México En La Frontera del Caos (Nueva Edición) / Mexico: On the Edge of Chaos (N Ew Edition) [Spanish]

Con nuevo pr logo sobre L pez Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum y el regreso del viejo PRI

En los a os 90, era f cil ver que el torbellino del tlc, el levantamiento zapatista y el asesinato de Colosio acercaban la transici n democr tica en M xico, cosa que ocurri . Pero muy pocos observaron las graves tendencias que subyac an en ese torbellino...

Andr s Oppenheimer fue, tal vez, el nico periodista que en su momento logr verlo y explicarlo, justamente en este libro. Detect que la idiosincrasia priista segu a fuerte y resurgir a, que las violencias buscar an otros escenarios, que sin reformulaciones econ micas los problemas de fondo rebrotar an y que, por lo tanto, el escenario estar a listo para que surgieran ciertos tipos de liderazgos pol ticos harto-peligrosos. En todo acert .

La cuesti n es que esas din micas persisten. Con la diferencia de que ahora los riesgos y las complejidades para atajarlos son mayores. Leer esta obra, por tanto, se convierte en un imperativo para recordar y reaccionar antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Porque, con esta reedici n, Oppenheimer nos recuerda que M xico, de nuevo, se encuentra en la frontera del caos...

Para desgracia de M xico, la otrora "dictadura perfecta" se convirti bajo L pez Obrador en una "dictadura imperfecta" ...Han pasado casi treinta a os desde que escrib M xico en la frontera del caos, y su t tulo ha vuelto a cobrar una vigencia inusitada tras el regreso de casi todos los males que muchos cre amos superados tras el regreso a la democracia en el a o 2000...-De la Introducci n

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In the nineties, it was easy to see that the vortex of the TLC, the Zapatist uprising, and Colosio's murder were bringing forth a democratic transition in Mexico, which it did happen. But very few observed the grave tendencies that underlay beneath that vortex...

Andr s Oppenheimer was perhaps the only journalist that could see it and explain it at the time, precisely in this book. He detected the PRI idiosyncrasy was still strong and reemerging, that violence would change scenarios, that without economical reformulations, the deepest problems would resurface again, and thus the stage would be set for certain political leaderships, extremely dangerous. He was right about everything.

The issue is that these dynamics persist. The difference is that now the risks and complexities to tackle them are greater. Therefore, reading this book becomes imperative to remember and react before it is too late. Because, in this new edition, Oppenheimer reminds us that Mexico, yet again, is on the very edge of chaos...

Unfortunately for Mexico, the otherwise "perfect dictatorship" became an "imperfect dictatorship" under L pez Obrador....

"It has been nearly thirty years since I wrote Mexico: On the Edge of Chaos, and its title has regained an unusual relevance after many evils, which we thought outdated after democracy returned in the year 2000, are now back..." --From the Introduction