Third World, Carlos Fuentes

Review by Fusinha

Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Spanish-American writers, today almost 80 years old, dislikes George W. Bush, takes part in political debates and promises that when American presidency campaign will rich the hottest phase, he will start writing political essays against Republicans. Reason? They are bad for the world. Bush’s time has to be finished. “I’ve started to criticize him already when he was a presidential candidate. And I’m doing it till now – said the writer. I’ve always known that his tenure as president will end up as huge disaster.”

Fuentes is castigating Americans for the reason that they don’t respect their neighbours, suffer from lack of empathy and conquer the entire world. The writer also takes part in Mexican debates – the most recently is for drugs legalisation. Says: “When drugs become legal, won’t be so attractive and a spate of crimes will be declined”.

Everybody recons with his word. Worldly newspapers seek for his essays, like “El Pais” where he regularly publishes his comments. Few years earlier we were reading his “Eagle’s Armchair”, a political fiction about fights for authority in Mexico in 2020,his essay “Contra Bush/against Bush” published in 2004, when George W. Bush was fighting in presidential election, his novel “The Years With Laura Diaz” and essay “I believe in it”, where Fuentes included his political and existential credo. Last year’s “All happy families” is about today’s Mexico.