President Luis Abinader announced the granting of Dominican nationality to Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa. The Nobel Prize laureate says he will spend more time in the Dominican Republic. He will be spending more time in the Juan Dolio vacation area, where one of his children lives.
Vargas Llosa is a very controversial figure in the Dominican Republic. It is recalled he was very active defending undocumented who claimed to be Dominicans. In 2013, Mario Vargas Llosa wrote “Los Parias del Caribe” that was published in El Pais of Spain and that blasted the Dominican Republic.
His son, Gonzalo Vargas also was very active in criticizing Dominicans after the Constitutional Court ruled on who was or was not Dominican. At the time, Gonzalo Vargas was the chief of mission for the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees in Santo Domingo.
Speaking at the Presidential Palace meeting with President Abinader on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, Vargas Llosa said: “I believe the Dominican Republic is an example for Latin America, it is headed in the right direction without doubt and I am very happy that the Dominican Republic, with an intelligent, and sense-filled government is promoting the country.”
El Dia recalls that to write his award-winning novel, “La Fiesta del Chivo,” Vargas Llosa lived in the country for several months and made many local friends.
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1 June 2023