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"They came for her husband. The trucks arrived with a crash, the occupants came down screaming, their grandchildren played in the street, both ran scared. It was seven thirty in the afternoon. They were followed by at least six men. Others stayed outside, on duty. In the rustic interior courtyard, María Ordóñez could only hug the little ones. The only room with a door inside the house was the one below. The invaders tore her down. But there was no one behind. They seized a laptop, a tablet, a camera, two cell phones: the reporter's work tools. He slept on the top floor. The fatigue of two...

Contra todos los pronósticos, el 8 de noviembre de 2016 Donald Trump fue elegido presidente de los Estados Unidos y, desde entonces, un interrogante resuena en el mundo: ¿por qué? En este libro, a partir de una investigación exhaustiva y de cientos de entrevistas a expertos y ciudadanos, Paula Lugones da una respuesta contundente a esa pregunta y a muchas otras que surgieron a partir de esta suerte de "nuevo orden mundial". A la vez, ofrece pistas sobre cómo será el mandato de este controvertido presidente que conmociona al planeta desde sus primeros pasos en la Casa Blanca. Con una...

The former commander of coalition forces in Iraq reports back from the front lines of the global war on terror to provide a comprehensive and chilling exploration of America's historic military and foreign-policy blunder. With unflinching candor, Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez describes the chaos on the Iraqi battlefield caused by the Bush administration's misguided command of the military, as well as his own struggle to set the coalition on the path toward victory. Sanchez shows how minor insurgent attacks grew into synchronized operations that finally ignited into a major insurgency...

The definitive account of the disappearance of forty-three Mexican students On September 26, 2014, a party of students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College were en route to a protest when intercepted by local police. A confrontation ensued. Come the morning, the students were nowhere to be found. The crime that had transpired and the resultant cover-up brought the profound depths of corruption in the Mexican government and police force—as well as the vulnerability of ordinary Mexicans—into stark relief. Investigative reporter Anabel Hernández reconstructs the terrible events of...