Un colchagüino en la guerra

But other emperors, such as Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero, infamously used their power to indulge vice and harm others. Ever since their publication, Suetonius' imperial biographies have appealed to readers, both because of their sensational stories and the larger questions of power they raise. They spawned many sequels in antiquity (as well as more recent works like Robert Graves's famed, I, Claudius). While a number of good English translations are in print, reading Lives of the Caesar from cover to cover can be daunting, so many details are included. Also general readers, including...

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En las décadas del setenta y del ochenta, se multiplicaron los impactos socio-ambientales de las actividades petroleras, reflejando una crisis de la modernidad, caracterizada por una crisis ecológica, una crisis de la deuda, una crisis de gobernabilidad y una creciente dependencia de los países amazónicos hacia los hidrocarburos. Mientras tanto, se operó una convergencia entre los movimientos transnacionales ecologistas e indígenas, amparados en el derecho internacional, que culminó con la Cumbre de la Tierra en junio de 1992. Producto de estas tendencias, la multiplicación de los...

La España del siglo XVIII no llama la atención por su grandeza o su capacidad creadora, sino por su prosperidad. El país no se había metido en grandes aventuras, y solo cabía esperar un tranquilo XIX. Sin embargo, entre 1808 y 1812 una serie de acontecimientos cambian el curso de la historia: un destronamiento coloca en el trono a Fernando VII; España es invadida por Napoleón y José Bonaparte se proclama rey de España; el pueblo se alza, iniciando la Guerra de lndependencia, y logra finalmente expulsar a los franceses; en Cádiz unas Cortes proclaman la primera Constitución...