Álvaro Vargas Llosa (born 18 March 1966) is a Peruvian-Spanish writer and political commentator and public speaker on international affairs.
[1] He is also the writer and presenter of a documentary series for National Geographic Channel on contemporary Latin American history that is being shown around the world.
He leads the business advisory committee of the Fundación International para la Libertad (FIL).
Álvaro Vargas Llosa is senior fellow at the Independent Institute, who has been a nationally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group, and is the author of the book Liberty for Latin America, which obtained the 2005 Antony Fisher International Memorial Award for its contribution to the cause of freedom.
He has received numerous awards for his journalistic work as well as for his defense of freedom and liberal democracy under the rule of law.