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Este libro narra la Conquista de México de una manera peculiar. Por una parte, presenta datos, citas, láminas y narraciones de los hechos relacionados con este suceso histórico, que constituyen su valor histórico y su objetividad.

La Sabaneta: Venezuela’s Infamous Hellhole exposes the brutal reality of one of the world’s most violent prisons. Ruled by gangs and neglected by the state, La Sabaneta became a lawless microcosm of corruption, cruelty, and survival. Through firsthand accounts and investigative reporting, this book reveals a system where inmates ran the prison, justice was forgotten, and death was routine. From the rise of the powerful pranes to the 2013 massacre that shocked the world, this is a haunting portrait of institutional collapse—and the human cost of it.

El legado de España en América es colosal, una simbiosis trascendental de la que emergen una historia, una raza, unas tradiciones y una filosofía vital híbridas que conforman una de las grandes culturas del mundo occidental: la civilización hispánica. La obra de España en el Nuevo Mundo es aún muy desconocida, pese a que el sorprendente descubrimiento de un continente hasta entonces ignoto revolucionó la realidad geográfica y el orden vigente del mundo medieval.

An ambitious memoir in essays by beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande that illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. Reyna Grande has spent her career powerfully capturing the raw reality of life across borders. Her memoirs...

Having had unparalleled access to the Chilean mine disaster, award-winning journalist Jonathan Franklin takes readers to the heart of a remarkable story of human endurance, survival, and historic heroism.33 Men is the groundbreaking, authoritative account of the Chilean mine disaster, one of the...

By the early 1990s, Colombia's Cali cartel had become what the former head of the DEA Thomas Constantine referred to as "the biggest and most powerful crime syndicate in history." Responsible for nearly 85% of the cocaine that reached US soil and 90% worldwide, they were untouchable. They brazenly corrupted thousands of Colombian authorities and government officials, even buying the outcome of the 1994 presidential election.

En Influencias de las ideas modernas (1907), Luisa Capetillo, como si se tratase de una obra de teatro en tres actos, nos presenta a Angelina, hija de un rico empresario y terrateniente puertorriqueño, que se educa leyendo las obras de los escritores, filósofos y anarquistas europeos.

At Tepeyac Hill, St. Juan Diego’s vision of flowers and music echoed an ancient Mesoamerican belief in “Flower World,” a heavenly paradise of music and blossoms. Drawing from recent archaeological findings, Joseph and Monique Gonzalez reveal how this belief laid the groundwork for the Guadalupe apparition. Discover how Our Lady’s appearance fulfilled centuries of longing, inspiring the greatest mass conversion in Christian history and showing how Christ is the true Flower World, the path to eternal life.

The book explores the centrality of slavery to every aspect of life in nineteenth century Rio and its long legacy through to the current day, illuminating both the city's grinding inequality and violence, as well as its triumphant cultural expressions. Rio de Janeiro is a unique and fascinating city, and through ten pivotal moments, McCann reveals its boundless creativity and contradictions, and shows how it has been continually remade by newcomers, strivers, and tricksters.

MEXODUS tells the story of the Underground Railroad that ran South, revealing the untold journey of thousands who escaped slavery by crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico. Called “thrilling” by The Washington Post and “genius in motion” by the San Francisco Chronicle, this groundbreaking live-looping hip-hop musical follows a freedom seeker and an unlikely ally as they forge a remarkable bond that transcends borders.

Explore the legends, gods, and cosmic cycles that defined one of the most powerful civilizations in the Americas. Far from a dry academic text, Myths, Gods, and Rituals of Aztec Mythology brings these ancient stories to life with vivid detail and cultural insight. Listeners are introduced to the core beliefs of the Aztec people, including their view of the cosmos, the importance of rituals, and their reverence for nature's forces. Through simple yet powerful storytelling, Matthew Torres offers a beginner-friendly entry point into one of history's most fascinating mythologies.

“Ojito has done truth an invaluable service. Extraordinary.”—Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 2014 International Latino Awards Finalist A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist uncovers the true story of an immigrant's murder that turned a quaint village on the...

La gran farsa es el retrato de un país que ardía en llamas. Es la historia de una sociedad tomada por la violencia, en la que los tupamaros desplegaban sus acciones terroristas y ponían en jaque al Gobierno de Jorge Pacheco Areco, electo en las urnas.

In October 2022, Lula was once again elected President of Brazil, replacing the far-right strongman Bolsonaro, sparking an insurrection, and exiling the fallen demagogue to Trump-friendly circles in the US. He won by promising to save the Amazon (and, therefore, the world) and, as ever, to give power back to the Brazilian people.

O Período Colonial no Brasil é datado de 1530 a 1822. Em quase 300 anos, o país foi marcado por escravidão, capitanias hereditárias, invasões estrangeiras, ciclo do açúcar e do ouro e pela chegada da família real. A seguir, entenda o que aconteceu em cada um desses momentos.

The period from 2018 to 2025 represents one of the most transformative times in Mexico's modern history. This seven-year span covers the full presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the beginning of the historic administration of Claudia Sheinbaum. It marks what AMLO called Mexico's "Fourth Transformation," a far-reaching political and social movement that has fundamentally altered the country's trajectory while generating passionate support and fierce criticism.

In Pueblos, Plains, and Province Joseph P. Sánchez offers an in-depth examination of sociopolitical conflict in seventeenth-century New Mexico, detailing the effects of Spanish colonial policies on settlers’, missionaries’, and Indigenous peoples’ struggle for economic and cultural control of the region.

México sufre y va hacia un futuro terrible de Autoritarismo y represión … Hay que frenarlo y revertirlo … Es un Narcoestado que envenena a propios y extranjeros. Los Reyes del FENTANILO y otras terribles drogas.

En primer lugar, en que se basa en tesis, libros, artículos y capítulos de libros escritos en otros idiomas —en particular en inglés, así como en archivos y bibliotecas europeos (que se encuentran en rincones tan apartados como Lisboa y Edimburgo)—, y en acervos chilenos, argentinos, guatemaltecos y estadounidenses, privados y públicos.

In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of the tortilla and the taco shell, and the existence of the taco as a modern social touchstone that has been shaped by history and geography. Challenging the idea of centrality and authenticity, Sánchez Prado shows instead that the taco is a contemporary, transcultural food that has always been subject to transformation.