Going courting… « The Mex Files

Going courting…

February, 14, 2008 · No Comments

Who rates a motorcade like this?

Felipe Calderon? George W. Bush?

Close, but no cigar … these are VIPs of a sort… a bunch of narcos, arrested with an assortment of firearms, bullet-proof vests and ammo on their way to court. Everybody loves a parade.

Categories: Ciudad de México · Courts · Crime and Punishment · Drugs · Economy & Business · Evil-doers · Gun runners · Legal system · Policia

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The first general history of Mexico to be published in English in nearly thirty years, Richard Grabman's Gods, Gachupines and Gringos is one of the only Mexican histories ever written with the general reader in mind.

Gods, Gachupines and Gringos is written in a radically non-academic style, putting flesh and bones on the dusty figures of the past and shedding light on the common humanity of the Mexican people throughout history, often with suprising wit and humor.

480 pages, US $24.95/Mex 295.00

Bosques' War is a translation of an oral history of the World War II experiences of Gilberto Bosques (1894 – 1997), who, as Mexico 's Consul General in Marseilles, France, used his country's neutrality in the early part of the war to protect and save tens of thousands of persecuted people. Grabman, as an introduction to the interview, provides a brief overview of Mexican diplomacy in the 1930s and 1940s to provide the reader with a historical perspective on Bosques' diplomatic activities, which continued with the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s.

This book should fascinate those interested in World War II history, Mexican history or the well known feats of Raoul Wallenberg, who was specifically sent by the Swedish government to save people from the Nazis. Bosques did it all on his own and is finally being recognized for his effort.

36 pp. Editororial Mazatlán, 2007 $35 MXP (click the image)