Carlos FuentesWho was Carlos Fuentes? Carlos Fuentes was one of the most recognized Mexican writers. Fuentes stood out above all for his talent in writing about countries, for his strength, passion for writing and for the great person he was. Fuentes left a legend in Mexican and Latino children. His father Rafael Fuentes Boettiger and his mother Bertha Macias Rivas. Fuente's father was a Mexican diplomat and representative of Mexico. His father became the Mexican embassy in Washington, DC between Citizen Roosevelt's inauguration in the 1930s (Carlos Fuentes 4). During childhood Fuentes traveled throughout his father's work, including “Santiago de Chile, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Brazil; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Quito, Ecuador (Daniel de Guzman 61). Fuentes spent much of his life traveling from place to place. During his time in Washington D.C., when Fuentes was four years old, his parents sent him to a school where he learned English and became fluent in the language. As a child Fuentes also attended schools in Mexico. Every summer he went to Mexico and attended Spanish-language schools, and after summer vacation he returned home. When he was sixteen he decided to leave Washington and start his life in Mexico. Even as a child he already loved poetry and wanted a career in writing, but his parents wanted him to study law. Fuente's parents influenced him to pursue the legal profession just as his parents did. Several years later he graduated from the “National University of Mexico in Mexico City, Faculty of Law” (Daniel de Guzman 61), and subsequently attended the Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva, where he also learned French. When he graduated he declared work... mid paper... I didn't come here to work, I came here to study, but I'm doing it in another county. One of his quotes states that "There is no freedom, but the search for freedom, and the search is what makes us free" (Fuentes)Carlos Fuentes was a great author who left a great legend and a great example of the reality of The Mexico we have now and the separation of Mexico and the United States. Through his books he left a message to all his readers, about real life and how cruel life can be to each other and about the sacrifice we must make for a better future. Bibliography De Guzmán, Daniel. Carlos Fuentes. New York: Twayne, 1972. Print.Fuentes, Carlos. Myself with Others: Selected Essays. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1988. PrintFuentes, Carlos. The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories. Orlando: Harvest Book, 1998. Print.