El paraíso del diablo: Roger Casement y el informe del Putumayo, un siglo después

The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico—and faced bloody consequences. In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico. They and their entourage arrived in a Mexico ruled by terror, where revolutionary fervor was barely suppressed by French troops. When the United States, now clear of its own Civil War, aided the rebels in pushing back Maximilian’s imperial soldiers,...

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CUBA 1959 is a fictional novel written in the Spanish language that recounts the determination and success of a group of young Cubans resisting against Fidel Castro's takeover of the island on January 1, 1959. Their political organization, the Brigada de Accion Popular manages to escape Castro's vindictive militias, and form an insurgent government inside Cuban territory; from there on the novel embarks on a fast-paced, entertaining and suspenseful narrative. As the author says: "it could have made the difference". Readers, Cuban or not will enjoy this novel's creativity, action and profound...

Las dos Marías, la madre de Jesús y la Magdalena, ¿llegaron a conocerse y a tratarse? ¿Fueron ambas mujeres rebeldes? ¿Qué relación tuvieron verdaderamente Magdalena y Jesús? ¿Se trata del anónimo «discípulo amado» del Evangelio de Juan? ¿Es posible que la madre de Jesús, educada en el Templo de Jerusalén, fuese una qdeixa, una «prostituta sagrada», como últimamente se ha sostenido? ¿Qué fue de su vida después de la crucifixión de su hijo? ¿Por qué se veneran dos sepulturas de María, una en Éfeso y otra en Jerusalén? ¿Qué oculta el Evangelio de María, el...