Estabilidad y gradualismo

"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

"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.

"El revés de la trama de La Guerra De Los Violines del laureado escritor Fernando Ayala Poveda. La Metanovela bisagra de la Memoria, la Paz y el Postconflicto. Una aventura apasionante a los territorios heridos de Colombia a través de la cartografia de los sueños, las voces, las víctimas y los héroes sin tumba. Un análisis de la cocina literaria e histórica de una novela con 72 versiones iluminada por Historia De Un Deicidio de Mario Vargas Llosa sobre Cien Años De Soledad de García Márquez. Actores de la vida real y personajes de ficción fluyen como la vida misma, tocando las...

"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...