Miradas desde el ferrocarril del azúcar : paisaje y patrimonio industrial en la Vega de Granada

Nacido hace 51 años, curiosamente un 15 de setiembre de 1963 (día de la celebración de la independencia de Costa Rica) y siete meses después de que el volcán Irazú entrara en erupción en ese mismo año, pareciera no ser casualidad que en la personalidad y formación Giovanni Peraldo Huertas, profesor universitario y, en mi caso entrañable amigo, hermano y colega, se conjugaran desde su nacimiento, las disciplinas que han marcado su desarrollo profesional: la geología, la geografía, la historia y la gestión del riesgo en desastres. Todas ellas mezcladas y puestas en perspectiva...

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Las grandes compañías y corporaciones internacionales son una parte normal de nuestra vida cotidiana hoy en día. Para la mayoría, su inimaginable riqueza y poder, que rivalizan incluso con algunos de los países más pequeños del mundo, es algo que damos por sentado.