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"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.

Illustrated and annotated guide of the public sculptures and monuments located in 3 sectors of the city of Bogotá: Downtown (61); North (19); West (22). This is the first volume of an editorial project that will document the 500 works of public art patrimony that are part of the urban history of the capital city. The guide includes biographical notes of each featured artist, historic photographs on each sector and referential maps. Includes public art by noted 19th and 20th century artists and sculptors like Pietro Tenerani, Edgar Negret, Jim Amaral, Fernando Botero, Alejandro Otero,...

Las puertas del Ubérrimo es un hondo recorrido por la historia del paramilitarismo en Córdoba. Iván Cepeda y Jorge Rojas en una exhaustiva investigación demuestra cómo lo que sucedió allí no fue a espaldas de los líderes políticos, empresarios y ganaderos del departamento. Las Convivir aparecieron como el modelo para cohesionar en una sola fuerza a los grupos paramilitares, en el cual el Estado fue el protagonista principal. Las consecuencias de este fenómeno fueron letales para el país. Un libro que reúne la crónica, la reflexión y un riguroso tratamiento informativo donde la...

Descripcion histórico-sociológica de la influencia y repercusiones en la conjunción de tres grupos sociales distintos como son los trabajadores que llegaron al Nuevo Reino de Granada, los villanos que buscaron mediante el pillaje y la criminalidad fortuna y un medio fácil de subsistencia, y al final las mujeres que se mezclaron como amantes de los dos grupos anteriores. También se describe el mestizaje de los pueblos indígenas con los emigrantes del viejo mundo

"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.