Debt to Vargas Llosa

In these days of mourning for the death Mario Vargas Llosa has been pathetic the attempt of some articulists to delink the literary dimension of the writer from his political passion. Anyone who knows minimally the life and work of the Hispanic Peruvian knows to what extent this is impossible. You cannot understand most of Vargas Llosa’s main works (The Bosses, Conversation in The Cathedral, History of Mayta or The Chivo Festival...) without his…

The expression about “the perfect dictatorship” was one more of the defenses of freedom undertaken by Mario Vargas Llosa. In today’s Mexico it is good to remember his great example. The post About the perfect dictatorship appeared first on Free Letters.

The "perfect dictatorship" was one of the most brilliant concepts coined by Vargas Llosa. Today, it's worth asking whether Gustavo Petro's regime fits that apt definition.

The echo of Vargas Llosa's phrase to define the political system under the PRI continues to generate impact in today's Mexico.