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This penetrating collection of papers, presents a wealth of detailed information on Mexico’s record in recent years in the realms of crime (especially drug trafficking), political corruption, and human rights abuses, and examines the links between these areas and Mexico’s well-known economic indicators. The authors, many of whom are Mexican, draw on a wide variety of domestic and international sources, including internal Mexican studies (both governmental and non-governmental), reports and studies from international organizations such as the United Nations and the Organization of American States, and reports from Human Rights Watch/Americas. Mexico: Facing the Challenges of Human Rights and Crime was sponsored by the International Human Rights Law Institute of DePaul University College of Law. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
Every day the sun goes down, and for us the cycle of vibrant life will end. We know that the next day we will be reborn more brilliant and vigorous than before. This record of anguish and emptiness unites us with the community that has lost a beloved person. As a result of this sad experience, we have to seek for something positive for Mexican society. Together we will achieve it with strength and dedication. ¡Rhonita lives!
All societies around the world and through time value beauty highly. Tracing the evolutions of the Colombian standards of beauty since 1845, Michael Edward Stanfield explores their significance to and symbiotic relationship with violence and inequality in the country. Arguing that beauty holds not only social power but also economic and political power, he positions it as a pacific and inclusive influence in a country “ripped apart by violence, private armies, seizures of land, and abuse of governmental authority, one hoping that female beauty could save it from the ravages of the male beast.” One specific means of obscuring those harsh realities is the beauty pageant, of which Colombia has over 300 per year. Stanfield investigates the ways in which these pageants reveal the effects of European modernity and notions of ethnicity on Colombian women, and how beauty for Colombians has become an external representation of order and morality that can counter the pathological effects of violence, inequality, and exclusion in their country.
Judicial Reforms in Mexico
In this book Javier Ortega Urquidi, a native of Camargo, Chihuahua, portrays the history of a racial group which played an important part in the formation of the strong character of the men of northem Mexico. Employing impressive investigation and masterful sensitivity, the author, without following a rigorous order, transports us to the heart of Apache life in the Chihuahua desert. The lives of Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, Vitorio, Ju and Geronimo will be an authentic discovery for the most exacting reader. The thematic variety, the stylistic elegance and the poetic language employed in this essay of ideas, meditations and reflections about Apache life, accompanied by an important accumulation of historic notes, take us on a journey in time. Without departing from fact, the author moves between the poetic and the didactic. Both questions and anecdotes are considered in this book, through the wide-ranging freedom of theauthor´s style as he reviews the similarities and the differences that are found in various sources.
In a frank and enlightening look at our criminal courts, attorney Roy Black reveals his defense strategies in four cliffhanger cases. ""To Kill a Mockingbird, " but with real characters."--Alan M. Dershowitz, author of "Reversal of Fortune."
Juan Quezada, in the northwestern part of the state of Chihuahua, has become the best pottery maker of the world, and has developed his own technique of pottery making. Following the pattern of the ancient Paquime, he has created wessels of symmetrical lines and intricate designs, duplicating the perfection of their work. Here you will feel the spirit of an entire village which, with its magnificent pieces of pottery, has come to earn a place in the world of the pottery making. The people of Mata Ortiz have shown an outstanding example of art, clay and tradition. Their works are without equal and a marvel to any who see them, whether in museums or in private collections.
"Experiencias offers carefully sequenced activities, pre-tested in the authors' own classes, that focus on personal interaction and real communication. All face-to-face activities are easily adaptable for digital environments and writing assignments. Recycling Throughout both volumes, Experiencias incorporates activities that recycle previously learned material but with new topics, which allows students to continue mastering vocabulary and structures encountered earlier in the program"--