Universidad y sociedad en el Nuevo Reino de Granada

"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...

"As the Samper government was rocked by allegations of drug-related corruption in the presidential campaign of 1994, Colombia's endemic crisis of governability, violence, and political participation took a dramatic turn for the worse. Moreover, Colombia/US bilateral relations degenerated into mutual accusations and recriminations. In this book, several of Colombia's leading political analysts assess this crisis and its implications for the maintainance of political stability and consolidation of democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

A través, de historias de vida, de amor y de lucha se trata de tejer las diferentes experiencias de inmigración y de exilio de muchas colombianas que se encuentran en España.

Cecilio Acosta (1818-1881) - Carlos Arturo Torres (1867-1911) - Pedro Emilio Coll (1872-1947) - Rómulo Gallegos (1884-1969) - Tito Salar (1888-1974) - Germán Arciniegas (1900) - Mariano Picón-Salas (1901-1965) - Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906) - Darío Achury Valenzuela (1906) - Camilo de Brigard Silva (1906-1972) - Miguel Otero Silva (1908-1985) - Pedro Grases (1909) - Darío Samper (1913-1984) - Alfonso López Michelsen (1913) - Rafael Caldera (1916) - Eduardo Lemaitre (1914-1994) - Luis Beltrán Guerrero (1914-1997) - Jaime Tello (1918-1996) - Fernando Charry Lara (1920) - Rafael Pineda...