Los retos de la Colombia contemporánea

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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,...

La Historia del almirante don Cristóbal Colón no se publicó en vida de Hernando Colón, el manuscrito pasó a María de Toledo, su cuñada, la esposa de Diego Colón. Más tarde Luis Colón (hijo de Diego) lo entregó al genovés Baliano de Fornari. Este lo llevó a Venecia, donde fue impreso en 1571, con el título de Historie del S. D. Fernando Colombo; nelle s'ha particolare et vere relatione della vita e de fatti dell'Almiraglio D. Christoforo Colombo suo padre. Hay dudas sobre la autenticidad de esta biografía de Cristóbal Colón. Antonio Rumeu de Armas ha afirmado que el relato de...

Cuando se inició la transición en pro de lograr una democracia para España, sus primeros compases estuvieron regodeados de un temor constante a que se produjera un golpe de Estado propiciado por algún militar resabiado, de los que estaban en contra de que se aprobaran las comunidades autónomas de las que se hacía principal responsable a Cataluña. En cuanto al golpe del 23F, al final solo se trató de un tongo propiciado para salvaguardar aquella anhelada democracia.