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The real story behind El Salvador's MS-13 gang and how they have perpetuated three generations of conflict and led to scores of migrants seeking a new life in the United States. Born in Los Angeles, the gang MS-13 was founded in the 1980s by Salvadoran refugees who had been hardened in a civil...

In this exciting adventure mixed with amazing scientific study, a young, exuberant explorer and geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon—where rivers boil and legends come to life. When Andrés Ruzo was just a small boy in Peru, his grandfather told him the story of a mysterious legend...

Este audiolivro conta a história da mais violenta e esquecida guerra urbana do país. Em São Paulo, 5 de julho de 1924, explodiu uma revolução. Oficiais do Exército, Marinha e Força Pública queriam implantar uma ditadura, fazer reformas e acabar com a corrupção. Era a segunda intentona dos tenentes rebeldes. Dois anos antes, no mesmo dia 5 de julho, rebelaram-se no Forte de Copacabana, mas o levante foi rapidamente sufocado.

Latinos across the United States are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many—Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns—are voices who have been chronically overlooked in...

Did you know the Olmecs might have been the first people to introduce writing? The first people who managed to elevate themselves to civilized life were the Olmecs. But they remain relatively unknown. In this new captivating history audiobook, you will discover the truth about the earliest known civilization in America.

Explore the Captivating History and Mythology of the Aztec!

Nothing remains of the ancient Mesoamerican civilization who called themselves the Mexica, better known to us as the Aztecs. Nothing except for their remarkable story. In this audiobook, we discuss their enigmatic origins and how the Aztecs rose from nomadic tribes to the dominant power in Mesoamerica at an astounding speed. You’ll wander the streets of their great capital city of Tenochtitlán, known as “the Venice of the New World” among the Spanish Conquistadors, who spread the term all over Europe. You’ll discover the full extent of the city’s splendour, visiting its many market stalls, smelling fresh chocolate and vanilla pods. You’ll indulge in a taste of ripe, hand-picked avocados and freshly baked corn tortillas, as you decipher Náhuatl, the language spoken by the 50,000 merchants who visited Tenochtitlán every day.

Este audio libro integra, en una redacción original, por un lado, algunos fragmentos de la crónica de Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Historia de la Conquista de la Nueva España, y, por otro, las aportaciones de Fernando Orozco Linares, investigador en historia, lo que da como resultado una obra fascinante que actualiza la narración de la Conquista.

Este libro nos ofrece una visión innovadora para solucionar el problema de criminalidad que vive México, centrándose en el potencial que tienen las policías municipales y la justicia cívica para reducir y controlar el 90% de los delitos a su nivel mínimo.

Cruzando la línea: las Fuerzas Armadas en México contiene un profundo análisis y documentación realizados por investigadoras/es, periodistas y abogados, sobre el papel de la militarización y seguridad en México, y el surgimiento de la Guardia Nacional, su papel en los proyectos estratégicos (Tren Maya e Interoceánico), las Fuerzas Especiales, entre otros. Es un corte de caja sobre sus funciones y operaciones en los últimos sexenios, particularmente en la administración del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador y su transición a la de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum.

Os quilombos são muito mais do que histórias de resistência do passado; eles são a alma viva de uma luta por justiça que atravessa séculos e reverbera nos dias de hoje. Atualmente, segundo o Censo do IBGE de 2022, o Brasil abriga cerca de 7.666 comunidades quilombolas – e, com elas, um movimento que sustenta séculos de luta. Quilombolas estão na linha de frente em pautas essenciais como as mudanças climáticas, a educação e a justiça social, transformando diálogos sobre igualdade e antirracismo no país e no cenário internacional.

Un libro que plantea el problema y la solución para lograr la verdadera transformación de México. En 2024, y en un marco institucional degradado, México tendrá la elección más grande de su historia: elegirá a un nuevo presidente, renovará el Congreso y se elegirán nueve gobernadores, así como miles de presidentes municipales y legisladores locales.

Ao reconstituir de maneira sensível e inédita os acontecimentos da madrugada de 27 de janeiro de 2013, quando a cidade de Santa Maria perdeu de uma só vez 242 vidas, Daniela Arbex constrói uma obra que homenageia as vítimas e dá voz aos envolvidos em um dos episódios mais estarrecedores da história do país. Dez anos após a tragédia, o livro deu origem a uma minissérie produzida pela Netflix e dirigida por Julia Rezende. No elenco, há nomes como Thelmo Fernandes (Os Salafrários) e Leonardo Medeiros (O Mecanismo) e Bianca Byington (Homem Onça).

La historia de Colombia ha estado marcada por varios períodos violentos: La Conquista, la Colonia, la Independencia, la consolidación de la República, la violencia bipartidista, el narcotráfico en los 80, las luchas guerrilleras del siglo XX y XXI.

Brown Enough, Christopher Rivas's first book, is a literary memoir about what it truly means to be Brown in America. Holding the weight of being a Latino man, Christopher wonders where he falls on the color line, widened through his experience as an ethnically am­biguous actor of color in Holly­wood and the many dangers and pitfalls that come from owning one's Brownness. Told through the lens of his personal stories and in a unique and literal voice, Christopher examines the deep history of his Dominican and Colombian heritage.

Following the 1808 French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, an unprecedented political crisis threw the Spanish Monarchy into turmoil. On the Caribbean coast of modern-day Colombia, the important port town of Cartagena rejected Spanish authority, finally declaring independence in 1811. Based on handwritten and printed sources in Spanish, English, and French, this book tells the story of Cartagena's multinational and multicultural seafarers, revealing the Trans-Atlantic and maritime dimensions of South American independence.

The Inca empire was vast and massive. Yet, still so few people know much about it, aside from what they've heard from vague rumors. But did you know the Inca people showed various similarities to those who came from the Middle East? Did you know that they mummified their dead and built pyramids? Infamous among the historical stories from the Spanish invaders are the evidence of human sacrifice and their polytheistic views on nature and life.

Con mirada atenta y pulso firme, Juan Villoro se desdobla en periodista, transeúnte, comprador de plumas, adulto nostálgico, padre responsable, brigadista de emergencia, y nos ofrece un testimonio de las múltiples experiencias que la capital mexicana depara a todos y cada uno de sus...

El intenso relato del regreso clandestino del director de cine Miguel Littín a Chile, su patria.

Una vez más, el autor nos hace disfrutar de la historia de México conociendo sus entresijos carnales y sus pasiones.

One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. Óscar Martinez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up and down the migrant trail from Central America and across the US border.