América

El Istmo de Tehuantepec es la región mas angosta del país, comprendida entre los estados de Oaxaca, Chiapas Tabasco y Veracruz (México) sus principales centros de población son las siguientes: en el estado de Oaxaca Salina Cruz, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Juchitán de Zaragoza y Matías Romero Avendaño, en el estado de Veracruz Acayucan, Minatitlán y Coatzacoalcos, es una zona rica en petróleo y en recursos maderables, incluye en su región la mayor presencia indígena del país en la que conviven, Chontales, Huaves, Zapotecas, Zoques y Mixes, en lo que respecta y confiere al nombre de ...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

Esta es la segunda de la serie Clyde Thomas que tiene lugar en el sudeste asiático en el invierno y la primavera de 1967-1968. Clyde después de dejar Moonbeam en el Haight Ashbury, se vuelve a alistar en el ejército y regresa a Vietnam como parte de la 716ª Policía Militar en Saigón. Llega un mes antes de la Ofensiva del Tet, con la esperanza de limpiar los demonios de su alma. Pero poco a poco cae en un mundo más oscuro del que había dejado. Una novela impactante y profundamente estimulante que captura la política y la cruda realidad de la guerra, en un lugar que a nadie en Estados...

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