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Articles Written by: ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA
Who is This?
Álvaro Vargas Llosa (born 1966; Peru) is a writer and political commentator on international affairs with emphasis on Latin America. In 2007, he was nominated Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum based in Davos, Switzerland. He is currently the director of the Center on Global Prosperity at the Independent Institute, and his articles are syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group in both English and Spanish throughout the U.S. Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He is a proponent of free-market economics and democracy under the rule of law, calling for more open trade between Latin America and the United States. He has been critical of the legacies of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba and Bolivia, and more recently, the policies of the Hugo Chávez government in Venezuela and the Evo Morales government in Bolivia. He is a member of the International Council of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation.
CARACAS, Venezuela--A group of foreign writers, academics and politicians was invited here to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Cedice, a Venezuelan think tank that promotes liberal democracy and the market economy, both of which President Hugo Chavez ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
3 Jun 2009
WASHINGTON--Most Americans seem to reject the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. According to a Washington Post/ABC poll, 57 percent of Americans now oppose the policy. A survey by Bendixen & Associates shows that only 42 percent of Cuban-Americans ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
29 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON--Hugo Chavez's gift to President Obama at the recent Summit of the Americas--a copy of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America"--has many people wondering what the fuss is about.
A decade ago, I and the other two co-authors of ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
22 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON--Memo to President Obama: The Summit of the Americas taking place in Trinidad & Tobago this week will be your first trip to the Latin American region. Here are some thoughts:
Since Latin America and the Caribbean are still bitterly ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
15 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON--Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison this week by Peru's Supreme Court in connection with two massacres committed by a death squad known as the Colina group, as well as the kidnapping of a ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
8 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON--A decade ago, the U.N. General Assembly set an objective of "eliminating or significantly reducing" narcotics cultivation and trafficking "by the year 2008." According to the data of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, the effort has been ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSAS,
The New Republic,
11 Mar 2009
WASHINGTON--Almost three months ago, I wrote that "if there is any justice, 'Slumdog Millionaire'--a $15-million movie that the distributors were dubious about, and a third of which is in Hindi--will be nominated by the Motion Picture Academy for Best ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
25 Feb 2009
WASHINGTON--Hugo Chavez's victory in Sunday's constitutional referendum in Venezuela will allow him to run for re-election indefinitely, but it does not mean he will be able to establish a totalitarian state anytime soon.
A decade after coming to power, ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
18 Feb 2009
WASHINGTON--Polls, particularly in the United States, tell us that many conservatives still distrust Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The bicentennial of his birth should be a fitting occasion for the right to take another look at a man who ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
11 Feb 2009
WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama will meet his Latin American and Caribbean counterparts in April at the Summit of the Americas. They expect much from him--never a good sign. What approach should he bring to the table?
The most important thing the ...
From ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA,
The New Republic,
28 Jan 2009
