Los Romanos

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En diciembre de 2011, tres periodistas en un auto usado emprendieron un viaje de 55 mil kilómetros por Latinoamérica. A pocos meses de iniciada la travesía, decidieron enfocarse en reportear el tráfico de drogas, quizás el único fenómeno que cohesiona a toda la región. Esta es la crónica de un recorrido que nos confronta con lo ineludible. La fuerza del crimen organizado evidencia las fallas del Estado. Aquí se devela la historia ilícita de dieciocho países, de cuyos rincones más inhóspitos fueron obtenidos los testimonios de quienes eligieron vivir fuera de la ley. Sus...

El historiador dos veces galardonado con el Premio Pulitzer David McCullough se sumerge en el pasado estadounidense, siguiendo la estela de Tocqueville y los grandes escritores convencidos de los valores de la democracia. Quince espléndidos textos escritos con ocasión de diferentes conmemoraciones públicas dan lugar a una sólida narración, precisa y elegante: desde valores encarnados en figuras casi míticas como Theodore Roosevelt y J. F. Kennedy al modo como John Adams cedió la responsabilidad de la redacción de la Constitución a Jefferson, al que consideraba mejor escritor que él; ...