TEC

Full-time and part-time lecturer at Tecnológico de Monterrey including 30+ (semester) courses and 20+ (1-4 weeks) workshops.

Flying Fish Over Mexico visual theater I Tarahumara Project video installation I The House of My Dreams short film I Myths MX arts event I The Barbaric Country website I Barbaric Portraits digital media I Poetry Marathon literature event I Family Tree film project

Tecnológico de Monterrey

2004-2006 / 2012-2017 I Mexico

Long-term collaboration with Tecnológico de Monterrey (2004-2017) as full-time and part-time lecturer including 30+ (semester) courses and 20+ (1-4 weeks) workshops.

COURSES: Film Directing, Screenwriting, Film Production, Television Production, Theater Production, Audiovisual Narrative, et al.

CAMPUS: 2012-2017 Chihuahua I 2015 Sonora I 2006 Querétaro I 2005-2006 Mexico City I 2004-2005 Mexico State

PROJECTS: Visual Theater: Flying Fish Over Mexico I Video Installation: Tarahumara Project I Short Film: The House of My Dreams I Arts Event: Myths MX I Literature Event: Poetry Marathon I Website: The Barbaric Country I Digital Media: Barbaric Portraits, Family Tree.

Visiting Lecturer: Pedro Valiente

"I’ve worked in university in the frame of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) since my first position ever at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico State, and Querétaro (2004-2006). Then, I returned to collaborate at Tec Sonora Norte (2017), and Tec Chihuahua (2012-2017) where I worked with a full generation of students. Among other projects, we made films, visual theater, video art, digital media, websites, arts events, and a literature event.” —PV

"Tec21 Educational Model allows you to choose your career and make your profile unique as a graduate in order to be a more competitive being with skills to face world challenges successfully. The model has three stages and since the first semester you will experience training units that have competencies development objectives (knowledge, skills, attitudes and values)." Created in 1943, Tecnológico de Monterrey branches out through near thirty campuses all over Mexico. A few years ago the values that govern the institution were redefined: "Innovation: We generate and realize ideas, break paradigms, take risks and learn from our mistakes. Global outlook: We live in a global culture and foment diversity. Teamwork: We foster collaborative work and seek collective success above that of the individual. Sense of humanity: We respect the dignity of people and act with solidarity. Integrity: We behave in an ethical manner, and are honest, austere and congruent." --Tecnológico de Monterrey I World Bank I Reimagine Education I Tec21 Model

Flying Fish Over Mexico (2004-2005, Mexico/Spain, 60min) visual theater by Pedro Valiente.

SYNOPSIS Flying Fish Over Mexico visual theater-dance exploring the origins of humans and the Mexican identity. The story follows two parallel plots. The love of Gondwana and Laurasia, the two continents in which the original megacontinent Pangea split up, and views of Mexican cultures. As a physical and emotional mirror of both: Butoh, Japanese avant-garde dance, shows inner meanings: the search of love inside humans and the search of a common identity in a nation soul.

Flying Fish Over Mexico is a production by Flying Fish Work with the support of the National Center for the Arts through the National Theater School in Mexico City in 2005, and Tecnológico de Monterrey in 2004. [Peces voladores sobre México, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Escuela Nacional de Teatro, Teatro Salvador Novo] I Site I Behance

CAST Endless Lovers: Leopoldo Rivera, María Sandoval I White Dancers: Denise Barber, Rolando Martínez, Nadia Zúñiga, Adrián Hernández, Rodrigo Leal, César Rodríguez, Francia Castañeda, Sergio Solís I Wise Children: Roberto Castelló Lima, Tamara Henaine I Original Souls: Rafael Furlong, Rosario Dávila

CREW Director/writer/producer: Pedro Valiente I Choreographer: Evelia Kochen I Producer: Guadalupe Lima I Assistant director: Leopoldo Rivera I Assistant choreographer: Adrián Ladrón I Stage coordinators: Óscar Pérez, Griselda Pérez I Stage assistant: Aaroon Buendía I Costume/Makeup: Flying Fish Work I Technical director: Jesús Treviño I Technical coordinator: Sue Ellen Bernal I Camera operators: Juan Carlos Bonilla, I Víctor Manuel Vega, Liliana Cortés I Lighting: Miguel Ángel Tavera I Visual coordinator: Rodrigo del Campo I Video: Bruno Schauwecker I Sound coordinator/public relations: Luís García TECH INFO Title: Peces Voladores Sobre México I Running time: 60min I Year: 2004-2005 I Language: Spanish I Visual theater-dance I Country: Spain/Mexico I © 2004-2005 Flying Fish Work

