Un grito desde el silencio

They have been complex in recent years for Chile, especially if we add corporate corruption and the discrediting of republican politics and institutions to the erosion of the government projects of the Concertación and the New Majority. Therefore, during a year of elections, critical reflection on the representativeness of the Poder Legislativo and, especially, the one hundred and twenty "honorable" representatives that allow or impede changes in our country become urgent. In this detailed and no less ironic analysis, the journalist Nancy Guzmán bares with humor what each deputy does and...

An oral history of four generations of Hispanic women in New Mexico. Twenty-one Hispanas recall life experiences spanning a period from the time when New Mexico was a Spanish-speaking territory until today. Themes include: the shift from a rural to an urban environment ; the struggle to preserve culture and traditions ; efforts to cope with discrimination ; changes in family relations ; the striving for education, job, and careers ; service to family and community ; dedication to social change.

Martin Fierro, the argentine poem, has been subject to numerous ideology biased interpretations. This appropriation, sometimes outrageous, has spurred the discussion whether Martin Fierro or Domingo F. Sarmiento's Facundo should be considered in orderto bring the Argentine society into a just, peaceful civil terrain. To read Quiroga Lavie's biography of Jose Hernandez means delving into the mind of an earnest, law abiding scholar, that nevertheless falls into the same trap of romanticizing the roguish characteristics with complete disregard of the fact that Martin Fierro's advise to his sons, ...

En las páginas de este diario, el distinguido historiador de las religiones retrata a sus amistades, intelectuales y artistas de todo el mundo: Teilhard de Chardin, Henri Michaux, Georges Bataille, Georges Dumézil, Henry Corbin, Ionesco, Brancusi, Cioran, Papini, Jung, Borges, Benedetto Croce, Jünger, y muchos más. Los recuerdos rumanos, la tristeza, la alegría y la nostalgia transforman el diario en la historia apasionante de un hombre, y en un documento de proyección internacional. Este diario de un filósofo es también el de un poeta cuya fuerza espiritual y confianza en el poder...

Jacob DeShazer, uno de los famosos aviadores de la Incursi n Doolittle, los primeros en atacar Jap n despu s del bombardeo de Pearl Harbor, sab a que se peligrosa misi n ten a pocas probabilidades de retorno. Hecho prisionero de guerra. Golpeado, mal alimentado y aislado en su celda, a Jacob le dejaron una Biblia y este soldado estadounidense encontr a Dios. Despu s de la guerra, Jacob regres a Jap n y sirvi a sus antiguos enemigos treinta a os como misionero. Su testimonio de perd n y reconciliaci n, inspira un mensaje de esperanza para el mundo actual. (1912-2008)