La Historia Detr?s del Derrumbe / The Story Behind the Collapse [Spanish]

By Roberto Rock L.

A su llegada al poder, en diciembre de 2012, Enrique Pe a Nieto entusiasm incluso a sus adversarios.

Un pa s agotado por el crecimiento de la violencia, escaso crecimiento econ mico y una confrontaci n social que se extend a ya por seis a os, recibi al nuevo mandatario como encarnaci n de una clase pol tica a la que se le daba una nueva oportunidad bajo la presunci n de que s sab a c mo hacer las cosas.

Llegaba a la presidencia el prototipo de un PRI que declaraba haber aprendido de las derrotas, con sus respectivas lecciones. El nuevo presidente, un hombre joven, popular, cuya atracci n sobre multitudes lo semejaba a una estrella de televisi n, inici su administraci n subyugando incluso al mundo con un plan de reformas que, congregadas el Pacto por M xico, cautiv a observadores extranjeros, acostumbrados al ciclo de demagogia-corrupci n-estancamiento que ha caracterizado por d cadas a la regi n latinoamericana pero que parec a empezar a cambiar en diversas latitudes. Y ah estaba Pe a Nieto para demostrarlo. Era "el momento de M xico", seg n dijo en su portada una conocida revista internacional.

Sin embargo, el equipo que "s sabe c mo hacer las cosas" empez a mostrar fisuras desde los primeros meses de su llegada a Los Pinos. Muy tempranamente surgieron bloques orientados a imaginar la sucesi n del 2018. Sectores afectados por las reformas o indignados ante la corrupci n rampante, presentaron resistencia. L deres opositores fueron encareciendo las cuotas de apoyo. Y la nave Pe a Nieto comenz a acusar v as de agua que ya la lastraban cuando surgieron los primeros esc ndalos p blicos, como la "Casa Blanca" o dramas como la desaparici n de los j venes de Aytozinapa, en septiembre de 2014.

El libro se estructura mediante una sucesi n de momentos reveladores, dominados por crisis p blicas o por cismas internos del equipo presidencial. Agrupadas en forma cronol gica y tem tica, esas instant neas de un poder en proceso de desmoronamiento permitir n al lector del libro tener una mirada profunda sobre la naturaleza humana y pol tica que domina la din mica del r gimen mexicano, sus entretelones y acuerdos palaciegos.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Upon his ascent to power in December of 2012, Enrique Pe a Nieto thrilled even his adversaries.

Exhausted by increasing violence, sluggish economic growth, and a social confrontation that had already dragged out for six years, Mexico received its new leader as the incarnation of a political class that had been given a new opportunity under the assumption that they knew how to do things.

The new President, a young, popular man whose attractiveness to the masses made him seem like a television star, started his administration by charming everyone with a plan for reforms that, along with the Pact for Mexico, captivated even foreign observers, accustomed to the cycle of demagoguery--corruption--stagnation that has characterized the Latin American region for decades, but which seemed ready to change in certain areas. And there was Pe a Nieto to prove it. It was "Mexico's moment," according to the cover of a well-known international magazine.

However, the team who "knows how to do things" started to show cracks within months of arriving in office. Very early on there were blocks focused solely on the succession of 2018. Sectors affected by the reforms or indignant toward the rampant corruption presented resistance. Opposition leaders were gaining funds in their support. And the Pe a Nieto ship was starting to accuse the waterways of mistreating it when the first public scandals broke, like the "Casa Blanca," or dramas like the disappearance of the young people from Atozinapa in September of 2014.

The book is structured through a series of eye-opening moments, dominated by public crises or by internal schisms in the presidential team. Grouped chronologically and thematically, these snapshots of collapsing power will give readers a profound look at the human and political nature that dominates the dynamic of the Mexican regime, its secrets and palace intrigues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 6073176139
• ISBN13: 9786073176132
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Grijalbo
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"