Democracia y neoliberalismo

El episodio con el que arrancó este libro es el mismo, idéntico, que el que le sucedió hace un montón de años a Marcel Proust, cuando al llevarse a la boca un pedacito de magdalena impregnada en té volvió a sentir algo olvidado: una textura, un sabor y un olor que lo transportaron a su infancia feliz. Y se puso a escribir una novela que titularía En busca del tiempo perdido. Los Sabores colombianos no arrancaron con una magdalena desmenuzada en una taza de té, sino con un simple jugo de melocotón: al primer trago el autor se sintió transportado a su infancia, a muchos kilómetros y ...

"Discussion by academics, government officials, and private sector leaders on the virtues of reducing the role of the Colombian State in favor of private interests, with the objective of increasing economic efficiency. Although a selective process of privatization has long been praised as beneficial for economies such as Colombia's, major sales of nationalized industries have not yet been achieved and successive governments have failed to elaborate a comprehensive privatization plan. The authors describe the benefits of moving in this direction and point out that the new Constitution opens...

"Concise and informative account of Colombian-Venezuelan border dispute. Written by Colombia's former minister of public works and transportation, describes evolution of Gulf of Venezuela boundary issue from independence through 1994. Relatively objective examination includes historical background, negotiations, agreements, and military incidents, the latter well illustrated with detailed maps. Rejects chauvinistic positions and concludes that remaining delimitation problems could be resolved peacefully in the context of a binational integration process"--Handbook of Latin American Studies,...

"Invaluable account of negotiations with and reincorporation of several guerrilla groups in 1990-91. Thorough history of settlement negotiated with M-19 guerrillas, and reports on parallel negotiations with the Ejército Popular de Liberación, Movimiento Quintín Lame, Partido Revolucionario de Trabajadores, and urban militias of Medellín. Good addition to the large and growing body of literature on guerrillas and peace processes in Colombia"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.