El Castillo de San Severino: im‡genes de historia

Demóstenes (384-322 a.C.) es un autor imprescindible de la literatura clásica. Considerado una de las cimas de la oratoria de todos los tiempos, y de dilatada influencia posterior, sus vehementes discursos políticos a la Asamblea ateniense representan el último esfuerzo de Grecia por salvaguardar sus valores democráticos frente a la amenaza que suponía el rey Filipo de Macedonia y su hijo, Alejandro Magno.

¿Cómo explicar la guerra en Bosnia-Herzegovina? Entre abril de 1992 y diciembre de 1995, el pequeño país de Bosnia-Herzegovina fue el escenario de una guerra que acabó con casi cien mil muertos y alrededor de dos millones de desplazados. Esto sucedió ante la mirada de incomprensión de la ciudadanía europea y la parálisis de sus dirigentes. La prensa internacional se agarró al mito del «avispero balcánico» para explicar algo en apariencia inexplicable. A través de la escritura, con la intuición y empatía de quien lleva quince años viviendo en los Balcanes, Marc Casals...

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