Intelectuales, estado y nación en Colombia

"Invaluable account of negotiations with and reincorporation of several guerrilla groups in 1990-91. Thorough history of settlement negotiated with M-19 guerrillas, and reports on parallel negotiations with the Ejército Popular de Liberación, Movimiento Quintín Lame, Partido Revolucionario de Trabajadores, and urban militias of Medellín. Good addition to the large and growing body of literature on guerrillas and peace processes in Colombia"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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,...

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.

El libro es una interpretación del proceso de formación de una élite rural de señores de la guerra, que logró construir un nuevo orden social en muchas regiones de Colombia alrededor de los excedentes del narcotráfico, de los ejércitos privados y, lo más importante, de la creación de una nueva forma de Estado local. "Este libro es un aporte importante y definitivo para entender el alcance y la complejidad del fenómeno paramilitar. Su lectura es imprescindible, pues propone una nueva y muy sugerente visión de la violencia en Colombia", sostiene Alfredo Rangel, director de la...