Contra los lugares comunes

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The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

An authoritative Latin American political leader and commentator reviews recent developments in the continent.

CONOCE LA CULTURA DE LOS ÁRABES DE LA PLUMA DE IKRAM ANTAKI «El poeta Abul-Atahiya había grabado en el interior de su anillo: “Maldiga dios a la gente”. Y la gente que conoció eran aquellos árabes conquistadores y comerciantes que tradujeron la filosofía y la ciencia de los griegos, pero jamás dieron a conocer su propia literatura, que observaron el mundo y se olvidaron del cuerpo, que ejercieron hasta el cansancio su mente y desconocieron su alma. Quise hablar de estos árabes cuerdos y necios, derechos y torcidos, que he conocido a través de la vida compartida, de las leyes, de...