La Codorniz

"CISEN, peak and decadence of Mexican espionage," is a journey through the activities of the Center of Investigation and National Security, the organism of the government's intelligence that since 1989 has been the main organ of civil espionage after the disappearance of DFS in 1985 and later of the DISEN (Office of Investigation and National Security). A great part of the activities of CISEN that are narrated in this book doesn't appear in the government's official speeches. In fact, the official version denies that CISEN is or has been carrying out the actions disclosed in here. ""This book ...

Las sociedades indias, vistas durante mucho tiempo a través del prisma deformante de la literatura y el cine, siguen siendo el mejor ejemplo de la destrucción por parte del Occidente de culturas tradicionales. En lo sucesivo, los estereotipos tienden a desvanecerse a la luz de los trabajos históricos y antropológicos, como los de Philippe Jacquin: la identidad de los indios puede afirmarse con la reapropiación de su historia.

Una forma excelente de revivir las experiencias de la conquista de Colombia y hacerlas propias, es leer los documentos de la época. En ellos, los españoles –soldados, colonos, funcionarios, curas o cronistas– narraron lo que veían o hacían. Estos testimonios –crónicas históricas, informes oficiales, cartas y hasta poemas– ofrecen la visión de los protagonistas. Son narraciones apasionadas y llenas de distorsiones y prejuicios sobre un período dramático y violento, en el que los indios –cuya versión sólo tenemos en textos de los españoles mismos– fueron sometidos a una...

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