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Carlos Monsivais Aceves (born May 4, 1938, in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer and journalist on the El Universal newspaper. He writes political opinion columns in other leading newspapers and is considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors. Monsivais studied economics and philosophy in the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His writings, some of which are written with an ironic undertone, show a deep understanding of the origin and development of Mexican popular culture. EZLN spokesman Subcomandante Marcos regards Monsivais as an influence. Recently, on January 26, 2006, Monsivais joined other internationally renowned figures and Latin American authors such as Nobel-laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Benedetti, Ernesto Sabato, Thiago de Mello, Eduardo Galeano, Pablo Armando Fernandez Jorge Enrique Adoum, Luis Rafael Sanchez, Mayra Montero, Ana Lydia Vega and world famous singer/composer Pablo Milanes in demanding sovereignty for Puerto Rico and adding their names and signatures to the Latin American and Caribbean Congress' Proclamation for the Independence of Puerto Rico, which approved a resolution favoring the island-nation's right to assert its independence, as ratified unanimously by political parties hailing from twenty-two Latin American countries in November of 2006. Galeano's demand for the recognition of Puerto Rico's independence was obtained at the behest of the Puerto Rican Independent Party (PIP). "Jaime Sabines Gutierrez - was a Mexican writer born on March 25, 1926, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, and died on March 19, 1999, in Mexico City. Sabines was known as a "Sniper of Literature" because he was part of a group that transformed literature into reality. His writings were based on his presence in different places such as the street, hospital, and playground.