Alvaro Vargas Llosa

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The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

The mother of all oil shocks: Even larger crisis looms over Strait of Hormuz standoff

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · June 4, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump departs after speaking at an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington.

Even before the Iran oil shock, US economy was under stress

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · April 30, 2026 10:28 am

President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a news conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, three days after his disputed reelection.

Trump shouldn’t reward Venezuela’s gulag

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · July 19, 2025 6:00 am

Australia makes Novak Djokovic the poster boy of COVID-19 politics

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · January 29, 2022 12:00 am

A driver steers his classic car past a wall decorated with a Cuban flag in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, June 3, 2018.

No vaccine yet for Cuba’s political pandemic

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · December 27, 2020 5:46 am

How many immigrants are here? Ignorance fuels the rise of nationalism

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · August 24, 2018 12:00 am

7.2 million people flocked to the polls to reject the government's attempt to turn Venezuela into a second Cuba. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The beginning of the end for Maduro’s Venezuela?

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · July 29, 2017 4:01 am

EPA transition team head says former Exxon CEO likes the idea of meeting with heads of state. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Trump’s foreign policy–interests or values?

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · May 25, 2017 3:59 pm

Obama's policy of benign neglect may be paying unexpected dividends by forcing Latin America to be more assertive. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

The only place where ‘leading from behind’ has worked

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · October 12, 2016 7:00 am

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