Crónica del poder

�--Benditos seamos los mexicanos, de derrota en derrota hemos abierto las puertas de la victoria definitiva. Se inicia la era de la raz�n, nuestro Siglo de las Luces. --�Y por cu�nto tiempo? --pregunt� Guillermo Prieto, el airecillo rampl�n de la tarde le sacud�a la cabellera leonada. Ignacio Ram�rez, llamado por sus amigos y enemigos El Nigromante, dud�; durante un instante se mes� la dispareja barba de chivo. Prieto no lo dej� seguir pensando: --Perd�n por mi ataque de pesimismo. �Acaso importa? Un segundo de fulgor, diez minutos, dos a�os... Y luego a volver a...

This work contains fresh information located at the Sergei Eisenstein Museum and in his personal archive, both located in Moscow, which clearly indicates that there is still more to say about the Soviet director's unfinished movie, financed by Upton Sinclair. The discovery of the first version of the screenplay as well as books on Mexico and bullfight programs enables the manner in which the film developed and was structured through short stories to be reconsidered.

An lisis prolijo del desenvolvimiento de la administraci n p blica mexicana a partir del intento reciente por cambiar la estructura organizativa heredada de la Colonia y la etapa independiente.

An order from the King, directed to all government officials in New Spain, Peru, and New Granada, which demands that each official work towards the promotion of the cultivation of tobacco in their respective territory.