The Last Pope Unholy TrinityIn a world teetering on the brink of chaos, an ancient prophecy resurfaces, foretelling the rise of "The Unholy Trinity"—three individuals whose fates are intertwined with the end of days. At the center of this apocalyptic storm stands Father Alessandro Vieri, the last pope to ever ascend to the papal throne. Haunted by visions of destruction and guided by cryptic messages hidden within centuries-old Vatican archives, Alessandro must confront not only ex...

The Last Pope Unholy TrinityIn a world teetering on the brink of chaos, an ancient prophecy resurfaces, foretelling the rise of "The Unholy Trinity"—three individuals whose fates are intertwined with the end of days. At the center of this apocalyptic storm stands Father Alessandro Vieri, the last pope to ever ascend to the papal throne. Haunted by visions of destruction and guided by cryptic messages hidden within centuries-old Vatican archives, Alessandro must confront not only ex...

Political rhetoric often portrays Mexico as an inherently violent nation. Pablo Piccato’s essential work, now available in English for the first time, cuts through the noise to contextualize violence as a historical phenomenon. Piccato shows us that violence is not unique to Mexico but, just as anywhere else, has erupted there in many forms. Attending to multiple histories of violence, Piccato reveals how violence emerges as a resource that people mobilize to various ends—not an uncontroll...

Civil society organizations report that fourteen children disappear every day in Mexico. This book studies the origins of this social phenomenon and its consequences, not only in the emotional sphere, but also in how children have been treated. Focusing on children's special positions within Mexican society rather than criminal acts or the implementation of the law, Sosenski links social and cultural history, the history of crime and fear, the application of justice and th...

While not commonly centered in the Cold War story, Latin America was intensely affected by that historic conflict. In this book, available for the first time in English, Vanni Pettinà makes sense of the region’s diverse, complex political experiences of the Cold War era. Cross-fertilized by Latin American and Anglophone historiography, his account shifts from an overemphasis on U.S. interventions toward a comprehensive Latin American perspective. Connecting Cold War events to the region’s ...

The Others reconstructs the history of migration and naturalization of foreigners in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century.Despite never receiving large influxes of foreigners, paradoxically Mexico has applied particularly tight controls on migration and naturalization. Why did it choose to limit the arrival of foreigners when their numbers were so low as a proportion of the total population? In a nation riven by ethnic prejudices and with post-revolutionar...