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Actualmente Cuba está en un momento crucial de su historia. La caída del campo socialista, la aparición de nuevas formas de socialismo, el restablecimiento de las relaciones con Estados Unidos y la modificación de la política en inversiones extranjeras para alcanzar el desarrollo económico, demanda nuevas disposiciones jurídicas en el escenario económico actual. El objetivo del presente libro es analizar desde la perspectiva del derecho algunos aspectos de la inversión extranjera: propiedad, garantía, impuestos, solución de controversias, entre otros, para determinar los límites dentro de los cuales se permite actuar, algo que puede ser de utilidad para quienes desarrollan su actividad en el marco de la inversión extranjera y para estudiantes y especialistas en derecho.
Beyond the Reconquista: New Directions in the History of Medieval Iberia (711-1085) offers an exciting series of essays by leading scholars in Hispanic Studies from across North America and Europe. At its heart is the Reconquista, without doubt the most important and enduring theme of Iberian historiography of the Middle Ages. The innovative studies collected herein, which treat a diverse array of subjects via forensic analyses of charters, chronicles and coins, shed new light on crucial aspects of medieval Iberian socio-economic, political and cultural history. The result is a collection of essays which marks a decisive and bold turning of the page in Iberian medieval studies, as the reality and ideal of Reconquest come under hitherto unparalleled scrutiny. Contributors are Graham Barrett, Jeffrey Bowman, Alberto Canto, Nicola Clarke, Wendy Davies, Julio Escalona, Jonathan Jarrett, Eduardo Manzano Moreno, Iñaki Martín Viso and Lucy K. Pick. See inside the book.
This is the untold story of how black saints - and the slaves who venerated them - transformed the early modern church. It speaks to race, the Atlantic slave trade, and global Christianity, and provides new ways of thinking about blackness, holiness, and cultural authority.
Is there a chance that a democratically elected African President can steer his country that lies below the equator to be an ethically, non-corruptive, law-abiding place to live? Could he achieve a similar sort of headway that Singapore succeeded to attain? Will this president become threatened by his countless enemies and stripped of his resources to then go about his work in an honest and undisputed way? Will the plundering and corruption that has been Africa’s trademark for centuries prevail? In this thought-provoking and intriguing novel, President Joshua Luombe Semba and his loyal team try to thwart an attack and prove precisely the opposite. Acting strongly and following his own beli...