Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Alvaro Vargas Llosa "A renowned journalist and author, Mr. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America’s foremost political analysts. He is senior fellow and director of the Center on Global Prosperity at The Independent Institute and has also been a board member of the Miami Herald Publishing Company. The author or co-author of twelve books focusing on human rights, economics, and the history of Latin American politics, he has also been an op-ed page editor and columnist at the Miami Herald as well as a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, BBC World Service, and TIME Magazine. He won the 2006 Fisher Award for his book Liberty for Latin America, which analyzes human liberty, personal responsibility, the rule of law, and the state’s role in enabling and sustaining human oppression. Mr. Vargas Llosa is a graduate of the London School of Economics."

A member of the international council of Human Rights Foundation.