Perfiles del mal en la historia de Colombia

En las dos últimas décadas del siglo XX, los grupos paramilitares obtuvieron el control de amplias zonas del territorio nacional. A pesar del poder armado, económico y político que habían acumulado, se desintegraron en unos pocos años, como consecuencia de su desmovilización parcial y de la extradición de sus principales jefes. Mientras que generalmente el conflicto interno es visto como la causa del colapso estatal, este libro propone un análisis sociológico de la relación entre violencia y Estado. A partir de estudios locales, analiza la manera en que las armas han participado en ...

Exclusive interviews with key political figures in Mexico—former presidents Zedillo and Salinas, and guerrilla leader Marcos—are the basis of this study that untangles the complex influences that have shaped Mexico over the past 20 years. From the Zapatistas to electoral fraud, this well-researched history accounts for many parts of Mexican politics and economy that have remained obscured by official silence. Beyond recurring catastrophes, however, this journalist finds the seed of a modern democracy in Vicente Fox's presidency, one which the author analyzes in a prologue added for this...

Un recorrido con todos los matices por la Buenos Aires del quinquenio anterior al festejo del Centenario. La vida cotidiana, cultural y política de una población llena de inmigrantes e hijos de inmigrantes.

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