Boletín de estadística fiscal

Filiberto, un hombre de cuarenta años, solitario, amante de las antigüedades prehispánicas mexicanas, empleado en una oficina gubernamental de Ciudad de México, muere ahogado en Acapulco. Su amigo —quien narra la historia—, va a buscar sus restos y en el viaje de regreso a la ciudad lee el diario personal de Filiberto. La transcripción de este diario es el núcleo argumental del relato. Los párrafos iniciales corresponden a días rutinarios, con referencias a encuentros con amigos y reflexiones melancólicas sobre el paso del tiempo y los destinos individuales. Este contenido...

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.

Catalogue of an exhibition organized within the framework of the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the Independence and the Centennial of the Revolution that explore how the national heroes were portrayed in art in the early 19th century. An interesting inclusion is the iconography of national heroes in relation to the sculptures of classic antiquity. The exhibition includes close to 110 pieces including sculptures, paintings, prints, photography, books, manuscripts and some magazines largely produced in the 19th Century in México and Europe.

Cuenta la vida del cura Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, las obras que cumplió donde sea que se le mandara, y el papel que tuvo en la revolución para la independencia de México.