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Jorge Castaneda relata como fueron sus anos formativos, su entorno familiar y afectivo, sus mentores y los diversos aprendizajes que lo convirtieron, sucesiva o simultaneamente, y de modo temporal o para siempre, en academico, escritor, militante de la izquierda, canciller, padre obsesivo, candidato independiente a la Presidencia, lector compulsivo, polemista y hombre polemico, miembro destacado de organizaciones internacionales...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e El tono de esta obra no es autocomplaciente; su autor es un severo juez de sus decisiones y de su estilo de vida. Por estas paginas desfilan personas renombradas como Carlos Fuentes, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Fidel Castro, Colin Powell, Vicente Fox, Carlos Slim, Gabriel Garcia Marquez y Elba Esther Gordillo, y sucesos intrincados y tan interesantes como las repercusiones del TLC, el viraje en la politica mexicana de relaciones exteriores, el movimiento estudiantil del 68, los delicados equilibrios entre naciones, la odisea de los refugiados guatemaltecos en los anos ochenta, el famoso a oecomes y te vasa ?, diversas campanas hacia la Presidencia y los controvertidos comicios electorales de 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePor su amenidad, leer esta autobiografia es como tener una serie de conversaciones con Jorge Castaneda, y conocer tambien sus amores, manias, debilidades, su ambicion por el poder, su entorno intimo y familiar. Es conocer una vida intensa, de trabajo incansable. Es conocer a un hombre de su tiempo, que tambien es el nuestro\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e In Dog Tethers, Castaneda tells us about the movement of '68, his years in Paris, and his meeting and friendship with Carlos Fuentes and Garcia Marquez, about whom he says, I thought I had been his friend, when I never actually was. He discusses important people and topics both in the national and international scene: Elba Esther Gordillo, the TLC, and Cuba and the Castros, as well as Salinas de Gortari, the 1988 electoral scandal, Fox's campaign, his nomination as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the Iraq war, and the famous eat and leave.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49919526994193,"sku":"CIN6071135389VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51697464967441,"sku":"CIN6071135389G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/6071135389.jpg?v=1751097109"},{"product_id":"utopia-unarmed-book-jorge-g-castaneda-9780394582597","title":"Utopia Unarmed","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49989008949521,"sku":"CIN0394582594G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51333308383505,"sku":"CIN0394582594VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0394582594.jpg?v=1751324679"},{"product_id":"herencia-book-jorge-g-castaneda-9789681905736","title":"La Herencia","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1860, Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, by William and Ellen Craft, is the fascinating true story of their escape from slavery in Georgia. Ellen was born into slavery in 1826 in Clinton, Georgia. As a result of her mother being a mixed-race slave and her father being a wealthy white plantation master, Ellen closely resembled her white half-siblings. William Craft was also born in Georgia and first met Ellen when he was 16 and he was sold to settle his owner's gambling debt. The pair married a few years later and planned their escape so they could raise a family. In 1848, Ellen posed as a white male planter and William as her personal servant and the pair travelled openly by train and steamboat to Philadelphia. Their bold escape was widely publicized and became a popular story. Sadly, the Crafts came to fear for their safety and freedom when the Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850 and the couple moved to England, where they went on to have five children. Their thrilling tale of bravery and determination continues to be a compelling story of race, class, and gender in nineteenth-century America. 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La  nica manera de refrenar las pasiones y los intereses en juego ser a limitando ese poder; mientras  ste no sea el caso, cualquier mecanismo alternativo arrojar  las mismas consecuencias y desatar  los mismos furores y delirios. Cuatro ex presidentes ofrecen su versi n de las sucesiones en que participaron. Jorge Casta eda analiza los mismos hechos desde su propia  ptica, con el apoyo adicional de los testimonios de m s de una veintena de personalidades protagonistas de la  poca. \u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e A book to understand the functions and mechanisms of succession in the Mexican political system. In this book, Jorge Casta eda conducts a broad study about the Mexican political system, focusing on the presidents who have held power throughout history. Throughout the pages of the book, we find interviews with presidents such as Jos  L pez Portillo, Miguel de la Madrid, and Carlos Salinas. 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