La industria lítica del núcleo urbano maya de La Blanca, Petén, Guatemala

Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (Cuéllar, 1549 - Madrid, 1626), cronista, historiador y escritor prolífico del Siglo de Oro, es autor, entre otras obras, de la Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del mar Océano o Décadas, considerada una de las primeras "Historias de América", principalmente de los descubrimientos y conquistas. Fue Cronista Mayor de Castilla y de Indias. Está considerado el historiador de temática más amplia en su época. Entre su abundante obra sobresale esta Historia General del Mundo en tiempos de Felipe II, que Mariano...

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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 mirada de l'autor se centra a estudiar el procés mitjançant el qual els revolucionaris cubans van conferir sentit a la seua acció col·lectiva. Una construcció que transita del descontentament amb la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista, a exhibir una manera pròpia de ser, incorporant els seus propis símbols, rituals i cerimònies en el Moviment Revolucionari 26 de Juliol. Un procés que porta a ascendir al seu líder, Fidel Castro, al lloc sagrat dels pares fundadors de la nació cubana. S'estudia, així, l'entramat polític i cultural que va arribar a reinventar la raó del conflicte: de ...