El legado del judaísmo español

Según el historiador Indalecio Liévano Aguirre, las galerías de prohombres colombianos están llenas de mediocres, provenientes de una fronda aristrocrática, que mediante las leyes redactadas al acomodo, abusa del poder político, gracias a la ignorancia colectiva del pueblo. Por otra parte, es usual que muchos de esos prohombres hayan sido delincuentes de cuello blanco, cuyas familias amasaron ingentes capitales expoliando dineros públicos o negociaciones siniestras. A juzgar por la denuncia pública reiterada en múltiples escenarios políticos y académicos por el historiador Enrique...

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A la muerte de su padre en 1598, Felipe III heredó un gigantesco imperio que inexorablemente exigía ser mantenido por la fuerza de las armas. El nuevo rey, con sus veinte años apenas recién cumplidos, era renuente a esa fatalidad y procuró no emprender nuevas aventuras militares. A pesar de la mejor voluntad real, las inmensas posesiones españolas se vieron una y otra vez atacadas y, en solo diez años, obligaron a sus ejércitos a mantener 162 batallas repartidas por todos los confines terrestres. Hasta ahora, la historiografía convencional solía tratar aquellos encuentros que se...