Carlos Fuentes

controlled part of the Colombian government which lasted for so many years. For many people with a straight mind, saw Escobar as an animal instead of a human. A few of Pablo’s cruel behaviors were the assassinations of two presidential candidates, Luis Carlos Galan and Rodrigo Lara Bonilla. The people employed for the murders was mainly impoverished commonly from South Medellin. The procedure was to spy the main objective for a couple of days, and typically used motorbikes or vehicles to kill…

In 1992, United States President George H.W. Bush, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. What many are not familiar with is how Texas border cities with Mexico, particularly the borderland of El Paso, TX, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, saw a significant increase in gender violence after the signing of NAFTA. Since the early 1990’s to the early 2000’s, Ciudad Juárez became the central stage…

A very familiar theme continues to hover over Mexico specifically when it refers to the economic woes the political system continues to mismanage. Politicians that simply run for office to help themselves, while screwing the Mexican over time and time again. It is a behavior that has been in place since the Spanish conquistadors took over, by introducing new policies that benefited the white European while physically, morally, economically, and culturally destroying all social progress for the…

monarch made a huge impact in the modernization of the city because they focused on sanitizing the city and began many projects to do so. The sanitization projects consisted of improving gardens, fountains and the plazas. Therefore, the current king Carlos III was remembered as the “Best Mayor of Madrid”. This is important to mention since this began to modernize the city and started to attract more people. As Spain began to advance the urban lifestyle was growing. But in the 19th century in…

The setting of Carlos Fuentos story Malintzin of the Maquilas is important for the readers understanding bad conditions Mexican Women went through in a normal day. Mexican Women are the sole providers for their family, with most men not able to find work. This leads to most women not wanting to get married even if the women have a child. Women know that they would have to support not only a child but also a husband which leaves a lot of moms not having anyone to watch their child while at work.…

himself. Even though the “masked” character visually appears and behaves similar to the original, those who are close to the doubted person do not right away grasp or accept that the two are the same individuals. In Helen, by Euripides, and Aura, by Carlos Fuentes, both husbands do not instantly recognize and believe that the women who appeared in front of their eyes are the long-lost wives they were seeking for. While Aura is different from Helen in that the author made variations to his work,…

Carrillo. Amado Carrillo story is a story that not many know. He is known for the second richest drug lord of his era. Amado Carillo was one of the world's most wanted drug lord at his time, also one of Mexico's most wanted criminal. Amado Carrillo Fuentes was born in Sinaloa, Mexico December 17, 1952. Amado Carillo had eleven siblings, six brothers, and five sisters. Out of those eleven, the only brother that helped him the most was Vicente Carrillo. Vicente was also hunted by the Mexican…

Maria Luisa Bombal was very much credited for altering and formulating the substance of Chilean letters that was prior to the year 1935 that was subjected on more realistic, masculine and regional. However, she had written several short stories and her two novellas, her extraordinary works have won consistent praise for their narrative experimentation, mixed poetic imagery, and creative characters. Bombal was born in a privileged family Vina del Mar, Chile. At the age of twelve she moved to…

achieved independence from spain back in 1821. Guatemala since then has always been one of the poorest countries. Back in 1944 Juan Jose Arevalo was elected president. Democratic government issued orders to confiscate land from America. Colonel Carlos Castillo was…

According to Carlos Fuentes, the most important piece of literature in Latin America was the poem Martín Fierro. The Martín Fierro was written in Argentina in 1872 by José Hernández. It was a narrative poem written in verse. In 1879 a second part was written called La Vuelta de Martín Fierro (The Return of Martín Fierro). The Martín Fierro redeems and glorifies the heroic outlaw gaucho at the moment when the gaucho was vanishing (Barnstone, 2003). In these books the author reflected a clear…