El arte de asociarse

"Six essays analyze Colombia/US relations in post-Cold War period and challenges facing Colombia as US seeks to impose an ill-conceived anti-narcotics policy. Discusses policy options (including drug legalization), alternatives to extradition, and US certification requirements"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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.

Presenta un cuadro de la economia y la sociedad colombiana en la epoca de la colonia: el proceso de dominacion espa?ola, la evolucion de la poblacion indigena sometida, la tenencia de la tierra, la mineria del oro y el comercio.

"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.