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"Betancourt's riveting account...is an unforgettable epic of moral courage and human endurance." -Los Angeles Times
In the midst of her campaign for the Colombian presidency in 2002, Ingrid Betancourt traveled into a military-controlled region, where she was abducted by the FARC, a brutal terrorist guerrilla organization in conflict with the government. She would spend the next six and a half years captive in the depths
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Alfaguara
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2017.
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Español
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El 25 de agosto de 1987 Héctor Abad Gómez, médico y activista en pro de los derechos humanos colombiano, es asesinado en Medellín. Este libro es su biografía novelada, escrita por su propio hijo. Un relato desgarrador y emocionante sobre la familia, que refleja, al tiempo, el infierno de la violencia que ha golpeado Colombia en los últimos cincuenta años.
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New American Library
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[2012]
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English
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One of the most inspiring and successful global leaders of the early 21st century explains how bold, imaginative leadership can solve even the most intractable problems--and why there is no such thing as a lost cause. Just a decade ago, Colombia was regarded as a "failed state," besieged by megalomaniacal drug kingpins, ruthless terrorist groups, and abominable poverty. But since 2002, it has been dramatically transformed into a far more peaceful,...
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Punto de lectura volume 19/6
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Punto de lectura
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[2010]
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Español
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En 1983 Laura Restrepo fue nombrada por el presidente Belisario Betancur miembro de la comision negociadora de paz entre el gobierno y la guerrilla M-19. Fruto de esta experiencia es su reportaje Historia de un entusiasmo, sobrecogedor testimonio por el que recibio amenazas de muerte y finalmente tuvo que emigrar de su pais. Vivio el exilio político durante cinco anos entre Mexico y Madrid, manteniendo contactos con el ala politica del grupo guerrillero...
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