Héroes de los dos bandos

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...

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Calificado como fórmula rígida del eremitismo, el emparedamiento se desarrolló con gran adaptabilidad, dentro de una gran proliferación de fórmulas religiosas, más entre las mujeres que entre los hombres. Se realizaba en celdas adosadas a iglesias y cementerios, en hospitales y monasterios, en puentes y en murallas, localizadas en el centro urbano o en su derredor; pero siempre provocando un gran impacto sobre la sociedad que les rodeaba. Celdas dependientes de concejos o de iglesias, celdas independientes, pequeños habitáculos (identificados con sepulcros), con dos ventanillas (una...