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Nestes trechos de "A Retirada da Laguna", Visconde de Taunay apresenta um relato histórico sobre os primeiros movimentos do exército brasileiro rumo ao território paraguaio durante a Guerra do Paraguai. Guiadas por locais, as tropas avançam pela fronteira, enfrentando terrenos difíceis, rios cheios, alagadiços e o calor intenso. O autor descreve com precisão as cidades abandonadas e os escombros deixados pela guerra, revelando também o cansaço, o medo e o abatimento moral que acompanhavam cada passo da marcha.

Nestes trechos de "A Retirada da Laguna", Visconde de Taunay apresenta uma crônica histórica impactante sobre os primeiros momentos da campanha brasileira na Guerra do Paraguai. O texto descreve a formação de um corpo militar destinado a marchar sobre o alto Paraguai, narrando com precisão as longas distâncias percorridas, as imensidões da fronteira e as dificuldades impostas pelo terreno, pelo clima hostil e pela falta de preparo logístico.

Panama, 1989. The once warm relationship between United States and Gen. Manuel Noriega has eroded dangerously. Newly elected President George Bush has declared the strongman a drug trafficker and a rigger of elections. Intimidation on the streets is a daily reality for U.S. personnel and their families. The nation is a powder keg. Naval Investigative Service (NIS) Special Agent Rick Yell has worked the job in Panama since 1986, and lives there with his wife Annya and infant child. Like most NIS agents, he’s a civilian with no military rank with a specialty in working criminal cases.

A frank and free-flowing discussion with one of the Caribbean’s most recognizable political figures, Dame Mary Eugenia Charles of Dominica. What was certainly my most compelling media moment is now a treasure to the world of political leadership, and a welcome addition to Dominica’s political history.

Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century. The Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate the West today. But of all the world’s civilizations, none have intrigued people more than the Mayans, whose culture, astronomy, language, and mysterious disappearance all continue to captivate people. In 2012 especially, there has been a renewed focus on the Mayans, whose calendar has led many to speculate the world will end on the same date the Mayan calendar ends. The focus on the “doomsday” scenario, however, has overshadowed the Mayans’ true contribution.

Este audiolibro trata sobre las guerras bananeras que tuvieron lugar entre el final de la guerra hispano-estadounidense en 1898 y la Política de buena vecindad de Franklin Roosevelt en 1934. Podrá escuchar cómo y por qué los marines estadounidenses invadieron Panamá, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, Haití, México y República Dominicana. También aprenderá sobre la ocupación en Cuba, Haití y República Dominicana.

The Dispossessed tells the story of a twenty-four-year-old Salvadoran man, Arnovis, whose family's search for safety shows how the United States-in concert with other Western nations-has gutted asylum protections for the world's most vulnerable.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2024 SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S READING LIST 2024 'Urgent, extraordinary . . . a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit.' - Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author Empire of Pain 'Moving, sweeping...