Construyendo lo global

"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...

La antigua provincia de Socorro y la ciudad del mismo nombre están hoy en la provincia de Santander.

"Fine political geography of central Nueva Granada (Santa Fe prov.) was originally prepared as a master's thesis. Demonstrates how changing property boundaries and land use both illustrated and activated shifts in social power relationships. For example, the dislocation of indigenous communities helped weaken the corregidores de naturales, which, in turn, facilitated the rise of other local administrators and jurisdictions and quickened the pace of miscegenation and citizenship expansion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Durante dos décadas, Gustavo Gómez Córdoba ha coleccionado, con la seriedad de un entomólogo, frases ingeniosas, desafortunadas, divertidas o irreverentes que ha leído en prensa y Twitter y oído en radio y televisión. En las páginas de 41 mil palabras sobre Colombia, el dinero, el sexo, la masturbación, el infierno, los bebés, el periodismo, la pereza, el fútbol y Twitter, hay una divertida historia oral de Colombia contada por personajes como Daniel Samper Pizano y Daniel Samper Ospina, Shakira, el perfil falso en Twitter de Fernando Vallejo, Héctor Abad Faciolince, Camilo Duran...