Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

En 1946, ya mace mas de sesenta anos, llego por primera vez a México el historiador francés François Chevalier (1914-2012). Becario del Institut français d'Amérique Latine (IFAL), fue coutratado para ultimar su tesis doctoral sobre la gran propiedad en Nueva Espana. Defendida su tesis en 1949, fue nombrado director del mismo Instituto, funcion que cumplio hasta 1962. Director de una institucion francesa en el extranjero, en un periodo tan complejo y fértil como aquel de la inmediata post segunda querra mondial, promovio un espacio de encuentro y de debate para los investigadores de las...

In "La muerte de Artemio Cruz" we are present in the last moments of the lif e of a powerful man, one who was a revolutionary soldier, a lover without passion, and a father without a family. Carlos Fuentes reveals in this novel the thoughts of an elderly man who can no longer fend for himself; the man is confronted with an imminent and torturous death, but his will does not allow him to be defeated.

Este trabajo tiene por objeto analizar el estado de los servicios de agua potable y saneamiento en los países de América Latina y el Caribe al inicio del siglo XXI.

Catalogue of an exhibition organized within the framework of the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the Independence and the Centennial of the Revolution that explore how the national heroes were portrayed in art in the early 19th century. An interesting inclusion is the iconography of national heroes in relation to the sculptures of classic antiquity. The exhibition includes close to 110 pieces including sculptures, paintings, prints, photography, books, manuscripts and some magazines largely produced in the 19th Century in México and Europe.