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- noun Peruvian writer (born in 1936)
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Examples
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Dante's description of the underworld, he says, "reads like a script of present-day Venezuela," and in one phrase Vargas Llosa destroys whatever credibility he claims to have.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa Sends Hugo Chavez to Dante's Inferno 2006
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The academy's permanent secretary, Peter Englund, called Vargas Llosa "a divinely gifted story-teller" whose writing touched the reader.
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They accused Vargas Llosa of being duped by Humala's newly professed moderation.
Ollanta Humala expected to win Peru's presidential election 2011
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In his run for office in Peru in 1990, Vargas Llosa espoused center-right policies, and has written extensively in his novels about dictatorships.
Peru's Llosa Says Election Has Become Show Robert Kozak 2011
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They accused Vargas Llosa of being duped by Humala's newly professed moderation.
Ollanta Humala expected to win Peru's presidential election 2011
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Live on Televisa, according to the next-day story in El Paίs, Vargas Llosa drifted off-script during the discussion and said: México es la dictadura perfecta.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Following his unsuccessful bid to lead Peru politically, Vargas Llosa has refrained from being a candidate in subsequent elections.
Peru's Llosa Says Election Has Become Show Robert Kozak 2011
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We'll see and I hope that father and son Vargas Llosa--who enjoy respect among businesses, conservative circles and intellectuals--can serve as objective interpreters of Humala's policy gyrations.
Christopher Sabatini: Humala: We Wait Christopher Sabatini 2011
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Key supporters of the populist president are angry that the Vargas Llosa will open the fair given his criticism of Fernandez and other populist leaders in Latin America.
Mario Vargas Llosa Argentina Trip Stirs Controversy The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Both expressed their concerns, with Vargas Llosa famously describing the choice between Fujimori and Humala as a choice between AIDS and terminal cancer and Toledo admitting it was a jump into the abyss.
Christopher Sabatini: Humala: We Wait Christopher Sabatini 2011
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