El precio de una traición

Quizás en mucho tiempo no se había realizado un descubrimiento tan importante como el que aquí se muestra con imágenes, sobre lo que probablemente sea la Atlántida, el continente perdido, el que ha inspirado infinidad de leyendas, libros y películas. Del que se había pensado que solo era un mito, ya que por mucho tiempo ha sido buscado y nunca encontrado, porque no se exploró en el lugar correcto: en América. Estas y otras teorías sobre quiénes realizaron las construcciones, su posible relación e influencia con las grandes culturas en América y Egipto, principalmente, y su...

A brief biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador, focusing on his role in the invasion and destruction of the Aztec civilization in Mexico.

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The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...