Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2017

The Demographic Observatory 2015 contains selected indicators from the 2015 revision of estimates and projections for the populations analysed. The figures contained in this publication are a revision of those presented in the Observatory 2014 and include updates of the estimations and projections of national populations from 1950 to 2100, taking into account new information sources available for Chile and Guatemala. Future issues will incorporate new estimates and projections, also prepared using the component method, but by simple ages and calendar years.

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In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By...

Mil años después, el drama de los cátaros sigue siendo un misterio lleno de fascinación que en este libro se sitúa en sus auténticas coordenadas históricas.

Novedosa reconstrucción histórica de los once reyes de Tenochtitlan y, especialmente de los dos Moctezumas y de sus madres y esposas. A partir de la ruina anterior del reino tolteca y del viaje de Topiltzin Quetzalcóatl a Chichén-Itzá, la destacada antropóloga estadunidense desarrolla la tesis de la conciencia cíclica de los aztecas como teoría que explicaba sus grandes cataclismos y el presagio de nuevas eras.