Medellín 360°

Santiago Rivas, Nicolás Samper, Federico Arango and Juanfelipe Sanmiguel, who have experience in publishing and worked in various media, developed a compendium of characters and situations typical of our idiosyncrasies and present it in the form of text, drawings and graphic ludicrousness, on five themes: bureaucracy, gastronomy, culture, sport and power.

"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.

La política liberal - La política conservadora - La oposición al régimen conservador - El tratado de 1914 y sus consecuencias - La cuestión petrolera - Los problemas financieros - Las obras públicas - Los conflictos sociales - La iglesia - Periódicos, periodistas y letrados.

"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...