Colombia un viaje fotográfico

"Exceptional studies on implications of specific reforms which followed adoption of 1991 constitution. Issues include waging of war and right to peace, Andean commercial integration, private property, and political reform"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Un ejército capaz de generar desde su interior procesos de transformación autónomos es un ejército consciente de la trascendencia de su función y comprometido con la efectividad de los postulados constitucionales que delimitan su actuación: ese es el Ejército Nacional de Colombia, una institución capaz de repensarse, de orientar y reorientar sus estrategias para adaptarse a contextos cambiantes, manteniendo incólumes los principios democráticos que determinan su existencia. Esta convicción y la inquebrantable decisión de ser un actor crucial para la garantía de los derechos de...

Urban sociology monograph on the process of urbanization and characteristics of the low income urban population in Colombia - examines population growth, internal migration and rural migration, etc., includes information on the demographic aspects, family budget, land settlement patterns and housing facilities of the slum-dwellers and squatters, and comments on relevant political aspects and legislation. Bibliography pp. 97 to 102, graphs, illustrations and statistical tables.

Two exhibitions that propose a dialogue from diverse perspectives around art, archaeology and the human body. The exhibition "Amerindian Bodies: Art and culture of the corporal modifications" curated by archaeologist Uribe explores the cultural, social and symbolic richness of the corporal interventions amongst the Pre-Columbian societies of Colombia. The interventions in skin, muscles, bone, hair, denture and nails, far from being superfluous, are vital in the construction of the social identity of the people. The exhibition follows the beauty ideals, religious rituals, economic activities,...