Mexico is mourning the death of Carlos Fuentes, one of its greatest writers.

Fuentes died Tuesday. He was 83.

Wednesday, he was honored at a ceremony in Mexico City’s National Palace of the Arts.

Fuentes was known throughout the world for his novels, many of them critical of modern-day Mexico.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Julio Ortega, a friend and biographer of Fuentes, about his role in Mexico as a public intellectual.