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May 20, 2009

Uruguyan Writer Mario Benedetti Dies at 88
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And the Uruguyan writer Mario Benedetti has died at the age of
eighty-eight. A popular novelist and playwright, Benedetti was also an
outspoken political commentator, criticizing US intervention in Latin
America and the Cuban embargo.



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