Rivera de Las Piedras

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Escombros, ceniza y huesos, esto son los restos que a menudo nos encontramos al explorar un antiguo campo de batalla o las ruinas de una aldea, tierra arrasada que esconde miles de historias, desde los últimos suspiros de un soldado caído a los gritos ahogados de una familia asolada por la guerra. A menudo el rápido suceso de acontecimientos que comprendemos como historia nos ha entumecido a estas realidades traumáticas, desvinculándonos de la violencia y sufrimiento que abarca y que raras veces nos conmociona. Solemos olvidar que detrás de la destrucción y la barbarie se encuentran...

La intervencion de Estados Unidos en la guerra de independencia de Cuba, una ocupacion de cuatro anos y las condiciones impuestas mediante la Enmienda Platt marcaron el dificil comienzo de la republica que en 2002 conmemora su centenario. En este libro se analiza de manera minuciosa, y al mismo tiempo abarcadora, el discurso politico de la prensa en los albores de la republica cubana en el conflictivo aspecto de sus relaciones con Estados Unidos. La autora examina las crisis politicas de 1906, 1917 y 1921, durante las cuales la permanente amenaza de intervencion estadunidense alcanzo formas...