Colombia a comienzos del nuevo milenio

The author details her early years in Paris, where she was raised amidst diplomats, literary masters, and artists, and her return to her native Colombia, where, as a senator, she went up against the powerful drug cartels.

"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

El episodio con el que arrancó este libro es el mismo, idéntico, que el que le sucedió hace un montón de años a Marcel Proust, cuando al llevarse a la boca un pedacito de magdalena impregnada en té volvió a sentir algo olvidado: una textura, un sabor y un olor que lo transportaron a su infancia feliz. Y se puso a escribir una novela que titularía En busca del tiempo perdido. Los Sabores colombianos no arrancaron con una magdalena desmenuzada en una taza de té, sino con un simple jugo de melocotón: al primer trago el autor se sintió transportado a su infancia, a muchos kilómetros y ...

Monograph on the history of data collecting in Colombia from the pre-colombian era to 1978 - discusses statistical computing techniques, types of census and surveys carried out, data collecting through the ages, and describes functions of the national level statistical service, etc. Bibliography pp. 589 to 594.