Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Birthday: Born in 1949-11-01 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Deathday: Alive
Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo (b. January 11, 1949), better known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT, is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. In 2018, Taibo was appointed as head of the Fondo de Cultura Económica by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Léemelo
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Los días de Ayotzinapa
Character: Himself
This docuseries disputes the Mexican government's account of how and why 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College vanished in Iguala in 2014....
Fuimos Revolución. 10 de junio de 1971
Character: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
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The Traces of Dr. Ernesto Guevara
Character: Himself
Between 1952 and 1953, the young doctor Ernesto Guevara de la Serna traveled through Latin America. This film is based on his diaries, the correspondence with his family and friends, and the testimonies of those who knew him and accompanied him on this journey. That trip through the open veins of Latin America led him to become the Che....
Before We Are Forgotten
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In 2006 Mexico declared war on drug trafficking and since then, violence spread like wildfire throughout the country. Until today more than 120,000 people have died violently and thousands were forced into exile, kidnapped or disappeared....
¿Adiós a la Izquierda?
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The Alamo
Character: Self - Host
Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II reconstructs one of the most remarkable founding myths of the United States of America: the epic battle of the Alamo, a fortified former Spanish mission near San Antonio de Béjar, in which a group of secessionist Texans withstood for thirteen days the merciless assaults of the Mexican army of President General Antonio López de Santa Anna....
Fuimos revolución. 10 de junio de 1971
Character: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
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El Che
Character: Self
Ernesto "Che" Guevara's controversial story told by the Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II. He revisits places where the guerrilla and revolutionary leader has passed and interviews people who knew Che, making revelations about this important figure in Cuba's political history....
Patria
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Paco Ignacio Taibo II brings his book trilogy to life, highlighting Mexico's history in 1854-1867, a period he considers foundational to the country....
Ernesto Guevara, also known as "Che"
Character: Self
From millions of photos, posters, videos, t-shirts, postcards, records, books, phrases, testimonies, Che watches over us. Beyond all paraphernalia, he returns. Irreverent, mocking, stubborn - morally stubborn - Che will always be the subject of debate. The exclusive teleSUR series “Ernesto Guevara, also known as 'Che'”, aims to address the figure of Ernesto Guevara as it has never been told before. Conversing with the characters who were with him in important moments, visiting the real settings ...