Jorge Eliécer Gaitán y las conquistas sociales en Colombia

"Useful guide to documents concerning colonial Popayán located in various fondos of Colombia's Archivo Histórico Nacional. Entries range from sections Abastos to Real Hacienda. As with the companion Ecuadorian index, Indice de documentos para la historia de la antigua gobernación de Popayán: Archivo Histórico de Quito (see item #bi 98010545#), most of the documents date from late-18th century. Includes onomastic and geographical indices"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"El Informe Final Hay futuro si hay verdad es una obra de dominio público, que constituye una medida de reparación del derecho a la verdad individual y colectiva de las víctimas del conflicto armado en Colombia, y por tanto debe ser objeto de la máxima divulgación. En ese sentido, se autoriza a cualquier persona natural o jurídica, pública o privada, a reproducir, comunicar y distribuir la Declaración y los tomos del Informe Final, siempre y cuando se haga un uso parcial o total de los mismos de manera contextualizada, y se reconozcan a la Comisión de la Verdad como autor corporativo ...

Recounts incidents throughout Colombia where ordinary people narrowly avoid--or fail to escape--death, from five boys trapped in a cave to a village that declares itself off limits to all parties in the violence that plagues their country.

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)