Memoria de los olvidados

Comentarios a los distintos aspectos del plan: politica agraria, politica industrial y el problema de vivienda.

"Discussion by academics, government officials, and private sector leaders on the virtues of reducing the role of the Colombian State in favor of private interests, with the objective of increasing economic efficiency. Although a selective process of privatization has long been praised as beneficial for economies such as Colombia's, major sales of nationalized industries have not yet been achieved and successive governments have failed to elaborate a comprehensive privatization plan. The authors describe the benefits of moving in this direction and point out that the new Constitution opens...

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)

Al producirse la crisis de la monarquía española de 1808, Estados Unidos de América era un antecedente exitoso pero excepcional. Es en tal contexto que debe situarse la experiencia revolucionaria neogranadina. De otra forma, se corre el riesgo de olvidar su carácter vanguardista o de concebir como imitación lo que en realidad fue una participación original y muy importante en un debate álgido en torno a la reforma del gobierno de las sociedades humanas. La correspondencia y escritos de Joaquín Camacho y Lago que componen este libro muestran la dificultad de la materia y dan muchas...