Amor y desamor

Mujeres protagonistas de la historia y mujeres borradas de ella; mujeres que sueñan y mujeres castigadas por soñar; mujeres que sobreviven y mujeres que nos ayudan a sobrevivir. Las mujeres que atraviesan los relatos de Eduardo Galeano conmueven por su determinación, su desobediencia constante, y también por su fragilidad. Galeano cuenta la intensidad de personajes femeninos tensionados por el peso de una causa, como Juana de Arco, Rosa Luxemburgo, Rigoberta Menchú, Eva Perón o las Madres de Plaza de Mayo; por su propia hermosura o talento, como Marilyn Monroe o Rita Hayworth, Frida...

En 1688 Gran Bretaña logró no sólo la libertad política y religiosa, sino un poderío nacional mayor que el de la monarquía absoluta de Francia. éstas son las razones por las que los historiadores modernos consideran a la Revolución de 1688 como un momento decisivo en la historia de ese país.

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Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...