Pueblo Mapuche

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

Estudio historico sobre las acciones guerrilleras y subversivas que ha dirigido Castro en America Latina, principalmente en Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Bolivia, Republica Dominicana y Uruguay."

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Se suele invocar la idea de libertad para justificar la acción política. Presidentes estadounidenses tan dispares como Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan y George W. Bush han cimentado sus políticas en alguna variante del noble ideal de la libertad. Sin embargo, en la práctica, los proyectos suelen chocar con las circunstancias específicas que se dan sobre el terreno. Tal como prueban Abu Ghraib o Guantánamo, la búsqueda de la libertad puede conducir a la violencia y la represión más severas, y socavan nuestra fe en las teorías universales del...