Construyendo lo global

"El revés de la trama de La Guerra De Los Violines del laureado escritor Fernando Ayala Poveda. La Metanovela bisagra de la Memoria, la Paz y el Postconflicto. Una aventura apasionante a los territorios heridos de Colombia a través de la cartografia de los sueños, las voces, las víctimas y los héroes sin tumba. Un análisis de la cocina literaria e histórica de una novela con 72 versiones iluminada por Historia De Un Deicidio de Mario Vargas Llosa sobre Cien Años De Soledad de García Márquez. Actores de la vida real y personajes de ficción fluyen como la vida misma, tocando las...

"As the Samper government was rocked by allegations of drug-related corruption in the presidential campaign of 1994, Colombia's endemic crisis of governability, violence, and political participation took a dramatic turn for the worse. Moreover, Colombia/US bilateral relations degenerated into mutual accusations and recriminations. In this book, several of Colombia's leading political analysts assess this crisis and its implications for the maintainance of political stability and consolidation of democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Very thoughtful study of a problem of the utmost importance for Colombia. The author analyzes the country's economic and political development since the post-war to better understand the profound changes it has undergone; he then proceeds to survey the known facts about the illegal drug industry. Within this context, Thoumi attempts to determine why Colombia developed, since the 1970s, a marijuana, and subsequently a cocaine, industry. Further, he evaluates the effects of the drug trade on the Colombian economy and social order. The final analysis suggests that Colombia's chances of reducing ...

A novelized account of the assassination of revolutionary leader Jacobo Prías Alape in 1960, considered a turning point in the years just preceding the emergence of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia.