—Miguel S. Carbonell (Cubano)
Chapter Footnotes:
[A] Simón Bolívar: General and statesman, born in Caracas, later President of Venezuela, and founder of Greater Colombia (Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador) and “Alto Perú” (Perú and Bolivia). Called the Liberator, because he conducted the last battles of the Revolutionary War (1783-1830).
[1] los hombres de la Gironda, the Girondists. A famous political party during the French Revolution.
[2] ponen de relieve, reveal. VARIANTS: Destacan; vuelan.
[3] que apenas si, that he hardly; that he scarcely. VARIANT: Que no le daban tiempo sino para.
[4] sin dejar de ser, but not lacking. VARIANT: Sin ser, por eso (inhumano).
[5] con sólo clavar los ojos, with but a single glance.
[6] de la roca Tarpeya al Capitolio, metaphorically, from death to life. Note the inversion of “from the Capitoline Hill to the Tarpeian Rock.”