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1 would also like Lo thank my brothers and sisters,
Alicia, Raquel, Enrique and Eduardo, for being patient and
understanding during this period.
1 also wish Lo thank my closest friends, for their
emotional support, and especially, for entertaining me
during this period. 1 wish to thank Lucy, Alicia and
Silvana for their telephone conversations, e-mails and
letters from distant places on the planet. The informal
discussions about Catch-22, especially those aL La
tertulia, with Antonio, José Luis, Elisa and the rest,
including Isabel, who has always been there even when she
wasn’t, have been particularly rewarding.
1 am indebted most Lo Miguel Trevif’io, who has advised
me about aspects of the Lhesis and who has helped me geL
through Lhe hardest parts wiLh his understanding and love;
to him 1 owe the necessary peace and happiness to have
been able Lo carry out and finish this thesis.
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