Historia breve de México

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La España del siglo XVIII no llama la atención por su grandeza o su capacidad creadora, sino por su prosperidad. El país no se había metido en grandes aventuras, y solo cabía esperar un tranquilo XIX. Sin embargo, entre 1808 y 1812 una serie de acontecimientos cambian el curso de la historia: un destronamiento coloca en el trono a Fernando VII; España es invadida por Napoleón y José Bonaparte se proclama rey de España; el pueblo se alza, iniciando la Guerra de lndependencia, y logra finalmente expulsar a los franceses; en Cádiz unas Cortes proclaman la primera Constitución...

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Ser héroe es una profesión complicada, tanto o más que ser villano. Llevar el peso de la nación a cuestas no es un asunto sencillo, mucho menos en una patria tan carismática y turbulenta como la mexicana. El héroe es quien quiere y puede y su mundo es la aventura; en ella, las garantías de la normalidad quedan suspendidas. En las pasiones de quienes coquetean con lo turbio, surge lo humano. A menudo olvidamos que nadie es héroe veinticuatro horas sobre veinticuatro y el grupo Monte Tauro, guiado por la fascinación que le provocan dichos personajes, incursiona, por tercera ocasión,...