Miedo y progreso

"Temporada de golpes" analiza en profundidad uno de los aspectos de más difícil tránsito en la gestión constitucional de Rómulo Betancourt: tomar medidas estructurales que permitiesen afianzar un control efectivo del sector civil sobre el sector militar, de suerte que la institución castrense se acogiera definitivamente a la profesionalización y actuara como soporte de la institucionalidad democrática. En sus páginas, Edgardo Mondolfi demuestra que la dura faena de reemprender el ensayo democrático a partir de 1959 se vio acorralada por múltiples alzamientos acaecidos entre 1960 y...

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...

Biografía puntual e ilustrada del General Simón Bolívar, con base en los mas trascendentales episodios de su meteórica carrera político-militar. Producto de una rigurosa y detallada investigación, Delirio del Libertador describe las vivencias del estadista-guerrero venezolano. Como héroe de la historia universal, Simón Bolívar construyó las redes de la democracia e independencia en seis repúblicas; comandó en los campos de batalla a mas de un millón de soldados de diferentes nacionalidades, participó en 14 campañas militares, redactó varias constituciones y combatió en mas de ...

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