This Article discusses the conflict that has arisen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, about the title of Gabriel García Márquez's book Memories of My Melancholy Whores.
García Márquez's statement, "I feel as pessimistic as always, but as optimistic as each time," was included in the Latin American Weekly Report's weekly quotes section.
"The news that Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa have made up their ancient quarrel with the forthcoming republication of Vargas Llosa's long-suppressed appreciation of 'Gabo' almost closes an ancient mystery."
"It wouldn't be uncharitable to say that Colombia owes it's being in the news for the right reasons to two people. One gave magical realism its soul and the other made magic on the football field. After the sun set on what was an illustrious career, Carlos Valderrama now is what Gabriel García Márquez once was - a journalist."
In this article, the author discuses the trial of Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma in South Africa, saying that "across the Atlantic Gabriel García Márquez would have it as Cronica de una muerte anunciada (The Chronicle of a Death Foretold). Or it could be told simply as an African tale, Things Fall Apart, as a brutally apt rendition of how swift the fall from grace can be."