La ciencia y la idea de progreso en América Latina, 1860-1930

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El asesinato del obispo Juan Gerardi estremeció a Guatemala en la madrugada del 27 de abril de 1998 y casi inmediatamente partió al país en dos. Por un lado, estaban aquellos que lo consideraron un crimen político, ligado a la presentación dos días antes del informe Guatemala: nunca más, y por el otro, aquellos que preferían verlo como un sórdido hecho de violencia común. A partir de la investigación y el juicio que siguieron al asesinato, se han escrito varios libros que defienden una u otra versión del crimen. Sin importar el rigor de estas obras, o incluso si las han leído o...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Cuando los primeros colonos llegaron a los Estados Unidos de América y comenzaron a buscarse la vida en aquel entorno natural, tan duro y poco familiar para gentes procedentes de Europa, jamás habrían podido soñar que, algún día, esa tierra que pisaban se convertiría en uno de los países más poderosos del mundo.