Álvaro Vargas Llosa (born 18 March 1966) is a

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vian-Spanish writer and political commentator and public speaker on international affairs. He is also the writer and presenter of a documentary series for

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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 2000/1. Vargas Llosa is the eldest son of writer and Nobel Prize laureate

Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...

(and his father's

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to the

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) and his second wife (and first cousin) Patricia Llosa. He is the brother of

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representative

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and photographer

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. 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 years in Europe, and holds both the Peruvian and Spanish citizenships. Álvaro Vargas Llosa ia senior fellow at the

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, who has been a nationally syndicated columnist for the

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, and is the author of the book ''Liberty for Latin America'', which obtained the 2005

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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

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. 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) * ''The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty'' (2005) * ''Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo 500 years of State Oppression'' (2005) * ''

Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot ''Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot'' (Spanish: ''Manual del perfecto idiota latinoamericano'') is an essay by Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner and Álvaro Vargas Llosa published in 1996. The authors analyze Latin Americ ...

'', with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza and Carlos Alberto Montaner (1999) * ''Riding the Tiger:

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's Battle for Human Rights in Guatemala'' with Santiago Aroca. (1995) * ''The Madness of Things Peruvian: Democracy Under Siege'' (1994)

In Spanish

* ' (2012) * ', with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza and Carlos Alberto Montaner (2007) * ' (2004) * ' (2003) * ' (2000) * ' (2000) * ' (1999) * ' (1998) * ' (1993) * ' (1991)

Ancestry

References

External links

Personal website

IRADE Conference (spanish) (video)

Liberty for Latin America (video)

Independent Institute biography page

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by Vargas Llosa on the December 2005 election of

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The Killing Machine: Che Guevara, from Communist Firebrand to Capitalist Brand
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