Nexos

Nexos
Director Héctor Aguilar Camín
Categories Culture, Politics
Frequency Monthly
Year founded 1978
Country Mexico
Based in Colonia Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Language Spanish
Website link (in Spanish)
ISSN 0188-0144
OCLC number 647889089

Nexos is one of the leading cultural and political magazines in Mexico City, Mexico.[1]

History and profile

Nexos was founded in 1978.[2] The founders were a group of Intellectuals headed by Héctor Aguilar Camín.[3] The magazine modeled on the New York Review of Books.[2] Since the establishment of the magazine a number of leading intellectuals among its writers and contributors, such as José Woldenberg and Wendy Guerra has edited it. The magazine is published on a monthly basis.[4]

The magazine has socialist political views[4] and is a representative of the left-wing cultural and literary establishments in the country.[5] It supported for militant actions to offer social justice and equality to poor in the 1980s.[2]

References

  1. Alex Saragoza; Silvia Dolores Z Guzmin (January 2012). Mexico Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic. ABC-CLIO. p. 545. ISBN 978-0-313-34948-5. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Philip Russell (6 April 2011). The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present. Routledge. p. 527. ISBN 978-1-136-96828-0. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. Chappell Lawson (5 August 2002). Building the Fourth Estate: Democratization and the Rise of a Free Press in Mexico. University of California Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-520-93620-1. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 George W. Grayson. Prospects for Democracy in Mexico. Transaction Publishers. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4128-3220-5. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. Peter Standish; Steven M. Bell (1 January 2004). Culture and Customs of Mexico. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-313-30412-5. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

Coordinates: 19°24′45″N 99°10′42″W / 19.412478°N 99.17824°W / 19.412478; -99.17824

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