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Pakistan: America’s most complicated ally — and why Trump is betting on it again

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As Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, emerged as a key intermediary in negotiations tied to the escalating Iran crisis, Washington once again found itself relying on a country that American officials have spent decades accusing of playing both sides in the war on terror.

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Munir has emerged as a key intermediary in negotiations aimed at preventing renewed conflict with Iran, placing Pakistan — despite decades of accusations involving Taliban safe havens, nuclear proliferation and Osama bin Laden — back at the center of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East.

The latest negotiations have again exposed one of the biggest contradictions in U.S. foreign policy: Washington keeps turning to Pakistan even after years of tension, distrust and accusations that elements of the country’s security establishment supported militant groups fighting American troops.

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Pakistan’s renewed diplomatic role has come under heightened scrutiny — and exposed divisions among Republicans — after allegations that Iranian military aircraft may have been moved into Pakistani territory during the recent conflict, claims Islamabad has denied.

«I don’t trust Pakistan as far as I can throw them,» Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said May 12. «If they actually have Iranian aircraft parked in Pakistan bases to protect Iranian military assets, that tells me maybe we should be looking for somebody else to mediate.»

Trump, however, publicly praised Pakistan’s leadership the same day.

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«They’re great,» Trump told reporters May 12. «I think the Pakistanis have been great. The field marshal and the prime minister of Pakistan have been absolutely great.»

«Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir have been helpful mediators, and the United States is grateful for Pakistan’s efforts to bring an end to the conflict. When Iran’s nuclear threat is removed for good, the entire world will be safer and more stable,» White House spokesperson Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf meets with chief of Defence Forces of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Tehran, Iran, May 23, 2026. (Iranian Parliament Speaker Office/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)

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Pakistan has long occupied an uneasy place in American foreign policy.

The nuclear-armed country borders both Iran and Afghanistan, maintains deep ties across the region’s security landscape and has historically been viewed by U.S. officials as too strategically important to fully isolate.

Even critics who accuse Pakistan of double-dealing acknowledge Washington has struggled to disengage from Islamabad because of the country’s nuclear arsenal, geographic position and influence over regional militant networks.

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But distrust between Washington and Islamabad deepened dramatically after U.S. forces killed bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011 — a military town located near the country’s premier military academy.

«The fact that we had to do that operation without Pakistani support speaks volumes as to how much we trusted them,» Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of the Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital.

Critics and former U.S. officials long questioned whether Pakistani intelligence could have been unaware of bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad, though Pakistan has repeatedly denied knowingly sheltering him.

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Analysts say Pakistan’s military establishment also spent years viewing Afghanistan through the lens of its rivalry with India, seeing a Taliban-friendly government in Kabul as a form of strategic leverage against Indian influence in the region.

«They view Afghanistan as strategic depth,» Roggio said.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance walking with Pakistani officials in Islamabad

Vice President JD Vance walks with Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir, Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Natalie A. Baker, and Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters)

Analysts say Pakistan’s security establishment historically differentiated between militant groups targeting Pakistan itself and groups viewed as useful against India or in Afghanistan — a strategy critics argue led Islamabad to tolerate or maintain ties with some Taliban-linked and anti-India groups even while cooperating with U.S. counterterrorism operations after 9/11.

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Pakistani officials also have argued the country paid a heavy price for aligning with Washington after 9/11, pointing to years of suicide bombings, insurgent attacks and instability inside Pakistan itself.

Pakistan’s defense minister recently acknowledged the country had done «dirty work» for the U.S. and the West during decades of regional conflict, arguing policies tied to the anti-Soviet war in Afghanistan and the post-9/11 era ultimately destabilized Pakistan itself.

Roggio argued Pakistan’s security establishment spent years publicly cooperating with Washington while simultaneously tolerating or supporting Taliban-linked groups fighting American troops in Afghanistan.

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«Pakistan supported the Taliban knowing that they were killing Americans,» he said.

Pakistan’s latest diplomatic role has also drawn renewed scrutiny after allegations that Iranian military aircraft may have been moved into Pakistani territory during the recent conflict — claims Islamabad has denied.

