Colombia
and the United States: War, Terrorism, and Destabilization (Open Media) by Mario Murillo, Jesus Rey Avirama
Book Description: Every year, the United States spends millions of
dollars to help the war--ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with
what? In Colombia & the United States, Mario A. Murillo and Jesus Avirama
explores the devastating impact that misdirected U.S. military "aid"—under
the banner of "the war on drugs"—continues to have on the people of Colombia.
They argue that the conflict in Colombia is not about drugs, nor guerillas,
nor "terrorism," but rather about the unwillingness of the country’s elite
to open up spaces for truly democratic development.
Mario Murillo is the author of Islands of Resistance: Puerto Rico, Vieques
and U.S. Policy.
Jesus Avirama, a member of the indigenous Kokonuco people, is a longtime
activist.
Paperback from Seven Stories Press
Book Published: May, 2004
Fernando
Botero: Paintings and Drawings by Werner Spies, Fernando Botero
Book Description: Fernando Botero, born in Colombia in 1932, belongs
among the few major artists of the post-World War II era to have consistently
worked in a figurative style. His distinctive figures - rotund and swollen
to monumental proportions - articulate both his profound consciousness
of artistic tradition and a gently satirical observation of his fellow
human beings. Botero, who maintains studios in New York, Paris, and Tuscany,
assimilates historical and contemporary influences with rare artistic skill
to produce images that synthesize, in a deceptively simple manner, his
experiences of Latin American and Western cultures.
Botero's subject matter, wide-ranging and deeply rooted in his South
American heritage, includes portraits, bordello scenes, bullfights, landscapes,
and still lifes. The artist's awareness of tradition is reflected in his
consummate technical ability - he has revived the art of pastel, for example,
to great effect - and in a number of adaptations of works by such earlier
masters as Durer, Leonardo, and Velazquez.
The expertly reproduced paintings and drawings in this book have been
selected with the artist's help to provide a comprehensive overview of
his work in these media over the past three decades. The plates are complemented
by an introduction that discusses Botero's place in contemporary art and
elucidates his work processes, by a fascinating interview with the artist,
by detailed biographical notes, and by an exhibition history and a bibliography.
Six short stories by Botero reveal a less familiar facet of the artist's
creative personality.
Paperback from Prestel USA
Book Published: May, 1997
The
Colombian Civil War by Bert Ruiz
Paperback from McFarland & Company
Book Published: October, 2001
Culture
and Customs of Colombia by Raymond Leslie Williams, Kevin G. Guerrieri
Hardcover from Greenwood Publishing Group
Book Published: 30 August, 1999
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The
Heart of the War in Colombia by Constanza Ardila Galvis, Constanza Ardila Galvis
Paperback from Kumarian Press
Book Published: February, 2002
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