Friar Bringas Reports to the King

Acercarse a esa "historia secreta" de Mexico que es su historia de la ciencia, tiene un doble significado ya que el rescate se emprende no solo porque las obras sean textos cientificos que por serlo yacen olvidados, sino tambien porque dichos textos son mexicanos y pocas veces han provocado los desvelos de los historiadores. Se trata entonces de un doble olvido que explica en parte la actitud de la historiografia mexicana tradicional respecto del desenvolvimiento cientifico de nuestro pais.

La historia de enfermos, enfermedades y médicos desde la Conquista hasta 1906. Males de héroes, próceres y de quienes no lo fueron tanto.

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As a young man, Ramon Perez aka Tianguis interrupted his studies and elisted in a burgeoning guerrilla movement to reclaim his people to ancestral communal lands in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. From the grassroots organizing conducted by the peasants to the power of regional and national politicians to enforce their social order with pistoleros -- through Tianguis' unwavering account we experience the struggle and its consequences. The pursuit of Guiero Medrano -- and of Tianguis and his friends -- is unremitting; there is no escape as they flee through the forests, small towns, and...