La historia detr嫳 del derrumbe / The Story Behind the Collapse

Un pa穩s agotado por el crecimiento de la violencia, escaso crecimiento econ籀mico y una confrontaci籀n social que se extend穩a ya por seis a簽os, recibi籀 al nuevo mandatario como encarnaci籀n de una clase pol穩tica a la que se le daba una nueva oportunidad bajo la presunci籀n de que s穩 sab穩a c籀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籀n sobre multitudes lo semejaba a una estrella de televisi籀n, inici籀 su administraci籀n subyugando incluso al mundo con un plan de reformas que, congregadas el Pacto por M矇xico, cautiv籀 a observadores extranjeros, acostumbrados al ciclo de demagogia-corrupci籀n-estancamiento que ha caracterizado por d矇cadas a la regi籀n latinoamericana pero que parec穩a empezar a cambiar en diversas latitudes. Y ah穩 estaba Pe簽a Nieto para demostrarlo. Era "el momento de M矇xico", seg繳n dijo en su portada una conocida revista internacional.

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

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

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Upon his ascent to power in December of 2012, Enrique Pe簽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簽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簽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 pol