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This work contains fresh information located at the Sergei Eisenstein Museum and in his personal archive, both located in Moscow, which clearly indicates that there is still more to say about the Soviet director's unfinished movie, financed by Upton Sinclair. The discovery of the first version of the screenplay as well as books on Mexico and bullfight programs enables the manner in which the film developed and was structured through short stories to be reconsidered.

Draft of report commenting on a plan proposed by Reginald Carey Brenton for organizing the Mexican Armada, with information on naval history, and a plea for the establishment of a naval academy.

Funcionario p blico y maestro, Mois s S enz fue tambi n viajero y escritor. Fund escuelas e institutos; ocup altos cargos dentro del gobierno, en el mbito educativo y en el diplom tico. Dentro de la amplia gama de estas actividades hay una nota com n: su inter s por el M xico indio, por el M xico de los campesinos. En estos textos, S enz busca lo propio de un pa s que no est integrado: "el mestizo, el M xico urbano y el campesino, el M xico indio".

In "La muerte de Artemio Cruz" we are present in the last moments of the lif e of a powerful man, one who was a revolutionary soldier, a lover without passion, and a father without a family. Carlos Fuentes reveals in this novel the thoughts of an elderly man who can no longer fend for himself; the man is confronted with an imminent and torturous death, but his will does not allow him to be defeated.