Los aos de la guerra

Exclusive interviews with key political figures in Mexico—former presidents Zedillo and Salinas, and guerrilla leader Marcos—are the basis of this study that untangles the complex influences that have shaped Mexico over the past 20 years. From the Zapatistas to electoral fraud, this well-researched history accounts for many parts of Mexican politics and economy that have remained obscured by official silence. Beyond recurring catastrophes, however, this journalist finds the seed of a modern democracy in Vicente Fox's presidency, one which the author analyzes in a prologue added for this...

A partir del momento en que Francisco Pizarro y sus hombres revelaron al Viejo Mundo sus fastos y misterios, el Perú ejerció sobre Europa una fascinación que llegó a ser proverbial. A través de los siglos, la curiosidad provocada por esta lejana región nunca habría de disminuir, oscilando constantemente entre el ensueño poético sobre este imperio caído y las interrogantes en cuanto a la naturaleza y origen del hombre americano. Nacida en el siglo XVIII, la ciencia etnológica iba a lograr su verdadera dimensión en el siglo XIX, mientras que las grandes potencias industriales...

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The essays in this volume evaluate progress made in the implementation of the peace agreements in Guatemala and signal some of the key challenges for future political and institutional reform.