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The present document has been prepared by a group of experts, members of cardiology, endocrinology, internal medicine, nephrology and diabetes societies of Latin American countries, to serve as a guide to physicians taking care of patients with diabetes, hypertension and comorbidities or complications of both conditions. Although the concept of metabolic syndrome is currently disputed, the higher prevalence in Latin America of that cluster of metabolic alterations has suggested that metabolic syndrome is a useful nosography entity in the context of Latin American medicine. Therefore, in the present document, particular attention is paid to this syndrome in order to alert physicians on a particular high-risk population, usually underestimated and undertreated. These recommendations result from presentations and debates by discussion panels during a 2-day conference held in Bucaramanga, in October 2012, and all the participants have approved the final conclusions. The authors acknowledge that the publication and diffusion of guidelines do not suffice to achieve the recommended changes in diagnostic or therapeutic strategies, and plan suitable interventions overcoming knowledge, attitude and behavioural barriers, preventing both physicians and patients from effectively adhering to guideline recommendations.

The present document has been prepared by a group of experts, members of Cardiology, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Diabetes societies of Latin American countries, to serve as a guide to physicians taking care of patients with diabetes, hypertension and comorbidities or complications of both conditions. Although the concept of metabolic syndrome is currently disputed, the higher prevalence in Latin America of that cluster of metabolic alterations has suggested that metabolic syndrome is useful nosography entity in the context of Latin American medicine. Therefore, in the present document, particular attention is paid to this syndrome in order to alert physicians on a particular high- risk population, usually underestimated and undertreated. These recommendations results from presentation and debates by discussion panels during a 2-day conference held in Bucaramanga, in October 2012, and all the participants have approved the final conclusions. The authors acknowledge that the publication and diffusion of guidelines do not suffice to achieve the recommended changes in diagnostic or therapeutic strategies, and plan suitable interventions overcoming both physicians and patients from effectively adhering to guideline recommendations.

ResumenEl presente trabajo muestra de manera comparativa la presencia más notoria de las diferentes especies de fauna silvestre existentes en la zona de influencia de la Estación de Primatología del municipio de Colosó, departamento de Sucre, Colombia; así mismo de manera relacionada hace referencia a la variabilidad de hábitat presentes y que conforman una estructura ambiental compleja y altamente diversa para el bosque seco que allí se presenta.Palabras clave: Fauna silvestre, hábitat, bosque seco, Colosó, Sucre. Colombia. AbstractThe current paper shows in a comparative way the most noticeable presence of the different existent species of wildlife in the area of influence of the Primates Station on the municipality of Colosó, Sucre-Colombia. In the same way, in a related way it makes reference to the variability of habitat which comprises a complex and highly diverse environmental structure for the dry forest that is shown there, thus showing the importance of the socioeconomic content of the zone and its influence in the area.

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