Gesto, identidad y memoria

The book edited by researchers Thomas Calvo and Paulina Machuca - both members of the project "Proyecto Vencer la distancia" (Overcoming the distance) - comprises the participation of fourteen specialists in the discipline of social sciences. "If the Philippines and Mexico had had very close relationships in the two and a half centuries that the Manila Galleon was sailing (1565-1815), the relations diluted when Mexico chose Independence and the Philippines continued under Spanish domain until 1898. It was precisely these years of disagreement that we were interested in: like all the periods...

RESUMEN: Cuenta la historia de Nezahualcóyotl, llamado Rey Poeta de Tezcoco, que se convierte en un ilustre gobernante, y describe la vida de los pueblos prehispánicos.

Si desea sorprenderse al descubrir el extraordinario potencial que subyace en todo ser humano, y si además, le gustaría hacerlo de una forma amena y clara, será imprescindible la lectura del presente libro. También le ayudará a comprender mejor el verdadero origen de muchos de los conflictos que ahora mismo le parecen inexplicables. Por ello, nos atrevemos a asegurarle que, la percepción que tiene sobre ciertos asuntos clave, será diferente después de haber disfrutado de cada una de sus páginas.

Sharply critical analysis of Mexico's recent round of ambitious structural reforms, particularly of oil industry and finance reforms, which author says show direct line of descent from 18th-century Bourbon reforms, politics of Porfirio Diaz and neoliberal ideals of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, historical antecedents vilified by many on left in Mexico. Author was Mexico's youngest elected governor and is currently serving in Congress.