Álvaro Vargas Llosa

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Álvaro Vargas Llosa (born 1966; Peru) is a writer and political commentator on international affairs with emphasis on Latin America. He is 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.

Vargas Llosa is the son of writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the brother of UNHCR representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa and photographer Morgana Vargas Llosa. He is married, has a son and a daughter, and lives in Washington, D.C. He holds Spanish and Peruvian citizenship.

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  • 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
  • Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot, with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza and Carlos Alberto Montaner (1999) ISBN 1-56833-134-7
  • Riding the tiger: Ramiro de León Carpio's battle for human rights in Guatemala with Santiago Aroca. (1995) ISBN 0-9648426-0-2
  • The Madness of Things Peruvian: Democracy Under Siege (1994) ISBN 1-56000-114-3

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