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CONTENIDO: Políticas de control en los Estados Unidos: 1850-1980 - Orígenes de la prohibición de las drogas en Estados Unidos - Surgimiento del problema de la droga en las relaciones colombo-estadounidenses en los años 1980 - Virgilio Barco y la cooperación plena con Estados Unidos, 1986-1990 - César Gaviria y el arte político de conciliar.

"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.

Afirmaciones y negaciones contiene los trazos de cinco figuras de la vida intelectual del siglo XX: Baldomero Sanín Cano, Gerardo Molina, Jaime Jaramillo Uribe, Max Weber, y Robert K. Merton. Ellos dejaron huella en la política, en las humanidades y en la investigación social, afirmando un camino de transformación y análisis.

"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...