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

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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