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Mario Vargas Llosa fue “un hombre complejo al que la vida le quedaba chica”, según la definición de su hijo
Coincidiendo con el primer aniversario de su muerte, el Ateneo de Madrid fue escenario de un homenaje a Mario Vargas Llosa presidido por su hijo, Álvaro Vargas Llosa, quien lo ha definido como un hombre complejo al que “la vida se le quedaba chica” y que con su muerte ha conseguido convertirse en “un personaje de ficción”.
“Él, que se pasó la vida inventando otras vidas, es ahora un hijo de nuestra imaginación. Cada vez que lo leemos o pensamos en él, creamos un Vargas Llosa de ficción”, ha asegurado unas horas después de recibir de manos de la presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, la Medalla Internacional de las Artes a título póstumo.
Álvaro Vargas Llosa ha querido ver en la muerte de su padre “una liberación” para él. “Quería tener todas las experiencias humanas posibles y más, era un personaje que quería ser un personaje”, un ansia que le hizo “poner patas arriba su propia familia”, aunque “cuando se equivocó, supo reconocerlo, arrepentirse y pedir perdón”.
El corazón del acto, concebido en un formato “íntimo y coral”, ha consistido en un recorrido por la trayectoria vital y literaria del nobel peruano a partir de una selección de textos autobiográficos, leídos en voz alta por los participantes. Antes, escritores como Sergio Ramírez, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Alejandro Roemmers, Carlos Granés o Mercedes Monmany, y actores como José Sacristán y Magüi Mira compartieron sus recuerdos personales sobre el autor de Conversación en la catedral o La ciudad y los perros.
Ramírez coincidió con él cuando fue enviado a Nicaragua por el New York Times para escribir sobre la revolución sandinista; Monmany y Vásquez lo evocaron como “el creador total”, eternamente apasionado y consagrado por completo al oficio; y Magüi Mira, que le pidió hace años los derechos de ‘Kathie y el hipopótamo’, levantó carcajadas al definirlo como “el macho alfa total”. Maribel Luque, su agente literaria, dijo que cuando lo conoció, tuvo la impresión de “estar ante Tolstoi” y destacó su “amabilidad exquisita”.
David Gallagher, amigo cercano, habló de cómo era viajar con él: “Pasamos por todos los sitios imaginables donde había estado Flaubert”. Gina Montaner destacó sus ganas de ayudar siempre, a pesar de ser un hombre tan ocupado, en causas como la del exilio cubano. Y José Sacristán, desde un rodaje, envió un mensaje grabado en vídeo para recordar otro rodaje, el de Pantaleón y las visitadoras, que protagonizó en 1975.
En cuanto a su obra, Álvaro Vargas Llosa destacó dos temas: la utopía y el poder. Sobre la primera, dijo que para él su búsqueda debía estar confinada a la literatura porque en el mundo de la política “conduce al horror”. Y en cuanto al poder, señaló que denunció sus abusos en el ámbito público y privado, en su vida y en su obra. “Fue un adelantado a su tiempo, intuía tendencias que venían y pagó un precio por ello”.
Gerardo Bongiovanni, director general de la Fundación Internacional para la Libertad, fundada por el escritor peruano en 2002, lo recordó como “el gran defensor de las libertades, un hombre comprometido” y señaló que cultura y libertad son “dos caras de la misma moneda”. Y Raúl Tola, director de la Cátedra Vargas Llosa, dijo que este acto era lo que el Nobel habría querido, un acto “para celebrar la vida, el arte y el poder de la literatura”.
La lectura dramatizada de textos arrancó en sus primeros años, los del descubrimiento del miedo y el sufrimiento a causa de su relación con su padre, y siguió con el descubrimiento de su vocación, el viaje a Europa y su consolidación como escritor universal, autor de obras fundamentales del siglo XX y XXI.
Fuente: EFE
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Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to cast his vote during the 2024 presidential election. (Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press)
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Khamenei is recovering after incurring the injuries in the Feb. 28 airstrikes that killed his father.
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«We meticulously planned so that our operations would continue and manifest themselves even in the period following the strikes in Tehran,» Barnea reportedly said. «Our commitment will be fulfilled only once the extremist regime in Iran is replaced.»
«Forty days of intense combat have led to highly significant achievements, foremost among them a blow to the enemy’s central objective — the destruction of the State of Israel,» Barnea added, according to Ynetnews. «However, our mission has not yet been completed.»
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File photo shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attending a demonstration to mark Jerusalem day in Tehran. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)
Israel began its Operation Roaring Lion against Iran on Feb. 28, the same day the U.S. military launched Operation Epic Fury.
The joint U.S.-Israel effort has decimated Iran’s military and missile infrastructure and resulted in the death of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei.
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Iranâs Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei (R) as the nationâs new supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, capital of Iran, on March 4, 2026. (Iranian President’s Press Office/Anadolu)
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In the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, Moolenaar said Airbus satellite imagery may have been the original source of images later published by a China-based company, MizarVision, which released high-resolution, annotated views of U.S. military aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
Moolenaar pointed to a sequence in which the firm publicly identified U.S. aircraft at the base shortly before Iran launched a March 27 missile and drone strike on the installation.
The attack wounded at least 12 U.S. service members — two critically — and damaged multiple high-value aircraft, including KC-135 refueling tankers and an E-3G Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft.
Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., is seen in Cannon Tunnel on April 30, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
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Moolenaar said the timing and level of detail in the imagery raise questions about whether publicly available satellite data could be used by adversaries to identify and target U.S. military assets, warning that such images risk becoming «targeting data for enemy forces.»
While commercial satellite imagery is widely available and often used for research and transparency, the letter warns that near-real-time, high-resolution images of active operations could provide adversaries with actionable intelligence.
Moolenaar urged War Secretary Pete Hegseth to press Airbus to restrict the release of such imagery, noting that other companies, including Planet Labs, have voluntarily withheld images of the region at the request of the U.S. government.
The push highlights a broader debate over whether limiting access to commercial satellite imagery during wartime is necessary to protect U.S. troops or risks restricting open-source intelligence.
A technical analysis conducted with a satellite systems expert found Airbus satellites were the «most plausible» source of the imagery, according to the letter, identifying multiple windows in which they were positioned to capture images of the base.
The letter also cites a «high likelihood» that Airbus imagery was made available prior to the conflict, though it does not establish how the images were obtained or whether Airbus provided them directly.
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The letter also cites a satellite imagery expert who said the images were unlikely to have originated from Chinese satellites given their known capabilities, further narrowing the pool of potential providers.
Commercial satellite imagery often is distributed through complex global licensing networks, meaning images captured by one company can pass through multiple intermediaries before being accessed or published by third parties.
Moolenaar also pointed to Airbus’ business ties in China, including a joint venture with entities linked to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, raising concerns about how satellite imagery could flow through networks connected to Beijing.
The concerns come amid broader scrutiny from the committee over Airbus’ ties to China.
In a December 2025 letter, Moolenaar warned that Airbus’ work with Chinese firms linked to military development could risk advancing Beijing’s aerospace capabilities and said the French government had limited the committee’s ability to obtain information about Airbus’ operations.
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The episode highlights the expanding role of open-source intelligence in modern warfare, where commercially available satellite imagery can offer near real-time insight into military operations and, in some cases, expose sensitive positions during active conflicts.
At the same time, such imagery has become a key tool for journalists, researchers and governments, often used to track conflicts and verify military activity—raising questions about how to balance transparency with security during wartime.
Airbus and the Pentagon could not immediately be reached for comment.
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