Políticas de reparación

A book of photographs of people and places in Chile, with excerpts from the writings of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poets, Mistral and Neruda.

El desierto chileno y las oficinas salitreras castigadas por el sol son los hostiles parajes donde el iluminado, más conocido como el Cristo de Elqui, causará revuelo entre los lugareños con sus prédicas santas.

They have been complex in recent years for Chile, especially if we add corporate corruption and the discrediting of republican politics and institutions to the erosion of the government projects of the Concertación and the New Majority. Therefore, during a year of elections, critical reflection on the representativeness of the Poder Legislativo and, especially, the one hundred and twenty "honorable" representatives that allow or impede changes in our country become urgent. In this detailed and no less ironic analysis, the journalist Nancy Guzmán bares with humor what each deputy does and...

"Splendid work on the pre-Popular Front era, particularly the activities of Gustavo Ross Santa María and the election of Aguirre Cerda. Ross managed to improve the economy and reduce Chile's foreign debt through a variety of schemes, including fleecing the foreign bond holders. Relying heavily on primary sources, this is required reading for political and diplomatic historians"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.