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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

For Muñoz Marín, Albizu’s long absence from Puerto Rico was a relief. Negotiating with Washington was a lot easier when the Liberation Army wasn’t drilling in the street. Yet Albizu returned to the island in December 1947, and several thousand people greeted him at the dock. Forty cadets from the Liberation Army formed an honor guard around him. Pr

Daniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire

Trinidad Oliva era un hombre que picaba alto. Se sentía injustamente postergado por el gobierno. Había estado preso en tiempos de Jacobo Árbenz por conspirar contra el régimen y no tenía la menor simpatía por Castillo Armas, de modo que podía ser una pieza clave para el proyecto.

Mario Vargas Llosa • Tiempos recios (Spanish Edition)

it’s difficult to stop Castro when he begins talking — almost as difficult as it is to stop me. But then I said, “Can I tell you a story?” And as a Cuban, he immediately said, “Yes.”

So, I told him that I had watched a documentary on him, and he asked me more questions to verify that I remembered it all correctly and it was all true — and I passed. ... See more

Shanna Carpenter • Q&A with Hans Rosling (Part 2): How to change Fidel Castro’s mind … and everybody else’s | TED Blog

Somoza había nombrado a su hijo Tachito como enlace entre su gobierno y los funcionarios estadounidenses encargados de planear los sabotajes y las batallas.

Mario Vargas Llosa • Tiempos recios (Spanish Edition)

Revolution and Revolutionaries: Guerrilla Movements in Latin America (Jaguar Books on Latin America Book 17)

Daniel Castro

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Augustus is dead. Long live Augustus!

Mary Beard • SPQR

Yo creo que en este reto histórico de pasar de una dictadura a una democracia —como decía Torrijos, “yo soy un dictador convicto, confeso y converso”—

Zoilo G. Martínez de Vega • Las guerras del general Omar Torrijos (Spanish Edition)

Muñoz Marín invited Albizu to join him. The two had much in common. They were young, charismatic leaders who spoke English fluently and had attended prestigious mainland universities (Georgetown for Muñoz Marín, Harvard for Albizu). As they talked, they found that their political visions matched. Still, Muñoz Marín noticed a difference in their mot