La Irrupción del paraestado

An anthology of columns published in the newspaper, El Espectador, in December 2006. Illustrated with cartoons of Mico.

Un catálogo de cédulas o fichas donde se ha especificado cada documento extractando en ellas todos los datos que pueden interesar a los que estudien la época de la Independencia colombiana (1810- 1832).

"Interesting collection of essays on the national security challenges faced by Colombia and Latin America in the 1990s. The authors agree given the conditions created by the end of the Cold War - the rise of globalization and interdependence and the consolidation of democracy in Latin America - the old notions of national security focused on anticommunism, US leadership, the central role of the military and the regional hypotheses of conflict should be replaced by a new doctrine aimed at strengthening democracy, promoting South American cooperation, restructuring military-civilian relations,...

"Palacios' long-awaited and indispensable synthesis of Colombian history. Lacks footnotes, but includes extensive, up-to-date bibliography. Concludes that it is urgent and not impossible for Colombia to develop a political system capable of resolving modern conflicts without relying on myths or manipulation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.