Carlos Fuentes: Mexico

Mexico S National Council For Culture For The Arts Dept: Mexico s National Council for Culture for the Arts confirmed the death of Mexico s most celebrated novelist. The cause was not immediately known, said the culture official, who was not authorized to speak to the media, according to The Star. A message on President Felipe Calderon s Twitter account said I deeply lament the death of our beloved and admired Carlos Fuentes, a universal Mexican writer and mEXICO CITY Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America s novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83. Mexican media reported Fuentes died at the Angeles del Pedregal hospital, where he was being treated for heart problems. The loss was immediately mourned worldwide via Twitter and across Mexican airwaves. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.