Feria de Ganados & Planta de Beneficio de Medellín

Kukum cuenta la historia de Almanda, bisabuela del autor, que enamorada de un joven innu de Quebec, adoptará con entusiasmo su forma de vida nómada: la existencia libre en el bosque de acuerdo a los ciclos de la naturaleza. Se convertirá en una auténtica innu aunque siempre conservará el hábito de la lectura, rompiendo así las barreras impuestas a las mujeres indígenas. En la madurez, tendrá que enfrentarse a la pérdida de sus tierras, el encierro en las reservas y la violencia de los internados, todo ello en nombre del progreso. Contado en un tono intimista, el relato de Almanda,...

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 A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo.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...

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