"What is the connection between Pangea, Mexico, and Asia? The early history of continents and their migrations lays that the first settlers of America arrived through the Bering Strait from Asia. therefore, we (freely) imagine a fantastic world where American pueblos meet their Oriental essence. And we also (freely) set that all these events happen in a very specific moment in the history of the Universe. Exactly in times before eagles and snakes [symbols of the Mexican flag]. Magical times where flying fish glided over Mexico. Founding times where Mexican people started to look at themselves with innocent eyes. To dream of the future. Endless Lovers, Gondwana and Laurasia, rebirth through time and space into men and women who don't stop loving each other. Wise Children, maybe Indigo, light from their blazing blue their never-ending flow of encounters and separations. White Dancers portray the cycle of birth/life/death through Butoh dance in its radical expression of the most intimate being. Original Souls represent pre-Hispanic visions of the genesis of Mexico and human life." --PV

“Choreographer Evelia Kochen did an extraordinary work bringing dance to students in the Theater School at CNA. Later, cast members created theater companies such as Nadia Zúñiga (El Ensamble, Teatro Playback Barcelona), Francia Castañeda (Teatro Emtre2), and Adrián Hernández (Teatro Al Vacío). On the Tec side, we did further work on Televisa, Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival, and beyond. Luís Garcia, Bruno Schauwecker, and Víctor Vega secured careers in media. Leopoldo Rivera became CEO and health master. Sue Ellen Bernal is a state congresswoman. They all are close friends and partners in life. Guadalupe Lima was an essential creative and producing force in all these projects in Mexico. Thank you all.” —PV

Tarahumara Project (2024, Spain/Mexico, 7min) video installation by Pedro Valiente

SYNOPSIS Tarahumara Project is a look of the soul. A recollection of hidden memories. Father, mother, daughter, son, and grandmother enter the scene to establish a rare dialogue with television monitors in Sierra Taragumara. Images of the elements (earth, air, water, fire) as an invasion of modern times enter their ancient way of life. Tarahumara are Native American people of Northwestern Mexico renowned for their long-distance running ability. Originally inhabitants of much of Chihuahua State, the Rarámuri retreated to the Copper Canyon in the Sierra Madre Occidental on the arrival of Spanish explorers in the 16th century.

OVERVIEW “Happiness consists of being still. It is accomplished only when your heart is in harmony with your the thoughts that live in your forehead and the body that you inhabit in this life.” [Quetzalcoatl Has Spoken] Tarahumara Project views legendary people in America as they face modern elements in a desert landscape. A contemplative portrait of an enigmatic pueblo known in the world as unique runners. I IMDb I Site

CAST Two Tarahumara families: Father, Mother, Baby, Daughter, Son, Grandmother CREW Director/producer: Pedro Valiente I Producer: Eugenio Valles I Executive producer: Virginia Aceves I Postproduction producer: Isaac Estrella I DP: Mario Gutiérrez I Photography: Leonardo Martínez I Production coordinator: Pamela Pérez I Editor: Luis García I Video art editors: Didi Trujillo, Brandon Varela THANKS Tarahumara pueblo, Valles Medina family I Ivonne Juárez, Virginia Aceves, Isaac Estrella, Jorge del Rivero, Tecnológico de Monterrey I María José Valles, Municipio de Chihuahua. In memoriam, Enrique Servín, Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura TECH INFO Title: Tarahumara Project I Running time: 7min I Format: HD video, color & black/white I Country: Spain/Mexico I A production by Flying Fish Work and Tecnológico de Monterrey Chih. with the support of the Tourism Board of Chihuahua State, Mexico I © 2013-2024 Flying Fish Work

