Violencia política y trabajo psicosocial

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)

The PRCT is the city of Bogota's plan for a permanent urban process of revitalization and conservation of their traditional historic downtown, through local development, integral housing, regeneration and improvement of natural conditions, sustainable spatial and mobility integration and the rescue and conservation of the cultural patrimony.

"La concepción tradicional de seguridad nacional, surgida y consolidada durante la Guerra Fría, debe ser sustituida o al menos seriamente redefinida. Así lo exigen los cambios ocurridos en el panorama mundial desde la caída del muro de Berlín." -- Tomado de la contracarátula.

The author details her early years in Paris, where she was raised amidst diplomats, literary masters, and artists, and her return to her native Colombia, where, as a senator, she went up against the powerful drug cartels.