Afirmaciones y negaciones

Contains political declarations, speeches and other texts by 2014 Colombian presidential candidate Clara López Obregón, as well as political declarations, articles and columns about her and her party, Polo Democrático Alternativo, and interviews with and about her.

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

Recoge ponencias presentadas en el seminario realizado por la Universidad de los Andes en marzo de 1990 para analizar la situacion del medio ambiente en Colombia y America Latina, mediante analisis interdisciplinario de las relaciones hombre-medio y la necesidad de cambiar estas relaciones buscando un equilibrio ecologico.

"A regional study of indigenous resistance to Spanish colonialism during the 16th-18th centuries, based on archival research, oral history, and secondary literature. The protagonists of the story include the Embera, the Burumia, the Tule, and the Carauta, who all lived near the Atrato river. Data on parcialidades, encomenderos, and population are presented in tables. Several maps illustrate the text"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.