Bosquejo sobre el estado político y moral del Perú

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This book is a Spanish translation of the proceedings of a conference held in 1986. Archaeologists and conservators from around the world met in Mexico City to examine the unique problems associated with in situ archaeological conservation. The papers presented focus on a wide variety of materials (including adobe, wood, ceramics, textiles, painting, skin, and bone) and sites as diverse as Algeria and the Arctic. Of special note are case studies of three spectacular sites in Mexico: Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, and Cacaxtla.

La guerra de independencia entre 1812 y 1820 fue un crisol de matanzas rutinarias, ejecutadas por patriotas y realistas con la excusa de que el contrario era despiadado, y por tal motivo era menester contestarle con la misma moneda cruel. La guerra de independencia venezolana fue un macabro juego de espejos. ¡Venganza! Con esta motivación Bolívar justificó su decreto de “guerra a muerte” en el año de 1813, un texto para herir el alma de un pueblo y hacerlo violento. De igual manera un José Tomás Boves sustentaría en la retaliación la orden de ejecutar a todos los blancos, tal...

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...