Manual para cubrir la guerra y la paz

Este libro es el resultado de una fascinación: la fascinación de Patricia Iriarte por la música, por la tradición popular y por la figura de la cantadora Sonia Bazanta Vides, a quien el mundo identifica con el sonoro nombre de Totó La Momposina. El alma guerrera de Totó está presente en cada página y los detalles son fascinantes. Su infancia, sus inicios, su conciencia temprana de ser una columna del folclor... y luego el viaje a Estocolmo, como parte de la comitiva que acompañó a Gabo a recibir el Premio Noboel, la atracción que los oyentes europeos sintieron por su presencia...

"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...

CONTENIDO: Evolución del sistema de partidos en Colombia 1972-2000. Una mirada a nivel local y regional / Diana Hoyos Gómez / - Competencia electoral en grandes circunscripciones: el caso del Senado colombiano / Juan Gabriel Gómez-Albarello / - Sobre balas y votos: violencia política y participación electoral en Colombia, 1990-1994 / Miguel García Sánchez / - Pasado, presente y futuro de la oposición política en Colombia / Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez / - Reivindicando los partidos en el Congreso / Cristina Vélez Vieira / - La reforma política de 2003 y su impacto sobre el sistema de ...

"Excellent study by a team of Colombian social scientists of the recent evolution of Colombian-Venezuelan relations and their process of integration. Analyzes Colombian and Venezuelan roles in the other country's foreign policy, evolution of bilateral relations (1989-92), commercial relations, and negotiations and agreements on border, commercial, transportation, energy, environmental, and other issues. Concludes that integration process has lost momentum and recommends the reduction of the number and complexity of issues under discussion, while focusing attention on implementation of...

"Ground-breaking, comprehensive multivolume history of the Huila dept. from pre-conquest to the present. Work is the product of the collaboration of diverse university faculty and regional specialists who utilized archival, published, and oral sources to write monographic essays on individual topics. Vol. 1 covers preconquest through the colonial era; vol. 2 covers independence through the 20th century; vol. 3 covers economic topics, social movements, colonization, government; vol. 4 covers education, daily life, women, health, diversions; vol. 5 covers literature, art, architecture....