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El Dr. Julio María Sanguinetti, con precisión de historiador y su oficio periodístico, aporta con este libro un nuevo mojón a su propuesta de comunicar a las nuevas generaciones las batallas de ideas que han configurado el Uruguay de hoy. El Uruguay suele ser reconocido en Latinoamérica por su sólida democracia y sus pioneros avances en derechos sociales, económicos y culturales. Le distingue también un singularísimo republicanismo laico. Habiendo gobernado dos tercios de la historia nacional, el Partido Colorado le ha impreso, a su institucionalidad, rasgos fundamentales que ya...

This compendium of biographies presents the people who had the courage to make important decisions that have altered the course of history. From Cleopatra to Todd Beamer and the passengers of flight 93, Tecumseh to Betty Friedan, Alan Axelrod writes about fascinating figures from all times and places and examines how and why they acted the way they did.

Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was twenty-two; he was forty-three. Hailed as Rivera’s exotic young wife who “dabbles in art,” she went on to produce brilliant paintings but remained in her husband’s shadow throughout her life. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo’s fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through “Fridamania,” this book explores Kahlo’s life, art, and legacies, while also scrutinizing the...

This is a pondered biography, free of fanaticism, about the most famous and influential Mexican bishop of the 20th century, a man of action who grew up listening to stories about the Mexican Revolution and religious persecution. He was both well-loved and criticized in and outside the church. This passionate historical study gathers many documents inaccessible until now and includes first-hand accounts from members of the Catholic hierarchy. It discusses whether Samuel Ruiz promoted a theology that incited violence or, on the contrary, if he preached against the armed struggle and defended...