Música, dictadura, resistencia

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From reviews of the Spanish edition: “Meyer’s perceptive commentary on Mexican power politics presents new insights into the petroleum lobbies in Mexico City and Washington. With unbiased empathy he shows the validity of Mexico’s complaints about foreigners’ deriving an overabundance of profit from a nonrenewable natural resource. He understands United States history and never abuses his license to criticize.” —Hispanic American Historical Review “This useful addition to the literature on twentieth-century Mexican–United States diplomatic relations is a scholarly work, worthy...

Drug trafficking goes beyond organized crime. It is a way of life that has its own idols and even its own saints. Mexico's acclaimed journalist Jorge Fernandez Menendez unmasks the unavoidable presence of drug trafficking, its resources and organization, smuggling and weaponry, and its overall lack of control along the Mexican border. These elements, combined, constitute the alternate power to the State: The Other Authority.

Después de su gran esplendor, Europa afronta hoy una crisis profunda y de difícil resolución. Grecia, España, Italia, entre otros, asisten a feroces tasas de desocupación y a una importante recesión en sus economías. Doménico Mantuano hurga los cambios de las políticas económicas surgidas tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, analiza la subordinación europea a los dictados del monetarismo y a los centros de especulación financiera, y desnuda el verdadero esqueleto por el cual el continente ha pasado de príncipe a mendigo.