MEXICO CITY.- In this
Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, left, embraces
Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez during a round table discussion on
Fuentes work at the UNAM national university in Mexico City. Fuentes, Mexicos
most celebrated novelist and among Latin Americas most prominent authors,
died on May 15, 2012 He was 83. AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File.
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 Mexican author Carlos
Fuentes poses for a photo after a press conference in Mexico City. AP
Photo/Alexandre Meneghini.
By: Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP).- 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.
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. 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. 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." ... More
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