<r2r:ml lang="es"> <p class="resumen" dir="ltr">El tema -dadas las actuales circunstancias sociales, pol&iacute;ticas y econ&oacute;micas que atraviesa la regi&oacute;n- implica necesariamente hacerlo desde una perspectiva ideol&oacute;gica: del compromiso. El quehacer psicol&oacute;gico siempre ha estado comprometido ya sea con los poderes hegem&oacute;nicos o con los agraviados por estos de manera consciente o inconsciente. El escrito asume un compromiso consciente con los marginados y excluidos del sistema globalizador.</p> </r2r:ml><r2r:ml lang="en"> <p class="abstract" dir="ltr">This issue -given the current social, political and economical circumstances the region is going through- has necessarily to be treated from an ideological point of view: the commitment. Psychological work has always been commited to both the hegemony&#39;s powers and the those others who are injured by these powers in a conscious or unconsciuous way. This essay assumes a conscious commitment with those who are out and excluded from the global system.</p> </r2r:ml>