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This collection of interviews explores the role of religion in the lives of eminent South Africans who led the struggle against apartheid. Nelson Mandela, Chris Hani, Desmond Tutu, Nadine Gordimer, and seventeen other political, religious, and cultural leaders share the beliefs and values that informed the moral positions they adopted, often at great cost. From all ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds, these men and women have shaped one of the greatest political transformations of the century. What emerges from the interviews are reflections on all aspects of life in an embattled...

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Este volumen está consagrado a la intervención norteamericana en Veracruz (1914). La documentación cubre todos los momentos de la pugna, desde la aprehensión de los marinos norteamericanos del Dolphin hasta la reanudación de la soberanía mexicana en el puerto.

Desde la primera Constitución de Venezuela, en 1811, hasta la carta magna que ha estado vigente desde 1999, el camino que ha debido sortear la democracia en el país ha sido tortuoso, lleno de avances y retrocesos que la alejan de su plena consolidación. Este libro, pródigo en constataciones históricas, pone de relieve dos aspectos cruciales: el debate constante entre el federalismo que auspiciaron los redactores del texto fundacional de la república y el centralismo que propugnó Bolívar, por un lado, y, por el otro, la pugnacidad del mundo castrense en pos del poder, siempre en...