of the following parapsychologists, who provide
information about parapsychology in their countries: for Argentina, Naum Kreima
President of the Instituto Argentino de Parapsicologia, his colleague Dora Ivnisk
and Alejandro Parra, Editor of the Reuista Argentina de Pskologia Paranormal; for Br
zil, The Centro Latino Americano de Parapsicologfa (CLAP); for Mexico, Carl(
Trevino, President of the Sociedad Mexicana de Parapsicologf a (SOMEPAR); fi
Puerto Rico, Carlos S. Alvarado; and for Spain, Sociedad Espanola de Parapsicologf
I also thank Anne Carroll, Dorothy Pope, and Nancy Zingrone for editorial assistan,
and Carlos S. Alvarado for his extensive suggestions for the improvement of ti
paper. Wellington Zangari also provided useful criticism.
Persons desiring to contact research centers and publications that have been me
tioned in this article and are still active may obtain addresses by writing to the autho
I am using the term Ibero-American to designate any ethnic or linguistic group
Iberian and Latin American origin.
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