Cowboys and Caudillos

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La historia de Nayarit muestra rasgos muy particulares del occidente del país, justamente allí donde el altiplano "se deshace en tierras húmedas y calientes y se despeña en barrancas interminables" para dar paso a la diversidad característica dominante del clima que define una serie de pequeñas regiones distintas entre sí. Esta obra prolonga el Estudio histórico del estado de Nayarit, de Everardo Peña Navarro, publicado entre 1946 y 1955, y es resultado de numerosos libros y artículos que han desentrañado el devenir de la entidad.

Dentro del Apparatus que acompañaba la edición de la Biblia Políglota de Amberes, Benito Arias Montano incluyó el Libro de José o sobre el lenguaje arcano. A pesar de que proporcionaba una clave esencial para entender el pensamiento de Montano, su modo de exégesis bíblica y su ordenación del mundo, el tratado sufrió desde el principio un fuerte rechazo por parte de la Iglesia y de los teólogos más rancios, que le atribuían raíces rabínicas y cabalísticas. En realidad, el biblista partía del sentido literal de la lengua hebrea para adentrarse luego en toda una multiplicidad de...

Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...