Introduction; N?ria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde.- A Review and Critique of International Ethical Principles;N?ria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde.- Globalization and Clinical Research in Latin America; N?ria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde.- The Regulatory Framework and Case Studies from Argentina; Antonio Ugalde and N?ria Homedes .- Politics and Clinical Trials in the Province of Cordoba; Antonio Ugalde and N?ria Homedes.- Brazil: The System for the Protection of Voluntary Participants in Research; Corina Bontempo D de Freitas, William Saad Hossne and Susie Dutra.- Progress and Challenges of Clinical Research with New Medications in Brazil;Corina Bontempo D de Freitas and Bruno Schlemper Junior.- A Small Country for Big Pharma: Costa Rica; Antonio Ugalde and N?ria Homedes.- Cervical Cancer and the Development of HPV Vaccines in Guanacaste, Costa Rica; N?ria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde.- Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Trials in Mexico: Theory and Practice; Emma Ver?stegui and Edith Vald?s-Mart?nez.- Who Decides? Informed Consent among Cancer Patients in M?xico; Alonso Cerd?n, Alejandro Gonz?lez and Emma Ver?stegui.- A View from Inside: Regulation and Ethical Conflicts in Peru;
Gabriela Minaya Mart?nez, Susi Olave Quispe and Duilio Fuentes Delgado.- Conclusion; Antonio Ugalde and N?ria Homedes.