“Still figures in a moon-like landscape with modern technology seem extrangely natural. Surrealistic and beautiful. There is something about a family facing together anything in life: good or bad. In this case, two Tarahumara families confronted a Mexican/Spanish crew who wanted them to pose still in front of a camera surrounded by television monitors. It was fascinating to observe their reactions and gestures. And a true priviledge.” PEDRO VALIENTE, director • “One of my tasks was to communicate with our characters. Rarámuri language belongs to the Uto-Aztecan family. Many of them don’t speak Spanish. So, the daughter translates my indications to each person on set. I tell them: ’Enter, stay, walk…’. I never imagined that one day I was going to talk to fellow Mexicans on this way. It was really an incredible experience”. EUGENIO VALLES, producer • “We filmmed one day a family near a cliff and the next day another one in La Charca de las Ranas. Characters appear along with the elements (earth, air, water, fire) as a counterpoint. Somehow, there is armony: its their natural environment. And then an artificial dialogue is constructed with the presence of contemporary equipment. Of course, all under intense sunlight!!” MARIO GUTIÉRREZ, DP • "I work a lot with people in the streets. I love urban portraits. So it was a great opportunity to be close to this culture. Capturing Rarámuri expressions is like jumping into the void: you don’t know what you will find." LEONARDO MARTÍNEZ, photography • “The Rarámuri were never conquered when the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. Nowadays, most ot them still practice a traditional lifestyle. We all approach this challenging and unique project with respect for this enigmatic pueblo." ISAAC ESTRELLA, postproduction producer • “My training in International Relations and my career as social coordinator meet through the contact with communities. Filmming this video art piece I found amazing human qualities. Rarámuri people speak quite a lot in silence." PAMELA PÉREZ, production coordinator​​​​​​​

“Tarahumara Project is a portrait in motion of a Tarahumara family, the enigmatic pre-Hispanic pueblo that never surrendered the Spanish. It was filmed with two Tarahumara families in Sierra Tarahumara, Northern Mexico. Tarahumara Project presents a contemporary view on legendary people in America as they face modern elements in a desert landscape. It’s a contemplative portrait of an enigmatic pueblo known in the world as unique runners. Originally, a social/political reflection was considered introducing historic figures linked to Chihuahua: Pancho Villa (soldier/politician, Chih), Adelita (soldier’s partner, Chih), David Alfaro Siqueiros (muralist, Camargo), Agustín Melgar (Hero Boy, Chih), Luis H. Álvarez (politician, Camargo), Antonio Ortiz Mena (diplomat, Parral), José Fuentes Mares (philosopher/writer Chih), Pedro de Jesús Maldonado (saint, Chih), Felipe Ángeles (soldier, Chih), Anthony Quinn (actor, Chih).” —Flying Fish Work

Tarahumara Project closes Multiple Portraits video installations trilogy, and it’s connected with other productions: The Barbaric Country website (llinked to online platforms and media including videos on Vimeo, music on YouTube), and Barbaric Portraits digital media.

Tarahumara Project I Multiple Portraits I The Barbaric Country I Barbaric Portraits

The House of My Dreams (2016, Mexico/Spain, 19min) by Pedro Valiente

SYNOPSIS “Magical tale of a man that never lived in his house. Beautiful and sometimes disturbing presences appear in his dreams as he wonders how was life for the ones who inhabited his haunting mansion.” [MDb]

OVERVIEW La casa de mis sueños is based on the real story of Quinta Gameros, art nouveau mansion and national museum built in 1917 in Chihuahua, Mexico. It opened its doors for the first time for a film production which premiered in 2017 in a public screening to a great audience with the presense of special guests and local press. The event was fully managed by students including production and sponsors. I Site

CAST Ana Gabriela Huerta, Emilio Valenzuela, Camila Anchiondo, Sara Rascón, María Ofelia Sánchez, Daniela Ortega, Salvador Carbajal, Ana María Lafón, Virginia Aceves, Gonzalo García CREW Director/writer/producer: Pedro Valiente I Producer/AD: Ana Gabriela Huerta I Executive producers: Virginia Aceves, Martha Soto I Production supervisor: Isaac Estrella I DP: Ana María Lafón I Sound design: René Gutiérrez I Sound: Edgar Muñoz I Editors: Julio Haro, Danna Valenzuela I Production/costume: Lizbeth Rubio I Production/makeup: Belén Avella

ORGANIZER Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chihuahua PARTNER Quinta Gameros, Centro Cultural Universitario, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua SCREENINGS Quinta Gameros, Mx I Arts University Plymouth, UK TECH INFO Title: La casa de mis sueños I Running time: 19min I Year: 2016 I Language: Spanish I Subtitles: English I Format: HD video, color I Country: Mexico/Spain I © 2016 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih. I Flying Fish Work

Tec de Monterrey, Chih. develops a cross-curricular program with students and lecturers from different courses at BA Communication. including Mexican lecturers Guillermo González Montes, Galileo Galaz, Addina Hazel Carbajal (CUEC, UNAM), Pedro Valiente (UC3M). The House of My Dreams is a program’s outcome.

