En guerra con el pasado

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La independencia de la isla de Margarita abarca el tiempo desde el 4 de Mayo de 1810 hasta el 17 de Agosto de 1817, cuando el ejército español, dirigido por el Pacificador don Pablo Morillo, abandona la isla con la convicción de que ya no es posible reconquistarla. A partir de entonces, desde Margarita saldrán las expediciones que cumplirán la misión de independizar a Venezuela toda y gran parte de la América del Sur. ¿Quiénes fueron esos paladines que forjaron la victoria, que expulsaron a los españoles del suelo insular? De manera magistral, Rosauro Rosa Acosta - poeta, Cronista...

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La Guerra de la Independencia provoca un inaudito trauma colectivo e individual. En 1808, obliga a escoger precipitadamente entre la colaboración con los invasores y la resistencia. El dilema es especialmente acuciante para la élite ilustrada. Por su lado, los militares, los paisanos incorporados a la guerrilla, los eclesiásticos, los notables locales, los letrados, las mujeres..., en sus respectivas áreas y con sus actuaciones heroicas o mediocres, revelan sus mentalidades y sus credos. A partir de 1810, en la minúscula península gaditana, otros personajes acceden a la notoriedad por...