La manipulación del proceso de José Antonio Primo de Rivera

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 A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo.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...

"Inventario de los libros que han tenido ingreso en la seretaría de la Real academía," 1922-29, with v. 83, 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 96, 99.

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

El Partido Revolucionario Cubano, fundado por José Martí y exiliados cubanos en abril de 1892, constituyó el alma de la organización de la nueva guerra independentista de Cuba. En su constitución y desarrollo posterior, se plantearon los objetivos fundamentales y las tareas que debía abordar el Partido. Su creación constituyó una nueva etapa de la lucha separatista, mucho más organizada y con características contemporáneas. Martí explicó incansablemente la heroica tarea que debían enfrentar los cubanos de su época, para llevar a cabo la guerra necesaria que había que ganar...