EUROPEAN PROJECT Myths MX is an outreach activity linked to Crossing Stages (2013-2015) European Project connecting young artists with classic myths, co-funded by the European Union, coordinated by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Arts / Science / Technology (2014) event at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile presents conferences and workshops. Pedro Valiente delivers a talk on Crossing Stages, and participates in Transmedia Workshop by Phillip Baldwin, Stony Brooks University, New York. MUSEUM Quinta Gameros art center opens its doors for the first time ever for a film production i(2016, and a public screening (2017) to a great audience with the presense of special guests and local press. The event was fully managed by students including production and sponsors. POETRY MARATHON Pedro Valiente coordinates a reading/performance by Dr. Mary Hernández and students for Poetry Marathon (2013) organized by the City's Culture Department in Pancho Villa Park, Chih.

"The House of My Dreams is based on the real story of Gameros Country House, an art noveau mansion and current national museum built in the early 20th century in Chihuahua, Northern Mexico. When the Mexican Revolution erupted, Manuel Gameros had to run away to the US. We wonder if he envisioned how life would be in his beloved home. This is the story of the imaginary inhabitants of the house of his dreams." --Flying Fish Work

"My name is Manuel Gameros. I asked to build my house in 1907. It was finished three years later. Then, the Mexican Revolution exploded, and it was confiscated. Pancho Villa and the chief of the army, Venustiano Carranza, managed to reside in the house. I had to escape to the United States with my wife and daughter. We never lived in the house. I have often wondered how was the life of the ones who inhabited the house in the following years. They appear in my dreams as presences. Or maybe as memories that never existed." --The House of My Dreams

Myths MX (2014, Mexico) arts event directed by Pedro Valiente

OVERVIEW Myths MX presents different disciplines connecting new generations of Mexicans with classic myths. Students produce film/digital media, photography and writing. They teamed up with guest speakers, a professional dance company, and the management team at Quinta Gameros Museum which hosted Tec’s Tansversal Program. I Site 

CREW Arts event by students from BA Communication, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chihuahua I Producer: Isaac Estrella, lecturer I Supervisor: Virginia Aceves, BA director I Myths MX director: Pedro Valiente, visiting lecturer

ORGANIZER Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chihuahua PARTNER Quinta Gameros Museum, Centro Cultural Universitario, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua COLLABORATOR Crossing Stages European Project, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid TECH INFO Title: Miitos MX I Running time: 1h I Year: 2014 I Language: Spanish I Country: Mexico/Spain I © 2014 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih.

MEXICO Myths MX is an international outreach activity connected with Crossing Stages European project on classic myths coordinated by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. I CHILE Arts/Science/Technology event at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile presents Artist Talk on Crossing Stages by Pedro Valiente who also collaborated in Transmedia Workshop.

Myths MX I Behance Series: Uranus and Gea, Oniris, Nemesis

“Myths MX presents artwork connecting Mexicans with classic myths. Students produce film/media, photo, and writing along with guest speakers, and Quinta Gameros team. Contemporary dance choreographer Cynthia Correa projects her performance live on screen.” —PV I Quinta Gameros 

The Barbaric Country (2013, Mexico) website at Semana i (Innovation Week), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih.

OVERVIEW Website with content created by students including fiction and non-fiction writing, photography, digital media as well as music curating. Ste and logo were designed by Marlyn Chacón and Karla Ramírez with art direction by Pedro Valiente. The Barbaric Country website was produced in five days during Semana i 2013 (Innovation Week) with students mostly from BA Architecture, BA Engineering, and BA Law.

CREW Designers: Marlyn Chacón / Karla Ramírez, et al I Coordinator: Virginia Aceves, Head of Media Department I Project director: Pedro Valiente TECH INFO Title: El País Bárbaro I Website I Year: 2013 I Language: Spanish I Country: Mexico I © 2013 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih. I Site I Behance

Semana i promotes "global vision, entrepreneur spirit, and human awareness" in the context of innovation in education. "Tec21 Educational Model allows you to choose your career and make your profile unique as a graduate in order to be a more competitive being with skills to face world challenges successfully." Transversal Program Tec de Monterrey, Chih., also started a program connecting students and lecturers from different courses. This cross-curricular project included guest lecturers/professionals from Mexico and Spain. I Innovation Week YouTube

“Bárbaro” (barbaric) is a historical/sociological name to honor the brave people living in the harssh land called The Barbaric Country, Chihuahua City and State. In Mexico, it also refers to something major or extraordinary.

