Synopsis
In the chaotic Mexico of the first decades of the 20th century, Uriel Eduardo Alatriste, a young man "minutes secretary" of the president of the Republic, records "with passion, the world in which he had to live." From the privileged watchtower that offers the ministerial office installed in the bar “La Arcadia,” Uriel describes the circumstances that surrounded the presumed kidnapping of the American consul in Puebla in August of 1919, and the later threat of invasion of the American government.

About the author
Sealtiel Alatriste was born in Mexico city in 1949. Graduated in Administration of Companies and Spanish Arts from the Independent National University of Mexico and having a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Cambridge, Sealtiel Alatriste has been very linked to the publishing world; he has directed several publishing houses, and he writes for newspapers such as “Reforma” (Reformation) and “El Norte” (the North) on a weekly basis. At the present time he is the general consul of Mexico in Barcelona, Spain.