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Pakistan’s nuclear history has fueled concern in Washington for decades as well. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the architect of Pakistan’s nuclear program, later admitted operating a proliferation network that transferred nuclear technology and expertise to countries including Iran, Libya and North Korea.

Counterterrorism analysts and former U.S. officials have long warned that al Qaeda operatives and affiliated groups continued finding sanctuary in parts of Pakistan’s tribal regions even after the 9/11 attacks, though the scale of those networks remains debated.

Pakistani officials have long denied supporting terrorist organizations and argue the country has itself suffered heavily from Islamist violence, including attacks by ISIS-K and the Pakistani Taliban. Islamabad also has denied allegations that Iranian military aircraft were sheltered inside Pakistan during the recent conflict.

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Why Trump is betting on Pakistan again

More than a decade after the bin Laden raid shattered trust between Washington and Islamabad, Pakistan’s military leadership has again emerged as a critical diplomatic channel for Washington — this time during the escalating crisis involving Iran.

Trump increasingly has engaged Munir directly in recent weeks, reinforcing longstanding perceptions that Pakistan’s military — rather than its civilian government — remains the country’s dominant power center.

Munir, a former intelligence chief, has leveraged Pakistan’s longstanding relationships across the region to position himself as a channel between Washington and Tehran.

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Roggio argued Pakistan is also attempting to rehabilitate its international image by presenting itself as a stabilizing force in the region.

«They’re trying to present an image of being a purveyor of peace in the region,» he said.

Earlier rounds of diplomacy tied to the Iran conflict were also hosted in Islamabad, elevating Pakistan’s role as a regional intermediary.

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Pakistan and Qatar appear to have emerged as complementary diplomatic channels rather than competing ones during the latest negotiations involving Iran.

Analysts say Pakistan’s military leadership has increasingly positioned itself as a political and security intermediary between Washington and Tehran, while Qatar has remained central to the more formal diplomatic and financial dimensions of regional negotiations.

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Qatar, which hosted negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban that led to the 2020 Doha agreement laying out the framework for the eventual U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, has again emerged as a central diplomatic channel as talks intensified over the weekend.

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Pakistan also played a behind-the-scenes role in those negotiations, reflecting Washington’s longstanding reliance on Islamabad’s ties to the Taliban leadership during the Afghanistan war.

Critics of the Doha agreement argued it sidelined the U.S.-backed Afghan government while strengthening the Taliban ahead of its return to power in 2021.

Pakistan’s relationship with the Taliban also has become increasingly strained since the group returned to power in Afghanistan. Pakistani officials have accused Taliban authorities of failing to stop militants launching attacks into Pakistan from across the border, and Islamabad has threatened military action against some groups operating near Afghan territory.

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The divide over Pakistan reflects a broader debate that has shaped U.S. foreign policy for decades: whether Washington’s strategic need for Islamabad outweighs longstanding concerns over the country’s relationships with militant groups and regional adversaries.

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More than a decade after the bin Laden raid shattered trust between Washington and Islamabad, Pakistan has once again become a diplomatic channel the U.S. appears unable — or unwilling — to avoid during one of the region’s most volatile crises.

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15 Antifa radicals indicted, 12 arrested in sweeping federal probe into Minneapolis anti-ICE operations

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota on Tuesday announced that 15 Antifa members have been indicted for their alleged roles in conspiring to hinder federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis earlier this year.

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The suspects, 12 of whom are in custody, are all charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, according to a 94-page criminal complaint, and some are charged with further crimes. Federal prosecutors allege that each suspect took part in a conspiracy to obstruct federal immigration enforcement officers, including ICE personnel, through force, intimidation and threats.

The suspects are alleged members of the Antifa cell Direct Action Minnesota Network (DAMN), a radical far-left group accused of coordinating operations against federal immigration officers.

Protesters used whistles to alert neighborhoods to ICE activity while facing off with Minneapolis police officers on a street in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 24, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

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Federal prosecutors maintain that the group use Signal chats to organize and carry out rapid response operations including coordinating street blockades, tracking federal vehicles, surveilling the ICE field office at the federal Whipple Building and other activities meant to stop immigration officials from conducting their business.

