El poder político en Colombia

Juan introduces the reader to his family and describes his life including how they earn their living recycling trash found in the local landfill.

"Discussion by academics, government officials, and private sector leaders on the virtues of reducing the role of the Colombian State in favor of private interests, with the objective of increasing economic efficiency. Although a selective process of privatization has long been praised as beneficial for economies such as Colombia's, major sales of nationalized industries have not yet been achieved and successive governments have failed to elaborate a comprehensive privatization plan. The authors describe the benefits of moving in this direction and point out that the new Constitution opens...

La violencia es el principal problema de la sociedad colom biana, es causa y consecuencia de la dificultad de construir una comunidad de experiencias e ideales, este es el tema que toca tan apropiadamente este texto.

CONTENIDO: De la regeneración al republicanismo - Del republicanismo a la concentración nacional - ¿La violencia o las violencias? - Desorden, paz y guerra - Fraudes, bandoleros y matanzas - El principio del fin - Un demagogo místico? - Oposición sistemática? - Libertad de prensa y oposición - El oro y la escoria - Impunidad y violencia - El hombre tempestad - El monstruo.