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    Carlos Fuentes: Destiny and Desire, Part II

    A second program with Carlos Fuentes, this one about culture and politics: Will narco-politics defeat government? Will a "New Deal" be negotiated to help the ni-nis? (Part I of this two-part conversation airs on March 17.)

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Mar 24, 2011 • 29m Listen

    Destiny and Desire (Random House)

    Carlos Fuentes, this one about culture and politics: Will narco-politics defeat government? Will a "New Deal" be negotiated to help the ni-nis (a portion of the population, seven to eight million strong, with neither education nor jobs)? For Fuentes, one thing is certain, books and literary culture will outlast us all. (

    Part I)

    Read an excerpt from Destiny and Desire.

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