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The government says that DAMN served as the hub for participants to share intelligence, plan actions, recruit volunteers and assign roles.

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Below is a full list of the suspects and the charges they face:

  • Isaac Auman Sant – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, interstate stalking
  • Emmett James Doyle – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • Cameron Kennedy – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • Callum Robinet – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • Erik Davis – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • Kyle Wagner – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, solicitation of violence, interstate threats
  • Hannah Margaret Van de Water Davis – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal office
  • Treasure Cay Thoreson – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • Nathan Junho Kim – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • Alec Stewart – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • Douglas Misterek – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • Dustin Scott Beisell – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
  • William Morgan – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, interstate stalking, assault on a federal officer, destruction of government property
  • Natasha Rakotz – conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, assault on a federal officer resulting in bodily injury/use of a dangerous weapon

ANTI-ICE MINNEAPOLIS AGITATORS SET UP CHECKPOINT TO TRACK FEDERAL AGENTS

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Federal law enforcement agents stand guard facing anti-ICE protesters outside the Bishop Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 15, 2026. (Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images)

Isaac Sant is portrayed by prosecutors as one of the ringleaders of the conspiracy who allegedly organized meetings between anti-ICE factions, delivered shields and other equipment for «direct actions» against ICE and maintained a database of suspected federal immigration vehicles by tracking license plates.

He also allegedly coordinated «commuters» to follow federal immigration officials.

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On May 4, according to the indictment, Sant personally followed a federal immigration officer from the Whipple Building in Minneapolis — a hub of anti-ICE activities — across state lines to Hudson, Wisconsin, leading to the interstate stalking charge.

William Morgan, the only suspect charged with four crimes, is also accused of interstate stalking for allegedly following a federal immigration officer on May 12 from the Whipple Building to near the officer’s home in Hudson.

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Federal agents fire tear gas at protestors in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 24, 2026. Earlier that day, agents allegedly shot and killed a protestor during a scuffle to arrest him. The Trump administration deployed about 3,000 federal agents to the area to enforce immigration laws. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Three days later, Morgan allegedly committed two more crimes by confronting an agent who was conducting an interview and physically assaulting him. He later was accused of kicking a federal vehicle, causing $1,000 in property damage, the complaint claims.

Natasha Rakotz was charged with assault on a federal officer resulting in bodily injury for allegedly driving her car into the path of a federal agent, striking and injuring him — similarly to how in a January incident in Minneapolis Renee Good was shot dead during an altercation where she ran her car into a federal immigration officer.

Kyle Wagner has been in custody since February, after encouraging followers to take up arms against federal agents. More charges were announced against him during Tuesday’s press conference.

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On Jan. 8, 2026, Wagner posted a video warning ICE agents, «We’re f—ing coming for you.»

Prosecutors allege he urged followers to «get your guns,» and suggested identifying agents even if it had to be done «at the barrel of a gun.»

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President Donald Trump declared Antifa to be a terrorist organization last year.

«Today’s charges and arrests reflect a broad federal effort to address organized, lawless behavior, which seeks to disrupt the execution of federal law, endanger law enforcement, and, importantly, endanger the very communities that these defendants falsely claim to be protecting,» U.S. Attorney Daniel Roden said in a Tuesday press conference announcing the charges.

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He emphasized that the defendants have not been arrested for speech — which is protected by the First Amendment — but for alleged criminal actions.

Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Michael McCarthy echoed that sentiment.

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A woman confronts a federal immigration officer at the scene of a reported shooting in Minneapolis on Jan. 14, 2026. (John Locher/AP Photo)

«Peaceful protest is a protected right and a cornerstone of our democracy. We respect and defend that right,» he said. «However, there’s a clear line that cannot be crossed when protest turns into rioting, violence or criminal activity, it becomes unlawful and it will not be tolerated.»

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«Working closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, our investigation uncovered extensive planning, material support and coordinated attacks against federal personnel and facilities. Our teams have worked tirelessly conducting surveillance, reviewing camera footage, and analyzing large volumes of information to identify those responsible.»

Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

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Miles de transportistas atrapados en los bloqueos de rutas piden auxilio en Bolivia

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Miles de transportistas que permanecen varados desde hace mes y medio en distintas carreteras en Bolivia por los bloqueos de sectores que exigen la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz atraviesan una situación crítica sin acceso a alimentos, medicamentos, ni servicios básicos, ante lo cual sus compañeros reclamaron este lunes acciones para atenderles.

Los más afectados son más de 5.000 conductores de carga pesada, quienes desde principios de mayo estaban en tránsito para trasladar mercadería de exportación o importación, según la Cámara Nacional de Transporte (CNT).

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También camioneros paraguayos pidieron este lunes ayuda de las autoridades al denunciar que completan 44 días varados en la frontera entre Perú y Bolivia.

En declaraciones al canal paraguayo NPY, uno de los conductores, quien se identificó como Claudio Arrúa, relató que partió desde Lima con destino a Asunción, la capital de Paraguay, a bordo de un tráiler cargado con 26 toneladas de materiales para fabricar calzados, pero no ha podido proseguir su camino a raíz de las protestas. «Hoy hace 44 días que estamos varados acá y la situación es difícil», se lamentó.

Arrúa indicó que se encuentra junto a otros dos camioneros paraguayos al costado de una carretera en un punto ubicado a 140 kilómetros de la ciudad boliviana de La Paz y a unos 4.100 metros sobre el nivel del mar, donde, aseguró, hay un «frío intenso».

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Aunque los bloqueos permanecen en cinco de las nueve regiones de Bolivia, uno de los puntos más críticos es la zona de Sayari, en la carretera entre la región central de Cochabamba y la andina de Oruro, a más de 4.000 metros de altitud y con temperaturas bajo cero durante el invierno en el hemisferio sur.

«Nuestras condiciones son inhumanas, no tenemos medicamentos, víveres. Estamos secuestrados por los bloqueadores», dijo en un contacto telefónico con EFE Víctor Garvizu, un transportista que a finales de abril partió desde Cochabamba hacia el puerto chileno de Iquique y que quedó retenido en Sayari desde inicios de mayo.

Garvizu relató que los conductores consumen agua de un riachuelo que deben hervir previamente para no enfermar y que se organizaron en pequeños grupos para conseguir alimentos y hacer pequeñas ollas comunes, aunque lamentó que el desabastecimiento también afecta a la zona rural.

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Según el conductor, quienes están peor son los chóferes diabéticos y que incluso algunos dejaron sus camiones para tratar de llegar hasta Cochabamba por su propios medios, comprar medicamentos y después regresar a la carretera.

Garvizu contó que los manifestantes evitan todo contacto, son hostiles y que no cumplieron con una anunciada promesa de abrir provisionalmente el paso por razones humanitarias.

Ante esta situación, conductores y propietarios de empresas de transporte realizaron una caravana de protesta en Cochabamba, con decenas de camiones que recorrieron más de 15 kilómetros hasta las puertas de la Gobernación departamental en la capital de esa región.

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Los vehículos exhibieron banderas bolivianas y pancartas con pedidos de desbloqueo de carreteras y de respeto al derecho al trabajo.

El director ejecutivo de la Cámara de Transporte de Cochabamba, Oscar López, dijo a los medios que el sector exige traer a sus colegas varados en lugares como Sayari y que se liberen las rutas para que puedan trabajar.

López lamentó que en las siete semanas de conflicto se acumularon multas por las demoras en el traslado de mercadería, a lo que se suma el pago de salarios que deben cumplir pese los conflictos.

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La Defensoría del Pueblo, la Cruz Roja y la entidad católica Caritas iniciaron una caravana de ayuda humanitaria para llevar desde La Paz alimentos y medicamentos a unos 600 camioneros atrapados en los bloqueos en la zona del altiplano.

Los cortes de ruta, iniciados el 6 de mayo, son impulsados por la Federación de Campesinos de La Paz, la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) y sectores afines al expresidente Evo Morales (2006-2019), para exigir la renuncia de Paz, quien cumplió siete meses de Gobierno hace una semana.

El conflicto ha dejado al menos 16 muertos, 13 de ellos por falta de acceso oportuno a atención médica por los bloqueos, y pérdidas económicas estimadas en 2.500 millones de dólares.

