Cámara de Comercio de Barranquilla: 100 años

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

Muchas de nuestras zarzuelas son un trozo de la vida misma, un retrato de las gentes, de sus alegrías y de sus penas, aunque unas y otras se nos presenten tamizadas por el lenguaje fantástico y colorista del teatro y de la música. Esta vida, alegre y trágica a la vez, transcurre, indistintamente, en lugares imaginados o en escenarios conocidos de nuestro quehacer cotidiano; en países remotos y soñados, o en las calles y plazas que paseamos cada día. A estas últimas están dedicadas estas páginas. A estas calles, plazas y lugares que la magia de las candilejas convierte en...

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