Mexicans in Panama

Mexican culture in Panama

Carlos Fuentes was born of Mexican parents in Panama, on November 11, 1928 and died at age of 83 in Mexico City, on May 15, 2012. His father was a diplomat, and he spent his childhood in various capitals of America: Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., Santiago, Quito and Buenos Aires, the city where his father comes in 1934 as a counselor of the Embassy of Mexico. He passes his summers in Mexico City, studying in schools to keep his language and learn the history of his country. He lived in Santiago de Chile (1941–1943) and Buenos Aires where he was influenced by notable personalities in American cultural sphere.