La familia colombiana en el fin de siglo

"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

The old colonel goes each Friday to the post office to see if his long-awaited pension has come through. He knows it will not; so does his wife who is still grieving over the death of their son the year before. The colonel has a mission: to elevate the grim routine of poverty and failure to a high mass of defiance. He does that by showing that a heart that has been broken still beats with vengeance.

Al producirse la crisis de la monarquía española de 1808, Estados Unidos de América era un antecedente exitoso pero excepcional. Es en tal contexto que debe situarse la experiencia revolucionaria neogranadina. De otra forma, se corre el riesgo de olvidar su carácter vanguardista o de concebir como imitación lo que en realidad fue una participación original y muy importante en un debate álgido en torno a la reforma del gobierno de las sociedades humanas. La correspondencia y escritos de Joaquín Camacho y Lago que componen este libro muestran la dificultad de la materia y dan muchas...

Documentos presentados al Seminario de Historia Economica Colombiana, patrocinado por el IEC en julio de 1975, con tema central en la obra de William Paul McGreevey.