Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, García Márquez Confidant, Dies

Colombia · Culture Key Facts —Full name. Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza —Born. January 1, 1932, in Boyacá, Colombia —Died. July 28, 2026, aged 94 —Key works. ’El olor de la guayaba’ and ’Manual del perfecto idiota latinoamericano’ —Roles. Journalist, novelist, essayist, and diplomat *A literary witness to the Boom generation, he captured Gabriel García Márquez’s inner…