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Antonio Jose de Sucre was the liberator of Ecuador and Peru, and one of the most respected leaders of the Latin American wars for independence from Spain. He served as Simon Bolivar's chief lieutenant and eventually became the first constitutionally elected leader of Bolivia. This book evokes his life and achievements. Libro que da la vision general sobre Sucre, un soldado que supo levantar en cualquier puesto, la bandera del triunfo. Se detallan sus habilidades militares y tambien las diplomaticas, su capacidad para la redaccion de normas juridicas y sus grandes dotes administrativas que lo...

In the vast array and vitriol of our National Health debate , the doctors voice , especially that of the surgeon , is rarely solicited , and seldom heard . It is mostly the clamor of patients you hear or the rancor of politicians . This compendium of lifetime essays will restitute an imbalance that is long overdue . The collection speaks to how a practicing surgeon really feels about the vital medical issues of our day , and what needs to be done to improve his lifes work and his dedicated care for his patients . American medicine is at a desperate crossroads where the qualitative health of...

An account of the life and achievements, and ultimate political downfall, of Simon Bolivar, the great Liberator of Spanish America, noting important events and influences from his Caracas childhood to his exile and death

En las memorias de Juanita Castro, la hermana de Fidel y de Raúl, ella relata su infancia y su juventud en el seno de la familia, los años que condujeron al triunfo de la revolución en 1959, el posterior desvío de la revolución de todo lo prometido y el exilio de ella en México y Estados Unidos. A partir de las declaraciones que dio en rueda de prensa en el año 1964 denunciando lo que pasaba en Cuba, Juanita Castro ha permanecido en silencio, pero en este libro ha decidido contarlo todo, además de múltiples anécdotas y detalles de la vida de los Castro.