The Barbaric Country is a transmedia project connected with other productions and platforms including videos on Vimeo, music on YouTube, and Barbaric Portraits, digital media made for the website under the same theme.

Barbaric Portraits (2015, Mexico, 3:35min) digital media series coordinated by Pedro Valiente

OVERVIEW Retratos bárbaros explores basic human feelings, sadness and happiness in a place that history and cultural tradition named The Barbaric Country honoring the spirit of the people in the State of Chihuahua, Northern Mexico. A harsh land that has demanded over the years a great resilience from men and women brave at heart.​​​ I Site I Behance

CAST Luis Rodríguez, Nancy Rivas, Brenda Barcelata, Eduardo Ramírez, Erick Carrillo. Karina Chánez, Xiadani Carbajal, Brenda Ornelas, Daniela Anthua, Alain Martínez, Isabel Esparza, Carolina Ramírez CREW: Director/DP: Luis Rodríguez I Producer: Eduardo Ramírez I Editors: Nancy Rivas, Brenda Barcelata TECH INFO Title: Retratos Bárbaros I Digital media I Year: 2015 I Running time: 3:35 min I Format: HD video, black & white I Country: Mexico I  © 2015 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih.

Retratos bárbaros keeps the title of the whole series ​​of brief media works for an intensive one-month Filmmaking Workshop at BA Communication. Different crews selected (10) characters to develop film skills on both indoors and outdoors. In the studio, filmmakers work with friends/colleagues using extra equipment. In the streets, they face unknown people and external shooting conditions. Aesthetic and technical conditions including: (1) Focus on directing and performance (2) Use middle shot (3) Keep camera still (4) Black/white. I Barbaric Portraits Vimeo

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Family Tree (2006, Mexico/Spain, 30min) film/animation project by Pedro Valiente

SYNOPSIS The past can be a thrilling journey that may change your life. Family Tree tells the story of a group of young boys and girls in Mexico City who face a challenge: to create a family tree. What starts as a school project becomes a thrilling journey that may change their lives.

OVERVIEW In Árbol genealógico, mostly through grandparents who disclose hidden secrets, studebts learn incredible family stories --a missing father happens to be Cuban, both grandparents fought in the Spanish Civil War, a mysterious woman discovers a treasure in an enchanted house, a woman married three husbands, a grand-grandmother became a hero at the Mexican Revolution, a grand-daughter discovers that her grandfather was a slave, and a swimmer is in love. I Site I Behance

CAST Students: Cuauhtémoc Amda Castro, Elise Baluelos Ortiz, René Gerardo Camiruga Gutiérrez, Ana Catalina Colín Sñanchez, CArolina Flores Bustamante, Jesía René Flores Castellanos, Alfredo Garbuno Iñigo, Stephannie MOrato, Susana Alicia Rivero Rodríguez, Diego Tomás Mackey, Adriana Berenuce Valencia Älvarez, Adriana Nohemí Velázquez Burciaga I Professor: Guadalupe Lima

CREW Director/Writer/Producer: Pedro Valiente I Executive producer: Guadalupe Lima I Associate producer: Luis García I DP: Bruno Schauwecker I Animation/graphic design: Michelle Arellano I AC: Ricardo Bustamante / Production coordiantor: Stephannie Morato I Production assistants: Manuel Escalante, Carlos Boussart I Visual research: Sara Conde TECH INFO Title: Árbol Genealógico I Running time: 30 min I Format: HD video I Language: Spanish, Subtitles: English I Country: Mexico/Spain I A film with the support of Universidad Anáhuac Norte and Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico State I © 2006 Flying Fish Work

[SPANISH] “No creo tener una historia que contar, quizá podría hablar de cómo el hermano de mi papá se gastó la fortuna familiar y mi papá se las tuvo que ingeniar para salir adelante cuando perdieron el rancho a causa de mi tío.” ADRIANA BERENICE VALENCIA ÁLVAREZ “La única historia sobresaliente es la de mi bisabuelo, papá de mi abuelo paterno, que vivía en un pueblo de Guadalajara, y se vino a la ciudad a vivir. Era maestro y no le alcanzó el dinero para estudiar medicina. Lo interesante es que fue Caudillo del Partido Comunista de México, perseguido por traición a la Patria. Al principio mi bisabuela no me quería contar, pero insistí.” CUAUHTÑEMOC ANDA CASTRO “Mi tatarabuela Concepción enviudó tres veces. Se casó con mi tatarabuelo a pesar de que él era pobre, y ella se separó de su familia porque no aceptaba el noviazgo.” STEPHANNIE MORATO ROMERO

