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La aparición del cuerpo salvajemente mutilado de la actriz Pamela Dosantos desencadena una crisis de insondables consecuencias para el regreso del PRI a la presidencia. Tomás, un periodista dominado por el desánimo, escribe en su columna acerca del asesinato de la famosa actriz, incorporando un...

Milena o el fémur más bello del mundo La belleza de Milena también fue su perdición. Convertida en esclava sexual desde la adolescencia, intenta huir cuando muere su protector, un magnate de la comunicación que sufre un fallo cardiaco mientras hace el amor con ella. En su angustiosa fuga,...

Conflicts between foreign investment law and environmental law are becoming increasingly frequent. On the one hand, the rise of environmental regulation poses significant challenges to foreign investors in several industries. On the other, the surge in investment arbitration proceedings is making...

El 22 de diciembre de 1997 tuvo lugar la masacre de Acteal, que costara la vida a 45 indígenas. El caso Acteal, calificado por Amnistía Internacional como una “deuda de justicia”, permanece abierto en las jurisdicciones mexicana, interamericana y estadounidense. La Suprema Corte de Justicia...

- Definir las funciones y procesos implicados en el desarrollo de un producto editorial, a partir de los datos técnicos del sector editorial. - Analizar y especificar las necesidades de un producto editorial en cuanto a textos, imágenes procesos de impresión, acabados y encuadernación. - Elaborar...

As you begin to read this beautiful volume, be prepared to experience the exquisite pain of discovery, for you may find your assumptions about others will be challenged. The rawness will stay with you and touch your heart and your thinking. The poems in Trenzas are a gift. Savor each one and remember.

La pérdida de valores morales que llevan a considerar todo desde una perspectiva groseramente relativista; la situación social y económica tan crítica que lleva a tratar de protegernos de cualquier manera posible; el materialismo contemporáneo que nos hace creer que teniendo más cosas seremos...

Pope Francis met with French reporter and sociologist Dominique Wolton for an unprecedented series of twelve fascinating and timely conversations—open dialogues revolving around the political, cultural, and religious issues dominating communication and conflict around the world—now published in...

A rational study of kinematics is a treatment of the subject based on invariants, i.e., quantities that remain essentially unchanged under a change of observer. An observer is understood to be a reference frame supplied with a clock (Truesdell 1966). This study will therefore include an introduction...

Improved dating methods have increased our ability to more precisely determine the timing and durations of glaciations. Utilizing glacial and loess deposits, we have compared glaciations that occurred in North and South America in order to determine if events are synchronous or not, to explore forcing...

Shattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica provides the first comprehensive examination of transnational migration patterns into and out of Costa Rica. This impressive edited volume brings together the work of 18 top scholars from diverse social science backgrounds to analyze Costa...

Racism and Discourse in Latin America investigates how public discourse is involved in the daily reproduction of racism in Latin America. The essays examine political discourse, mass media discourse, textbooks and other forms of text, and talk by the white symbolic elites, looking at the ways these...

This is a new introductory text providing an up-to-date account of leading theories of development. The book includes a discussion of classical accounts of development, particularly that of Marx, but also considers current debates on the issue. Theories of imperialism, neo-imperialism, dependency,...

Mexican American Baseball in South Texas pays tribute to the former baseball teams and players from Edinburg, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Donna, Alamo, San Juan, Brownsville, Harlingen, and other surrounding communities. From the late 19th century through the 1950s, baseball in South Texas provided opportunities...