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Rafael Núñez (1825-1894), el primer nativo de la región Caribe colombiana elegido presidente de la República, fue la figura política más destacada del país en el último cuarto del siglo XIX. Elevado a la primera magistratura cuatro veces, Núñez encabezó una coalición de liberales y conservadores que le dio un vuelco institucional a Colombia para frenar las fuerzas debilitadoras del regionalismo. Esta sólida y pionera obra, publicada ahora en español, es una biografía política de Núñez y una historia del movimiento que encabezó. Basada en una minuciosa investigación de...

La intención de Weckmann en este material es aclarar el concepto erróneo de que Brasil surgió ya en plena Edad Moderna, ya que al hacer una acuciosa investigación sobre la herencia medieval de México, no concibe que el Brasil constituya excepción a la tendencia general que apunta en la historia latinoamericana.

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New contacts between Spain and Jewish communities, especially Sephardic, were established during the Moroccan campaign (1859-60) and through diplomatic activity in the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the time of the pogroms (1881-82), starting a public debate on the possibility of a return of the Jews to Spain. The Sagasta government and the liberals wanted to capitalize on the Jewish issue in order to forge an image of openness and Europeanism, and to attract Jewish capital. The conservative opposition, while recognizing the Jewish contribution to Spanish culture and condemning antisemitism,...