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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
«El rey del cashes una crónica nítida y sin concesiones a través de la cual se reconstruye la historia secreta política, personal y financiera de AMLO y su círculo más cercano, indispensable para entender eladn del mandatario, de la llamada 4T y Morena.»
—AnabelHernández
«Este es un testimonio sobre los 18 años que viví cerca del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, al ser pareja de su entonces jefe de prensa César Yáñez. Ellos...
Author
Series
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
La fascinante historia de como Vladimir Putin, un agente mediocre del KGB, llego a la presidencia de Rusia, deshizo anos de avances y convirtio a su pais de nuevo en una amenaza para sus ciudadanos y para el mundo. Desde su llegada al poder en 1999, Vladimir Putin se ha hecho con el control de los medios de comunicacion, sus rivales politicos han acabado encarcelados, exiliados o muertos, y el fragil sistema electoral ruso apenas se sostiene. Pese...
5) Belle epoque
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Spain, 1931 is a politically divided nation and on the brink of war. With allegiances torn between Republican and Traditionalist factions, Fernando, a disillusioned soldier, has chosen a third option, going AWOL. Fate intervenes during his escape when he meets Manolo, an admiring land owner who sees himself mirrored in the young man and welcomes him into his home, a home inhabited by Manolo's four visiting daughters, each more beautiful than the other....
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
7) Machuca
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
[©2006]
Language
Español
Description
In 1973, the Chilean military, under the direction of General Augusto Pinochet and backed by the CIA, overthrew the shaky socialist government of democratically elected President Salvador Allende. The coup led to the murder of 3,000 leftist Allende supporters and the detention of an estimated 250,000 political prisoners. Set against the background of the political instability that led to the crisis, Andrés Wood's Machuca is the moving story of the...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Desde su irrupción en el tablero electoral, Xóchitl Gálvez se convirtió en la obsesión del presidente López Obrador. Hasta ese momento, la próxima elección presidencial no parecía una competencia real: se anticipaba como una sucesión elegida por AMLO, una transición entre candidatos del mismo partido, un juego de «corcholatas». En tan solo 15 días, Xóchitl revolucionó el panorama de 2024. Su carisma, sus propuestas y su impoluto historial...
Series
Scandal volume 3
Publisher
ABC Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Now, seemingly invincible "fixer" Olivia Pope must confront the ultimate challenge: fixing herself. After sifting through her mysterious father's labyrinth of lies, Olivia's search for answers about her mother threatens not just national security, but the entire world. Meanwhile, the lives of her "gladiators", as well as those of the president, his wife and key White House staffers, take sinister, unexpected turns.
Publisher
Televisa
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
An eight-year-old who practically lives inside a barrel in the courtyard of a community filled with loony but memorable characters. He has innumerable adventures while playing in the patio with a cheerful group of kids and adults that also live in the complex.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por qué Donald Trump fue electo presidente de Estados Unidos? Su victoria electoral dice mucho sobre el país más poderoso del mundo y sus ciudadanos, pero también sobre nosotros como sociedad. Ahora, ante la xenofobia, la misoginia, el nacionalismo, el populismo y otros azotes característicos de ese régimen, ¿cuáles son las mayores amenazas para México? Con el mejor estilo de los panfletos y libelos políticos de los siglos xix y xx, Jorge...
Series
Criterion collection volume 943
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Sergio, a bourgeois intellectual Cuban, is alone after the departure of his wife, parents and friends in the wake of the Bay of Pigs incident. Now in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana before finally meeting Elena, a young virgin girl he seeks to mold into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
El país -como cada seis años, o mejor dicho: cada año- se encuentra en un momento crítico de inestabilidad económica, corrupción, deshonestidad política, indolencia ante los problemas sociales...¿y ahora quién podrá defendernos?
Fiel a su estilo y con un humor salvaje, Chumel Torres ofrece en este libro una reflexión sobre lo que nos distingue como mexicanos: Quiénes son nuestros héroes, por
...15) ¡Gracias!
Author
Language
Español
Description
El recuento de lo que significó el sexenio de la transformación histórica del país y de cómo el compromiso con la ciudadanía marcó el camino de una nueva política
«Me voy, y aunque la vida sigue su curso, necesitaba reiterar acerca del pasado para comprender mejor el presente y el porvenir: no hay texto sin contexto y tampoco los procesos políticos y sociales surgen de repente, de la nada, son frutos de un largo camino, de resistencias,...
Author
Publisher
Abdo Kids Junior es una subdivision de Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Through simple text and historic and modern images and photographs, this title explains why the US Constitution is one of the most important symbols of freedom to the United States of America. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators.
19) No
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
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2024 Latinx/a/o Heritage Month
Movies for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month- Películas para el mes de la herencia latinx/a/o 2022
Movies for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month- Películas para el mes de la herencia latinx/a/o 2022
Description
"Military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls for a referendum to decide his permanence in power in 1988, the leaders of the opposition persuade a young daring advertising executive - René Saavedra - to head their campaign. With limited resources and under the constant scrutiny of the despot's watchmen, Saavedra and his team conceive of a bold plan to win the election and free their country from oppression"--IMDb.
20) Shadow dancer
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"When single mother Collette McVeigh ... is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA plot in London, an MI5 officer ... offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son's life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in the MI5 and return home. When her brothers' secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her family...
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