Tabacalero y socialista en Cayey / Tobacco and Socialist in Cayey

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

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Esta Historia universal SIGLO XXI, preparada y editada inicialmente por Fischer Verlag (Alemania), sigue un nuevo concepto: exponer la totalidad de los acontecimientos del mundo y dar todo su valor a la historia de los países y pueblos de Asia, África y América. Resalta la cultura y la economía como fuerzas que condicionan la historia. Saca a la luz el despertar de la humanidad a su propia conciencia. En la Historia universal SIGLO XXI han contribuido ochenta destacados especialistas de todo el mundo. Consta de 36 volúmenes, cada uno de ellos independiente, y abarca desde la prehistoria...

El presente texto se hace eco de las propias palabras del arquitecto Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), quien insistía en recordarnos la expresión de Santo Tomás de Aquino "addaequatio intellectus et rei", igualdad entre pensamiento y objeto, como vía para alcanzar la verdad. Valiéndose de un humilde espejo de naturaleza platónica, el autor persigue las ideas arquitectónicas del maestro alemán en sus múltiples reflejos proyectados a lo largo de toda su trayectoria profesional, como si cada vez intentase tallar las facetas poliédricas de un supuesto Templo ideal.Estableciendo unas ...