Hacia una política para la frontera con Colombia

Interviews avec le président colombien Uribe et essais des auteurs suivants : José Obdulio Gaviria, Libardo Botero Campuzano, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez, Eduardo Posada Carbó, Mauricio Rubio, Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Francisco José Lloreda Mera, Darío Acevedo Carmona, Jaime Jaramillo Panesso, Alfonso Monsalve Solórzano, Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez, Mario Aguilera, Carlos Gaviria Díaz and Alejandro Martínez Caballero.

"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...

"A regional study of indigenous resistance to Spanish colonialism during the 16th-18th centuries, based on archival research, oral history, and secondary literature. The protagonists of the story include the Embera, the Burumia, the Tule, and the Carauta, who all lived near the Atrato river. Data on parcialidades, encomenderos, and population are presented in tables. Several maps illustrate the text"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

El autor muestra en detalle como la cultura politica de los anos cuarenta hunde sus raices en un horizonte imaginario tradicional, compartido de igual modo por liberales y conservadores. Unos y otros recurren a conceptos modernos que van, sin embargo, inseparablemente unidos a motivaciones y sentimientos ancestrales. Democracia y pueblo, por ejemplo son invocados para estimular pasiones que arraigan en un pasado inmemorial. El autor toma distancia tambien de la lectura liberalizante de la historiografia dominante, de inspiracion liberal, que opone un partido conservador tradicionalista,...