Ceremonias Para Criaturas de Agua Dulce

"Essays by leading Colombian political economists review various aspects of contemporary Colombia including political parties, the congress, justice system, military, Catholic Church, social movements, and reform policies. Excellent review of the current scene"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Por la libertad de prensa - La Corte Suprema y la guarda de la Constitución - Orígenes de la política del Frente Nacional - La sociedad económica de amigos del país - El liberalismo y el Frente Nacional - La Asamblea Constituyente de la dictadura, su invalidez y la nulidad de los actos por ella cumplidos - La política administrativa del Frente Nacional - La restauración institucional - Análisis de una política - Política del desarrollo económico y el bienestar social - Descentralismo y desarrollo regional - Un criterio sobre el funcionamiento del Frente Nacional - La reforma social ...

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

An anthology of columns published in the newspaper, El Espectador, in December 2006. Illustrated with cartoons of Mico.