Voices of Mexico no. 44
Our Voice
Mexico is heavyhearted. It has lost one of its most beloved and lucid voices. The vacuum can already be felt in the international literary community and will undoubtedly be difficult to fill. Mexican literature is wonderfully represented in the extensive works of Octavio Paz. Some voices are silenced and leave no echo, but the voice of Paz defines us, marks us, guides us, resonates within us. Unchallenged in literature, he was always controversial in political milieus, but even his opponents had to recognize his critical vocation, essentially honest and visionary. Somehow, even they had been marked by it.
With Paz, you are grateful to read a line of poetry. You stop, you read it again aloud, and slowly it touches the spirit. I am personally grateful to have had the opportunity of sharing a moment with Paz, at an unforgettable gathering where he read poetry to a small group, talked about which of the Machado, Manuel or Antonio, was a better poet, told fascinating stories about his youth and, in general, showed the exceptional ability to deliciously combine different skills. Undoubtedly Paz was able to do what we all want to do: to never die, to last, to remain.
Editorial
Our Voice
Paz Consuelo Márquez Padilla
Politics
Regimen Without a Name
The Parties afrer the 1997 Elections
Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez
Federalism and the Reform of the State
Jorge Javier Romero
Economy
Mexico and the North American
Gateway to Globalization
Carlos González Martínez
Society
The New Millennium
And Mexico's Northern Border Population
Gabriel Estrella Valenzuela
Sociocultural Aspects of Mexican
Women in Science
Virginia López Villegas
History
An Inevitable Disaster Foretold
The 1846-1847 War with the United States
Josefina Zoraida Vázquez
United States Affairs
Hemispheric Free Trade
The Discussion in the United States
Elizabeth Gutiérrez Romero
The American Community in Mexico
A Research Agenda
Alejandro Mercado Celis
Canadian Issues
Regionalization in Canada and Latin America
NAFTA and Mercosur
Elisa Dávalos
Joint Mexico-Canada Ministerial Committee
Abel Escartín Molina
Museums
The El Chopo University Museum
A Cultural Project for the New Millennium
Arturo Saucedo
Ecology
Biology of the Monarch Butterfly
Joel Rodríguez Zúñiga
The Monarch Butterfly
In the Magical World of Angangueo
Carlos Hernández López
In Memoriam
A Prayer for Octavio Paz
Aurelio Asiain
The Sun of Octavio Paz
Enrique Krauze
An Exceptional Spirit
Gabriel Zaid
Literature
Response and Reconciliation
Octavio Paz
Reviews
La sombra de Ulises
Diego Bugeda Bernal
Nueva agenda bilateral en la relación
México-Estados Unidos
Santiago Pérez Benitez
The Splendor of Mexico
The UNAM Main Library
Juan O'Gorman's Visual-Historical Meditation
Miguel A. Bahena
Luis Roberto Torres Escalona
Santa Clara del Cobre
Marcela Segura Coquet
Science, Art and Culture
Silence and the Work of Ricardo Martínez
Rafael Ruiz Harrell
Dance-Theater Utopia
Adrenaline on the Brink
María Tarriba Unger
Mexico Works for Children's Rights
José Luis Gutiérrez Espíndola
Anamario Hernández
Landscapes of Memory
Anamari Gomís