Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... Walls and many others. Confirmed Spanish-language authors include Roberto Ampuero, Carmen Posadas, Alvaro Vargas-Llosa, Boris Izaguirre, Angela Becerra, Juanita Castro, Edmundo Paz-Soldán, Jorge Ramos, Fabiola Santiago, Jaime Bayly and others. EVENINGS WITH SERIES • Elizabeth Alexander, is the author of the inaugural poem Praise Song for the Day -- Sunday, Nov....
Mambi Watch (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... more info ) a roundtable discussion on "Democracy in Latin America" will present author Alvaro Vargas Llosa (who recently changed his mind about the U.S. embargo towards Cuba) among others, and moderated by local television personality Maria Elvira Salazar . No doubt that Cuba will be among the topics. - And, Juanita Castro , along with co-author Maria Antonieta Collins...
Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Alvaro Vargas Llosa writes about Chavez’s bribery to further his Bolivarian Revolution, Beyond the Suitcase There was only one man who could tell the story in full because he is the only person who understands its labyrinthine plot, and the only one who has spoken to many of the protagonists, seen most of the documents and traced [...]
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Honduras's Coup Is President Zelaya's Fault Alvaro Vargas Llosa Any time a bunch of soldiers break into a presidential palace, pick up the president and put him on a flight to exile, as happened in Honduras last Sunday, you have a "coup." But, unlike most coup targets in Latin America's tortuous republican history, Honduras's deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, bears the biggest responsibility...
