Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Javier Fernández-Lasquetty & Daphne Posadas
“Today we learned the sad news that one of liberty’s greatest champions in the Hispanic world has passed away at the age of 89. Mario Vargas Llosa was not only a Nobel Laureate in Literature and recipient of the Premio Príncipe de Asturias, but also a distinguished member of the Real Academia Española. In 2021, he became one of the celebrated ‘immortals’ of the Académie Française (an extraordinary recognition for a Spanish-speaking writer). In addition to his literary legacy, Vargas Llosa was also a founding member of the Fundación Internacional para la Libertad (FIL) and an active member of the Mont Pelerin Society, firmly grounding his voice in the international classical liberal tradition.” (04/14/25)