El País Creado Por Wall Street: La Historia No Contada de Panamá

Entre finales de 1821 e inicios de 1828, Costa Rica pasó de la incertidumbre que suponía esperar a que se aclararan "los nublados del día" a la expectativa de que, en un futuro cercano, se podría cortar "cada día una espiga más" y llorar "una lágrima menos". Al explorar cómo se transitó de lo primero a lo segundo, el historiador Iván Molina Jiménez emprende un viaje fascinante, por territorios muy poco conocidos de la época de la independencia. Desde sus primeras páginas, el presente libro se aparta de las rutas convencionales para abordar temas tan novedosos como...

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"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

El relator de esta historia ha sido testigo presencial de hechos ocurridos en Argentina durante los últimos setenta y seis años. Los mismos involucran a dos personas que, en distintos momentos, han ocupado u ocupan un lugar central en la vida política del país. Se habla de una "crónica novelada" en la que aparecen hechos históricos y licencias literarias. Se deja al criterio del lector decidir entre ambas alternativas en cada situación.