Las armas de ayer

The exhibition is centered in the period when Chile was part of the Tawantinsuyu territory, the largest Pre-Columbian empire of the Americas, covering more than 12000 miles from the south of Colombia to central Chile. During the 15th century emperor Topa Inka Yupanqui conquered the territory that is now Chile and until the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, the territories of northern and central Chile were governed by Inca emperors and leaving behind and important language legacy. The exhibition includes archaeological metal, textile and stone pieces from diverse museums in Peru: Museo...

El libro constituye un esfuerzo contra el olvido, busca fijar en la memoria colectiva lo acontecido a la Iglesia Chilena reconstruyendo parte importante de la verdad histórica sobre la vida y la muerte del Padre Juan Alsina. La obra constituye también una aproximación a un martirologio de la iglesia chilena, incluyendo la pasión y muerte de sacerdotes como André Jarlan, Gerardo Poblete, Antonio Llidó, Miguel Woodward y Wilfredo Alarcón, quienes dando testimonio de su fe, mantenían un fuerte compromiso con la suerte de los sectores populares, y que, por ello fueron víctimas de las...

"A superb addition to his ongoing multivolume study of post-1891 Chile. This time Vial investigated the impact of Ibáñez's regime on Chile's economic and political development, its public administration, and the growth of the state. Provides an analysis of the dictator and the men who surrounded him. Essential for scholars"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.