[lbo-talk] RE: Ortega as sellout

[Cseniornyc at aol.com]

Carl Remick writes: 
"The tone is indeed irritating.  And I  find the author more interesting than 
the narrative -- "
Well indeed the  tone is set on purpose since Vargas Llosa's job is to put 
down anything the  Latin left does.
There is actually not much interesting about him . Just a  case of blatant 
nepotism as his father Mario, who is not a "magic-realist"  author , has a long 
standing career as Peru's major right winger and  reprrsentantive of the US 
interests. On this basis he has managed to secure well  paid positions for his 
son Alvaro as a hack in US think tanks just like his  present cozy job at the 
Independent Institute in D.C. 
The Institute is just  another Libertarian pro Neolib Globalization a la AEI 
or Hoover's.
Finally  ,Ortega is either  a major sellout case or a master Machiavello of 
severe  proportions. We'll have to wait and  see.
Cristobal

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