Periodistas, guerra y terrorismo

En el 2016 se conmemoran doscientos años de la ejecución en el patíbulo, y por la espalda, de Francisco José de Caldas, primer científico colombiano, intelectual que no solo estudió la naturaleza, la geografía, el clima, las plantas y las poblaciones humanas de la nación, sino que, como ciudadano, se comprometió con la revolución política y la independencia. La Universidad del Rosario convocó a destacados historiadores, nacionales y extranjeros, que han investigado el proceso de independencia en sus distintas facetas.

"Innovative volume, which begins with precolumbian Muiscas and ends in 1940s, inserts history of chicha drinking within broader legislative and medical history of Colombia. Relationship between hygiene, nation-building, urban expansion, and growth of popular culture is explored within this framework"--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 ...