Trabajadores, villanos y amantes

"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.

A graphic memoir of the everyday aspects, relevant and anecdotic of the city of Bogota in 2010. Visiting 20 places all related to Colombia's independence history, a team of 7 photographers (Lucho Mario, Daniel Santiago Salguero, Alberto Sierra Restrepo, Andrés Fresnada, Juan Pablo Fajardo, Armando de la Torre and Juan Felipe Rubio), initiated a photographic project to document diverse personages, places, landscapes and situations of the everyday history of the city. The photographs are accompanied with data, quotes, statistics, and anecdotes coordinated by researchers Catalina Holguín and...

"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 ...

En los años ochenta el modelo de los servicios públicos domiciliarios prestados directamente por el Estado en Colombia entró en una profunda crisis. Desde hacía décadas se venían acumulando un sinnúmero de ineficiencias derivadas del manejo político y relaciones de clientela, que se habían traducido en bajas tarifas que no permitían cubrir tanto la operación como la expansión de la infraestructura; una carga laboral desmedida producto de la incapacidad de los gobiernos para limitar las peticiones de los sindicatos y deficiencia en las decisiones de inversión por parte del Estado. ...