La empresa de china

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Cuarenta años después del derrocamiento del gobierno de Salvador Allende en Chile, la versión tradicional de golpe de Estado en América Latina ha pasado a mejor vida. En el futuro será difícil ver carros de combate en las calles y aviones lanzando sus misiles a palacios presidenciales. Hoy, la técnica del golpe de Estado es practicada desde los despachos del poder industrial y financiero, con la connivencia del parlamento o del poder judicial. Son los llamados golpes constitucionales o golpes de «mercado». Sin embargo, no fue así durante la Guerra Fría. Desde mediados del siglo xx, ...

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Desde la primera Constitución de Venezuela, en 1811, hasta la carta magna que ha estado vigente desde 1999, el camino que ha debido sortear la democracia en el país ha sido tortuoso, lleno de avances y retrocesos que la alejan de su plena consolidación. Este libro, pródigo en constataciones históricas, pone de relieve dos aspectos cruciales: el debate constante entre el federalismo que auspiciaron los redactores del texto fundacional de la república y el centralismo que propugnó Bolívar, por un lado, y, por el otro, la pugnacidad del mundo castrense en pos del poder, siempre en...