La chicha, una bebida fermentada a través de la historia

"Excellent study by a team of Colombian social scientists of the recent evolution of Colombian-Venezuelan relations and their process of integration. Analyzes Colombian and Venezuelan roles in the other country's foreign policy, evolution of bilateral relations (1989-92), commercial relations, and negotiations and agreements on border, commercial, transportation, energy, environmental, and other issues. Concludes that integration process has lost momentum and recommends the reduction of the number and complexity of issues under discussion, while focusing attention on implementation of...

"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

La "cocina" de Dioselina Tibaná constituye una de las alegorías más complejas y ricas de sentido en la historia del humor político y metaperiod́stico en Colombia. El discurso de la ironía política que pone en escena una excepcional poética de la norma en este personaje es el propósito de este trabajo analítico de investigación y la semiótica discursiva, el enfoque conceptual mediante el cual se analiza la narratividad política presente en la acción ciudadana que Dioselina Tibaná ejemplifica.La relación entre el poder político y el poder mediático son los dos ingredientes...

"Careful and detailed portrayal of the professorial community and scholarly culture in the New Kingdom. Rightly insisting that intellectual development in Nueva Granada is not limited to the era of Charles III, despite an analytical focus on the Enlightenment, Silva traces growth of the university corporation over the entire colonial period in terms of numbers, identity, and influence"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.