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Carlos Fuentes in Washington DC (1934-1939)
The great Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes lived in DC when his father, Rafael Fuentes, was assigned to the Embassy as Counselor from 1934 to 1939. The Fuentes family lived in a residential hotel on 16th Street facing Meridian Park. Young Carlos attended Henry D. Cooke Elementary School on 17th Street in those years. Carlos Fuentes used to visit the Embassy. He and his father were portrayed at the Mural of Robert Cueva del Rio. |