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Compiles the stories of Mexico's best-known criminal women of the past two centuries, including the young heiress who killed her newborn to avoid dishonor and went to a dance immediately thereafter, and the beauty queen who murdered her unfaithful husband.

El Estadio es, cronológicamente, el primer libro que se publicó (en marzo de 1974) sobre el golpe de Estado chileno. Pero es más que eso: circunscrito a los acontecimientos del primer mes de la dictadura, el relato se apoya en una selección de testimonios significativos que, unidos al rigor documental, un sabio ordenamiento de los materiales y un exigente y eficaz tratamiento verbal, configuran una narración estremecedora. Más de veinte años después de su primera publicación en Chile (Emisión, 1991), LOM ediciones vuelve a poner a disposición del público esta obra fundamental. Su...

Che finds himself in Guatemala during a U.S.-inspired coup and also describes his first encounter with Fidel Castro, in the first U.S. Spanish edition of Guevara's diary from his second journey through Latin America.

This is a pondered biography, free of fanaticism, about the most famous and influential Mexican bishop of the 20th century, a man of action who grew up listening to stories about the Mexican Revolution and religious persecution. He was both well-loved and criticized in and outside the church. This passionate historical study gathers many documents inaccessible until now and includes first-hand accounts from members of the Catholic hierarchy. It discusses whether Samuel Ruiz promoted a theology that incited violence or, on the contrary, if he preached against the armed struggle and defended...