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NEW PRESIDENT OF THE MUSEUM OR PLACE OF MEMORY
It is announced that the new Minister of Culture will appoint the new president of the High-Level Commission for the Place of Memory, who will replace Vargas Llosa.
THE PCP-SHINING PATH CHAPTER IN THE NARRATIVE OF MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
This article addresses four narrative texts by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa related to the violence experienced in Peru in the context of the war between Shining Path and the …
PERU: THERE WERE NOT TWO SIDES IN THE 80s, VARGAS LLOSA
He therefore stated that the museum, which will be built facing the coast of Lima, will not attribute the violence to two "sides"—terrorists on one hand and the Armed Forces …
VARGAS LLOSA: THERE WERE NOT TWO SIDES
In statements to television, Vargas Llosa asserted that in the museum "violence will not be attributed to two 'sides' — terrorists on one side and the Armed Forces on the …
A BAD OMEN: NAME CHANGE OF THE MUSEUM OF MEMORY
Mario Vargas Llosa has announced that the "Museo de la Memoria" will be called "Lugar de la Memoria." Is this change a whim of the literary figure, or is it …
VARGAS LLOSA: THERE WERE NOT TWO SIDES
Let us examine what was said by the unjustly overlooked Nobel Prize in Literature winner. At first glance, several inconsistencies emerge: on the one hand he says there were not …
Vargas Llosa Announces the Museum Will Now Be Called Place of Memory
The president of that commission, Mario Vargas Llosa, explained that the new name reflects a fuller understanding of the events that occurred during the era of terror in the 1980s …
Museum or Place of Memory in Peru Is a Historical Fraud: Interview with Ricardo Alvarado [VIDEO] on 30 Years of Peru's Internal War
Important interview from New York with Ricardo Alvarado, Peruvian intellectual and director of Ave Crítica.
Letter of Resignation from the Presidency of the Commission in Charge of the Place of Memory
Vargas Llosa sent a letter to President Alan García expressing his disagreement with Legislative Decree 1097, which he considers a "disguised amnesty." He argues that the measure has generated outrage …
Decisive Hour for APRA
In his regular column, César Hildebrandt raises a pertinent question, especially now that the first stone of the Lugar de la Memoria has been laid: Why is Fujimori in prison …
And After the Truth? The Public Space and the Struggles for Memory in the Post-CVR Period, Peru
Seven years have passed since the president of the Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación (CVR), Salomón Lerner Febres, presented the final report to Peruvian society and the state. …
The Museum of Memory Will Become a Reality. Vargas Llosa Will Chair the Commission
Faced with widespread protest, Alan García reverses his refusal regarding a Museum of Memory and appoints an ad honorem commission to take charge of the project. Vargas Llosa will chair …
A Museum Against Folly
To everyone's surprise — especially some of the cabinet ministers themselves, who had been overly zealous in defending the government's decision — President Alan García reversed his initial position, showed …
Statement of Support for the Construction of the Museum of Memory
Several intellectuals decided to make public their protest against the decision of Alan García's government to reject the German government's offer to build a Museum of Memory. This document concludes …
Vargas Llosa: "The Museum of Memory Will Strengthen Our Democracy"
Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa. He convinced the government of Alan García of the need for the Museum of Memory. Now, pulling hard at the oars, he chairs the commission …
Political Violence Is the Source of the Worst Devastation for the Country
Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa in which the writer states that the memory museum will show the suffering caused by Sendero. "If it functions as we want, the museum will …
RACIST WRITER MARIO VARGAS LLOSA HEADS CONTROVERSIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE MUSEUM OF MEMORY
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Government Rejects Donation of US $2 Million for the Construction of a Museum of Memory
Information on Alan García's government's rejection of Germany's generous offer.
The Suspicious Truth. Opinion Column
Unlike what happened in Argentina with the commission chaired by Ernesto Sábato and its widely recognized report on violence and the disappeared during the military dictatorship, Nunca más, which had …
The Pursuer
Interview with Philip Bennett, an American who is currently the international affairs editor of the Washington Post. Before that, however, he worked in Peru, married a Lima woman of Cusco …