Afirmaciones y negaciones

"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)

Las fronteras marítimas y la duplicación de nuestro territorio - La política exterior de Colombia después de la dependencia - La mosquitia Colombiana - Panamá - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Jamaica - Honduras - República Dominicana - Haití - Venezuela - Ecuador.

"Analyzes the structural process of the economic opening begun in 1990. Unlike past economic liberalizations, this process is not contingent upon availability of hard currency, but obeys a long-term economic strategy designed to stimulate growth. The process is deployed across several fronts in addition to international trade, among them, renewed exchange rate and fiscal policy, financial and tax reform, foreign investment incentives and new labor laws. The book offers background for sector and industry leaders, and a complete bibliography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

La vida de miles de bogotanos gravita alrededor del centro tradicional de la ciudad. Probablemente la de cientos de colombianos. Otros lugares de la ciudad, algunos con alguna tradición histórica, le han entablado una constante competencia espacial al centro tradicional en disputa de sus residentes y, en general, de las actividades humanas que allí se realizan. Además de esta competencia, el centro acoge a una diversidad de agentes interesados en vivir en él y de él, hasta configurarse en una zona de innegable valor de uso popular, de la mayor trascendencia socio-política para nuestra...