Álvaro Vargas Llosa
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Álvaro Vargas Llosa (born 18 March 1966) is a
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on contemporary Latin American history that is being shown around the world. He leads the business advisory committee of the Fundación International para la Libertad (FIL). He was very involved in the struggle for the return of democracy in Peru at the end of the 1990s and the years 2000–2001.
Vargas Llosa is the eldest son of writer and Nobel Prize laureate
UNHCR representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa and photographer Morgana Vargas Llosa
. In 1992, he married Susana Abad, with whom he had a son, Leandro, and a daughter, Aitana. He and his wife are legally separated. He is based in Washington, D.C., but spends a few months a year in Europe, and holds both the Peruvian and Spanish citizenships.
Álvaro Vargas Llosa is senior fellow at the
Antony Fisher International Memorial Award for its contribution to the cause of freedom. He has received numerous awards for his journalistic work as well as for his defense of freedom and liberal democracy under the rule of law. He was appointed Young Global Leader 2007 by the World Economic Forum in Davos
. In 2012, Foreign Policy magazine nominated him one of the top 50 public intellectuals in the Spanish-speaking world. In 2021, he was awarded the 'Thomas Jefferson Award' by the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) for his contribution to liberty.
Books
In English
- Global Crossings: Immigration, Civilization, and America (2013) ISBN 1-59813-133-8
- The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty (2005) ISBN 1-59813-005-6
- Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo 500 years of State Oppression (2005) ISBN 0-374-18574-3
- ISBN 1-56833-134-7
- Riding the Tiger: ISBN 0-9648426-0-2
- The Madness of Things Peruvian: Democracy Under Siege (1994) ISBN 1-56000-114-3
In Spanish
- Y tú, ¿dónde pones tu dinero? (2012) ISBN 978-98-717-8655-8
- El Regreso del Idiota, with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza and Carlos Alberto Montaner (2007) ISBN 0-307-39151-5
- La fauna política latinoamericana : neopopulistas reyes pasmados e insoportables (2004) ISBN 956-8207-07-4
- La Mestiza de Pizarro: una mestiza entre dos mundos (2003) ISBN 84-03-09342-X
- En el Reino del Espanto (2000) ISBN 970-05-1197-9
- Tiempos de Resistencia (2000) ISBN 9972-40-147-2
- Cuando Hablaba Dormido (1999) ISBN 970-05-1125-1
- El Exilio Indomable: historia de la disidencia cubana en el destierro (1998) ISBN 84-239-7763-3
- La Contenta Barbarie (1993) ISBN 84-08-01021-2
- El Diablo en Campaña (1991) ISBN 84-03-59113-6
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References
- ^ "Quién es Álvaro Vargas Llosa, el escritor peruano que entrevista a Macri". La Nación (in Spanish). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
External links
- Personal website
- IRADE Conference (spanish) (video)
- Liberty for Latin America (video)
- Independent Institute biography page
- No Left Turn – An op-ed by Vargas Llosa on the December 2005 election of President Evo Morales in Bolivia.
- The Killing Machine: Che Guevara, from Communist Firebrand to Capitalist Brand
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