El Sótano Desconocido

Durante siglos, China fue un coloso dormido. Pobre y asolada por conflictos de todo tipo, a mediados del Siglo XX alcanzó una relativa estabilidad política bajo el partido comunista, pero subsistían males ancestrales como el hambre, la insalubridad de algunos sectores y notorios niveles de desigualdad. Tras la muerte del dirigente chino Mao Tse Tung, China comenzó a abrirse al mundo, permitió el ingreso de inversiones extranjeras y enderezó su política hacia un capitalismo sui generis. Este libro trata de desterrar toda visión prejuiciosa o simplista del fenómeno, e invita a...

La historiadora colombiana a Soledad Acosta de Samper escribió para la posteridad una extraordinaria síntesis biográfica del general Antonio Nariño precursor y prócer de la independencia de la Nueva Granada. Hemos considerado reproducirla 108 años despúes de su primera edición, debido a la precisión histórica de los datos y la semblanza ecuánime que reflejó en su obra la autora, para destacar la vida y las extraordinarias ejecutorias del inolvidable prócer. Proveniente de una familia acaudalada y con amplia visión geopolítica, Antonio Nariño demostró desde muy joven una...

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"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 ...