Galería de fantasmas

Catalog of the Universidad Iberoamericana's holdings (held at the Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero) of the letters received by Carmen Romero Rubio in her capacity as wife of Porfirio Díaz, president of Mexico. Most material is from 1888 to 1901.

"Examines Madero's economic ideas and his approach to various economic issues, including labor-management relations, agrarian reform, and fiscal policy. Argues that Madero's economic policies fell somewhere between 19th-century Liberalism and a more modern interventionism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

¿Si pudiéramos escoger a nuestro vecinos elegiríamos a los que tenemos? Difícilmente. Habrá quién diga que sí y debería sentirse afortunado. Porque las relaciones vecinales son en general una larga lista de derrotas. En Los peores vecinos del mundo, Vonne Lara evidencia, narra y fabula sobre las situaciones que se derivan de la convivencia vecinal. Relaciones que nunca se acaban aunque uno se vaya a su casa y porque se está en ella. Aunque los textos hacen referencia al barrio de la autora, los fenómenos de los que habla rozan la universalidad. Y es que, nos guste o no, todos somos...

Sharply critical analysis of Mexico's recent round of ambitious structural reforms, particularly of oil industry and finance reforms, which author says show direct line of descent from 18th-century Bourbon reforms, politics of Porfirio Diaz and neoliberal ideals of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, historical antecedents vilified by many on left in Mexico. Author was Mexico's youngest elected governor and is currently serving in Congress.