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Most writers in mexico have had posts as ambassadors, secretaries - that is no longer the case. now a writer can live off writing. he has an audience: there are publishing houses, there are newspapers - so the situation is not as terrible as it used to be when there were no means and he had to go into government service, be an ambassador or a cabinet minister, etc. so, things are changing in the sense that the civil society is now the protagonist. the writer therefore occupies a different position, but no less influential than in the past, in a new, democratic society.
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Carlos Fuentes
Most writers in mexico have had posts as ambassadors, secretaries - that is no longer the case. now a writer can live off writing. he has an audience: there are publishing houses, there are newspapers - so the situation is not as terrible as it used to be when there were no means and he had to go into government service, be an ambassador or a cabinet minister, etc. so, things are changing in the sense that the civil society is now the protagonist. the writer therefore occupies a different position, but no less influential than in the past, in a new, democratic society.
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And what you do is you go into where your anger is, if you're writing anger, you go into where your hatred is, if you're writing hatred. your joy is, if you're writing joy. you find the source of the energy that draws hatred, anger, joy, etc., etc., etc. that's what you have to find. that's what you do as an actor and that's what you do as a writer. and you bring people to the page.
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Frankly, getting mexico economically headed in the right direction with good energy policy - canada, the united states, and mexico have more known energy reserves than saudi arabia and russia. so developing those and i think you'll see a major movement of people back into mexico when that occurs when these prices get back. you're going to see a substantial development of the energy business in mexico and canada, domestic as well.
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