Mario Vargas Llosa

Articles by Mario Vargas Llosa

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The fence of lies

  • 06 November 2006

The rich are prepared to pay $50 an hour for someone to clean their houses. Agriculture would grind to a halt without Mexican and central American immigrants. So, ahead of the midterm congressional elections, Mario Vargas Llosa asks why the US needs to invest billions in a 700-mile-long barrier to stop illegal immigration

Democracy and demons

  • 31 October 2005

It provokes extreme passions. From a country the size of Wales, conflicts and arguments touch lives and shake economies across the globe. What is really going on, and are things changing? In the pages that follow, distinguished writers analyse the phenomenon that is Israel, its people, its past and its future, while here Mario Vargas Llosa introduces a nation he both admires and fears

Before V S Naipaul would come to dinner, he dictated the menu and said he always drank champagne

  • 25 March 2002

Golden globe

  • 05 March 2001

Is globalisation simply the extension of US imperialism, or are we suffering from a persecution complex, asks Mario Vargas Llosa

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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