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"Interesting collection of essays on the national security challenges faced by Colombia and Latin America in the 1990s. The authors agree given the conditions created by the end of the Cold War - the rise of globalization and interdependence and the consolidation of democracy in Latin America - the old notions of national security focused on anticommunism, US leadership, the central role of the military and the regional hypotheses of conflict should be replaced by a new doctrine aimed at strengthening democracy, promoting South American cooperation, restructuring military-civilian relations,...

"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 Valle del Cauca afronta uno de los mas importantes retos de su historia económica: articularse al nuevo modelo de desarrollo que se viene imponiendo en el mundo y que obedece a una serie de tendencias que tomaron fuerza en los anos 80, como son la globalización y la libreracion economica. El Tratado de Libre Comercio en proceso de negociación con los Estados Unidos ahondará estas tendencias y traerá consigo oportunidades y retos para la economía colombiana. Este trabajo tiene por objeto anticiparse a este escenario, evaluando los posibles efectos que puede tener para la economía del ...