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Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...

Demóstenes (384-322 a.C.) es un autor imprescindible de la literatura clásica. Considerado una de las cimas de la oratoria de todos los tiempos, y de dilatada influencia posterior, sus vehementes discursos políticos a la Asamblea ateniense representan el último esfuerzo de Grecia por salvaguardar sus valores democráticos frente a la amenaza que suponía el rey Filipo de Macedonia y su hijo, Alejandro Magno.

En este nuevo libro Daniel Balmaceda aumenta su colección sobre el origen de las palabras. Con términos novedosos y que hacen al contexto en el que vivimos (como deadline, free-lance o target), hasta el origen de la palabra "cuarentena" que tanto utilizamos en este año. Sin embargo, no deja de lado ciertas frases que utilizamos en la Argentina, como "Quedar en Pampa y la vía", o los maravillosos epónimos, un género en sí mismos. Daniel Balmaceda vuelve a fascinarnos con la historia de las palabras, desde las que empezaron a formar parte de nuestro vocabulario en los últimos tiempos...

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