“Hay muchas anécdotas en mi familia, unas que no es bueno dejar salir a la luz y otras como la  siguiente que contaré. Uno de mis bisabuelos, que era médico, fue desterrado por siempre a Tierra Solitaria, Yucatán, por dar a conocer su opinión y ser revolucionario a final del sXIX y principios del sXX.” ELISE BAÑUELOS ORTIZ “En 1900 mi abuelo, un inspector de policía, tomó lugar en los rangos del Ejército Republicano para luchar contra la dictadura de Franco en España. Ascendió con el paso de los años a Teniente de Artillería y en la Batalla de Murcia contra la 4ª Brigada Franquista perdió y pasó tres años encarcelado en Madrid. Al salir, la causa ya se había perdido y los miembros republicanos, pensadores, poetas y grandes personas de España fueron exiliados y el único lugar que les ofreció los brazos abiertos fue México bajo el mandato de Lázaro Cárdenas. Encontraron la doble nacionalidad y un país pacífico. La comunidad española floreció y forjó grandes industrias, escuelas e institutos. Mi abuelo trabajó como vendedor y sastre, ahorró y pudo traer a mi abuela a México unos años después. Nacieron mi tío y mi padre. Desde entonces mi familia ama a México por su gran ayuda en tiempos difíciles.” DIEGO TOMÁS MACKEY

[SPANISH] “En la Preparatoria del Tec Estado de México una profesora realiza un ejercicio en la clase de Relaciones Humanas: trazar un árbol genealógico. Primero salen muchos recuerdos de los estudiantes. Luego empiezan a preguntar a sus padres, hermanos, tíos, abuelos, bisabuelos… Y terminan, asombrados, como investigadores de secretos. ¡Historias increíbles! Trágicas, cómicas... Muchas de ellas, películas en sí mismas. La profesora llega al edificio de la Preparatoria. Sube las escaleras y entra en clase. Abre su cuaderno. — Buenos días. Llegó el momento. “En mi familia siete generaciones de mujeres se llaman Lucía”. “Pues yo descubrí que mis dos abuelos lucharon en bandos contrarios en la Guerra Civil Española. ¿Han oído hablar de esa guerra?”.

“No wey. Pero en tiempos de la Revolución Mexicana, en el estado de Nayarit, los rebeldes llegaron al rancho donde vivía mi familia. Mis bisabuelos escondieron a mi abuelo, aún niño, en un barril de pólvora. Se salvó de la matanza”. “Pero eso fue hace mucho. ¿A ti qué te importa ahora? Mira… mi familia era dueña de Cazadores, una de las mayores compañías de Tequila de la República, ya saben, ¿no?”. “¡¡Claro wey!! Sigue. – gritan todos”. “Se gastaron toda la fortuna. Se arruinaron. Perdieron la empresa. Yo sí que vivo una verdadera tragedia”. ¿Ah, sí? Escucha esto: Mi abuelo era esclavo en una hacienda. Se enamoró de la hija del dueño, judío alemán. Un día se hartó y se la robó. Se fugaron a otra ciudad. Pusieron un negocio para subsistir... Y ahora es una de las empresas lecheras más grandes de México”. Silencio. “Órale… Pues mi abuelo era diputado. Para ganar votos, mi madre parió en medio de un mitin”. Silencio más largo. “Hay un misterio en mi familia que nadie me quiere contar”. Silencio larguísimo. [Fin]”. --PV

[SPANISH] “Hay un hilo de nostalgia que envuelve muchos recuerdos de los jóvenes. Quizá por la sensación que produce, aún a una corta edad, sentir el peso del tiempo. Y, sobre todo, las cicatrices que deja en los corazones de las personas. Pero lo que sí se hace siempre presente es ese espíritu limpio, generoso y positivo de los jóvenes mexicanos.. Es el final de una tarde de verano en la Ciudad de México. Ya saben: las cuatro estaciones en un mismo día. Acaba de llover. Y el sol entra por las ventanas, tibio, lleno de emociones". —PV

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