Let Those Banks Fail! March 4, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Some big guns on the right have joined the left in calling for the temporary nationalization of America’s troubled banks. Among […]
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Slumdog Millionaire’s Indian Critics
Slumdog Millionaire’s Indian Critics February 25, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Almost three months ago, I wrote that “if there is any justice, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’—a $15-million movie that the distributors were dubious […]
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Venezuela’s Bright Side
Venezuela’s Bright Side February 18, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa 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 […]
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Darwin and the Right
Darwin and the Right February 11, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Polls, particularly in the United States, tell us that many conservatives still distrust Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. The bicentennial of […]
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China-Bashing
China-Bashing February 4, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Several Chinese readers have contacted me to express astonishment at the chorus of voices blaming China for the U.S. recession. They wonder: Is this the […]
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What Obama Can(Not) Do for Latin America
What Obama Can(Not) Do for Latin America January 28, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will meet his Latin American and Caribbean counterparts in April at the Summit of the Americas. […]
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January 20, 2009
January 20, 2009 January 20, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Just as Barack Obama was being sworn in, it struck me that the greatness of America’s institutions is their flexibility to accommodate revolutionary […]
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Welcome to Washington
Welcome to Washington January 14, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—The capital of the United States is flooded with visitors for the presidential inauguration. Mention of this city sometimes evokes the wildest […]
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The Decline of Israel’s Leadership
The Decline of Israel’s Leadership January 7, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—The heart-wrenching events taking place in Gaza confirm what has been apparent since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995—the mediocrity […]
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Mugabe’s Cholera
Mugabe’s Cholera December 24, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has been blaming the cholera epidemic that has already killed 1,100 people and may have infected 20,000 others, along with a […]
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