Entre la voz de Dios y el llamado de la patria

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Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...

La historia del ascenso, vuelo libre y caída de Mario Martínez de la Garza, un hijo natural quien a través de mentiras, crímenes y traiciones ha llegado a la gubernatura neoleonesa, da vigencia una vez más a la sentencia de la antigüedad: "El mal se vuelve contra sí mismo". Mayra, una chica de 18 años, hija de un exitoso empresario regiomontano, es repudiada por sus familiares cuando se enteran de que espera un hijo bastardo. Desterrada del hogar, busca alejarse de ellos lo más pronto posible, y llega sin una sola moneda a Tuxtla Gutiérrez, una población desconocida para ella....

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