Con caña y café

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"A compilation of 21 presentations from the 1998 colloquium in Paris, commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the death of Ramon Emeterio Betances. Includes participation by distinguished scholars from Puerto Rico, Spain, France, Italy, the United States, Martinique and Cuba."

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Aunque el sueño español de expandirse hacia el norte de África ya era muy antiguo y en 1504 Isabel la Católica exhortaba en su testamento a sus descendientes a "que no cesen de la conquista de África", con el descubrimiento de las Indias este "otro colonialismo" pronto se abandonó a favor del proyecto más prometedor de los nuevos territorios del continente americano. En consecuencia, el estrecho entre España y África se convierte, durante tres siglos, en una frontera "olvidada", hasta que a finales del siglo XVIII y durante el XIX el interés colonial español apunta nuevamente a...