Cámara de Comercio de Barranquilla: 100 años

En julio de 1980 Daniel Barenboim y la Orquesta de Paris viajaron a Buenos Aires para dar una serie de conciertos en el Teatro Colón. A pesar del triunfo artístico excepcional de la gira, la solidaridad de un grupo de músicos de la orquesta con los artistas desaparecidos por la dictadura militar desembocó en un grave incidente diplomático entre Argentina y Francia. El episodio, dramatizado en los medios de prensa y detallado en las fuentes diplomáticas, mostró el poder transgresor de los músicos ante un poder autoritario y planteó preguntas fundamentales sobre la significación...

Throughout the decades following the death of Mariano Jose de Larra, scholars have been intrigued by the impact that both the man and his writings have had on generation after generation of Spanish and Latin American writers. This study looks at the genesis of Larra's genius by carefully tabulating and identifying his sources in literature and history. This important resource book will help Larra scholars understand more completely the intricate and complex system of images, allusions and references "Figaro" used to compose his more than 250 newspaper articles. More importantly, the work...

La última gran batalla europea de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la estremecedora agonía del Tercer Reich. Combinando unas dotes narrativas fuera de lo común y un extraordinario talento de militar, Beevor describe tanto la complejidad de las grandes operaciones militares y la lógica de las decisiones de sus mandos como los sentimientos de la gente atrapada en un torbellino de fuego y metralla.

As a community-based organization in the mountains of south-central Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo implements alternatives to extractive capitalism that do not rely on governments or distant non-profits. In this book, Alexis Massol González, Casa Pueblo's founder, reflects on its extraordinary forty-year history of experiments with community self-governance. Massol-González received the prestigious Goldman Prize (popularly known as the Green Nobel) for the organization's initiatives to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. This...