Crítica de la economía política

"Careful and detailed portrayal of the professorial community and scholarly culture in the New Kingdom. Rightly insisting that intellectual development in Nueva Granada is not limited to the era of Charles III, despite an analytical focus on the Enlightenment, Silva traces growth of the university corporation over the entire colonial period in terms of numbers, identity, and influence"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Discussion by academics, government officials, and private sector leaders on the virtues of reducing the role of the Colombian State in favor of private interests, with the objective of increasing economic efficiency. Although a selective process of privatization has long been praised as beneficial for economies such as Colombia's, major sales of nationalized industries have not yet been achieved and successive governments have failed to elaborate a comprehensive privatization plan. The authors describe the benefits of moving in this direction and point out that the new Constitution opens...

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)

El informe titulado "Bloque Calima de las AUC: depredación paramilitar y narcotráfico en el suroccidente colombiano" es el segundo de la serie sobre el origen y actuación de las agrupaciones paramilitares en las regiones de Colombia, publicado por la Dirección de Acuerdos de la Verdad del Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica. El informe sobre el Bloque Calima de las AUC presenta los hallazgos sobre el surgimiento, conformación, expansión y formas de actuación de este bloque paramilitar que operó entre 1999 y 2004 en los departamentos de Cauca, Valle del Cauca y algunos municipios de...