A la vera de las independencias de la América Hispánica

Augusto Pinochet was the most important Third World dictator of the Cold War, and perhaps the most ruthless. In The Dictator's Shadow, United Nations Ambassador Heraldo Munoz takes advantage of his unmatched set of perspectives -- as a former revolutionary who fought the Pinochet regime, as a respected scholar, and as a diplomat -- to tell what this extraordinary figure meant to Chile, the United States, and the world. Pinochet's American backers saw his regime as a bulwark against Communism; his nation was a testing ground for U.S.-inspired economic theories. Countries desiring World Bank...

La figura del ministro Diego Portales está rodeada de mitos y leyendas que impiden conocer su real desempeño. Se ha difundido la idea de que fue el creador del orden y la institucionalidad, que su personalidad era honesta e incorruptible, que solo le guiaba el patriotismo y un sentido superior. Se ha ocultado la oscuridad en sus negocios particulares y los rasgos de crueldad en la vida privada y pública, dentro de una psicología compleja en la que no faltan contradicciones. Al lado de esos hechos se sitúa, en el campo internacional, la defensa de los derechos de Chile y el enfrentamiento ...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

Recoge más de treinta de las mejores entradas de la serie noir Akáshicos, incluyendo historias de Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver y T. Jefferson Parker.