Villa del Rosario de Cúcuta 1821

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Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

Hacer un balance de la Reforma Universitaria en la UC, a 50 años de aquel 11 de agosto de 1967, cuando la FEUC encabezada por Miguel Ángel Solar decidió tomarse la universidad, puede ser un riesgo, pues la Reforma todavía es materia de polémica, de crítica e incluso de rencores; es una discusión que no se ha enfriado, pero ello también indica que está viva, que muchas de sus bases y propuestas están hoy vigentes, y que en gran medida nos sirven para entender lo que actualmente es nuestra universidad. Estas ideas reformistas no surgieron en 1967, venían incluso de la década...