Mario Vargas Llosa considers that the Peruvian left “has been completely distorted” with Pedro Castillo

After being formalized as a new member of the French Academythe Nobel Prize for Literature Mario Vargas Llosa offered an interview to talk about the political situation in our country. A few weeks ago he wrote in his newspaper columns The country his opinion on what happened with the former president Pedro Castillowho is in prison after the failed coup of December 7th.

In dialogue with the newspaper Trade, the renowned writer from Arequipa again underlined that the former president “was illiterate and also tried to make a coup against the laws and the Constitution”. In this line, the author of Conversation in the Cathedral He regretted that intellectuals from the Peruvian left defended him and made him a figure.

“I think with such a leader the left has been completely deformed,” Vargas Llosa said of Castillo Terrones.

On the other hand, the creator of The city and the dogs explained why he was lost in the account of what happened with Castillo before the International community. This is where he launches his criticism of the actions of the Peruvian right.

“The right is losing the media and ideological narrative for a very simple reason: Peruvians don’t know what favors them. In my opinion, the defense of liberalism would put Peru in the right direction, while aligning itself with all the countries that are prospering in the world. On the other hand, to what extent the situation of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and the Latin American countries that follow this line. Where did socialism flourish? Nowhere,” he said.

Moreover, he wonders about the fact that the Peruvian right is content with defending the the state in which “There is an uncivil right, represented by small minorities. But the real law of our time chooses prosperity, the development of all citizens to carve out a future, which is what families want. The left, in its effort to repeat already extinct patterns, is lost. They believe that by distributing the present wealth, the problems of underdevelopment will be solved. This is not the solution. It attracts investment and creates an enabling environment for trade,” he says.

Vargas Llosa also spoke about the president To Boluartewho has been in power for more than two months amid social protests that have left an unfortunate death toll of 70.

“The government of Dina Boluarte seems to me to have been established in accordance with the laws and the Constitution and that in the next elections that we have, the Peruvians should vote better, because they have already had a vision of what can happen when they are elected. bad,” he said.

On the other hand, the author of The end of the world war was consulted on the left turn that would have taken place in Latin America prevent the rise of fascism to power. In this regard, the writer denies such a scenario and offers his analysis in this regard.

“There is no risk of fascism taking hold in Latin America. He leftist fascism is the one who advances little by little in the countries around us with the complicity of the one leftmost which incorporates new sectors into its irresponsible strategy every day. With this left, there is no hope of getting out of underdevelopment,” he stressed.

“It is true that Latin America he opted for a pitiful leftist position. There is no example to follow, because all the leftist regimes have failed in the world. The examples are not only in Europe, but also in the third world (…) I think that Latin America is doing very badly in the path it has taken and that, if it advances and persists in this area, great failures await it. I hope it’s not like that,” said Vargas Llosa.