Oscar Guardiola-Rivera est l'une des voix montantes de la philosophie latino-américaine, dont le travail explore les complexités du droit et des affaires internationales. Il analyse les dynamiques complexes des droits de l'homme, des politiques et de la résolution des conflits. À travers ses rôles académiques et de conseil sur trois continents, il offre une perspective distinctive sur les enjeux mondiaux. Son approche allie avec maestria la profondeur philosophique à une compréhension pragmatique des relations internationales.
Exploring the theme of political disillusionment, this book examines the actions of rebellious exiles and freedom fighters who reject societal norms and the traditional political system. It delves into their motivations for breaking the social contract and seeks to uncover lessons that can be applied to reclaim personal agency and reshape politics. Through these examples, it challenges readers to consider how to liberate themselves from the constraints of conventional governance.
"On 11 September 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile, Latin America's first democratically elected Marxist president, was deposed in a violent coup d'etat. Early that morning the phone lines to Allende's office were cut, army officers loyal to the republic were arrested and shortly afterwards bombs from four British-made Hawker Hunter jets began slamming into the presidential palace. Allende refused to leave his post, making broadcasts to encourage the Chilean people until the last pro-government radio station was silenced. Later that morning he was found dead, with an AK-47 that had been a gift from Fidel Castro by his side. The coup had been planned for months, even years before it actually happened. In fact, from the moment Allende's electoral victory in 1970 became a possibility, business leaders in Chile, extreme right-wing groups, high-ranking officers in the Chilean military and the US administration and the CIA worked together to secure a prompt and dramatic end to his progressive social programme. Why Allende seemed such a threat in the political and economic context of the time and how the coup was engineered is the story Oscar Guardiola-Rivera tells, drawing on a wide range of sources, including phone transcripts and documents released as recently as 2008. It is a radical retelling of a moment in history that even at the height of Cold War paranoia - a time when Henry Kissinger described Chile as 'a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica' -shocked the world and which continues to resonate today. As the uprisings of the Arab Spring and the global protests at austerity measures introduced since the crash of 2008 show, the world is struggling to deal with the economic and political dilemmas Allende faced at the time."--Publisher
A powerful and persuasive look at Latin America past and present
The first in a trilogy of genre defying, formally innovative, dystopian poetry by renowned and acclaimed author Oscar Guardiola-Rivera