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Paula Klein, Premio Lumen de Novela: “¿Hasta qué punto conocemos a la persona con la que compartimos nuestra vida?”

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Paula Klein, Premio Lumen de Novela: “¿Hasta qué punto conocemos a la persona con la que compartimos nuestra vida?” (Foto: Europa Press)

El amor inventado es el título de la obra ganadora del Premio Lumen de Novela. Su autora es argentina y se llama Paula Klein. Su nombre se develó hace apenas unas horas. El jurado leyó en esta novela una indagación sobre la mentira en la vida íntima y en el periodismo, dos territorios que la autora decidió poner en fricción desde una misma pregunta: “¿Hasta qué punto conocemos a la persona con la que compartimos nuestra vida?”, dijo en diálogo con la prensa, como un interrogante abierto e interpelador.

La novela ganadora obtuvo una dotación de 30 mil euros y su publicación en todo el ámbito hispanohablante. Entre 683 manuscritos, una cifra récord para el premio, la obra fue elegida por mayoría y la organización informó además que la recepción de originales se duplicó en países como España, Argentina y Uruguay. Klein, que reside en Francia, viajó a España para conversar con los integrantes del jurado y la prensa.

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Klein reveló que investigó casos reales de periodistas que falsificaron reportajes y también redes de mujeres estafadas para construir la novela. La tensión central del libro, según sus propias palabras, está en pensar la mentira en la prensa, porque en el periodismo “hay un pacto de confianza con el lector que no puedes romper” y, si eso ocurre, “hay una construcción democrática que se derrumba”.

Klein afirmó que el personaje masculino nació de una investigación sobre “periodistas que habían falseado, ficcionalizado incluso reportajes enteros”. Mencionó durante la rueda de prensa nombres como Jayson Blair, Janet Cooke, Oriana Fallaci y el “falso Tom Kummer” como parte del material que la ayudó a pensar cómo se construyen trayectorias públicas sostenidas durante años sobre una identidad adulterada. Aun así, marcó un límite: “Es una novela que no está basada en hechos reales”.

La escritora argentina Paula Klein, ganadora del Premio Lumen de novela.
La autora argentina que reside en Francia habló con la prensa tras obtener el prestigioso galardón con su libro “El amor inventado”, que en octubre estará en las librerías

El centro de su interés no fue reproducir un caso puntual, sino explorar a personas enamoradas que “no paran de mentirse”, tanto entre sí como frente a su hija, sus padres, su entorno y la sociedad. “En la prensa no podés mentir”, dijo ante la pregunta por las fake news. Añadió que la no ficción y la ficción no pueden confundirse porque, si esa división se vuelve borrosa, “ya no sabemos dónde estamos parados”.

La autora sostuvo además que eligió a un periodista como figura central porque trabaja como académica sobre periodismo de investigación y le interesaba pensar un mundo de “hechos alternativos”. En ese marco, describió un tipo de personaje al que vinculó con figuras de poder contemporáneas: “el contador de mierda profesional”, alguien que mezcla medias verdades hasta volver indistinguible lo verdadero de lo falso.

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“La mentira en el periodismo es algo grave. Deberíamos tener ese consenso”, sostuvo. “Que pase lo que pase con los casos particulares, cómo se consume nos dice mucho de cómo somos como sociedad, qué relación tenemos nosotros con los relatos que nos contamos”, dijo agregó: “Me fascinan los casos en los que no solo no hay castigo, sino que además parecen ser premiadas esas personas que mienten. Pasa mucho con los impostores: lograron darle la vuelta al sistema. Y nuestra sociedad pareciera aplaudir”.

“En ningún momento quise hacer ni una crítica ni un elogio de la mentira, sino realmente meterme en el fondo de estas cuestiones. Me parece que es una novela que no da respuestas, pero sí confronta un montón de situaciones posibles y a un montón de tratamientos que la mentira genera, tanto en mujeres engañadas, en víctimas, en bullshitters. Pero no me interesa plantear un juicio moral, porque la ficción está ahí justamente para sacudirnos. La ficción también es oxígeno”, aseguró.

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“La ficción está para sacudirnos”, aseguró Paula Klein

La otra mitad del libro, según la propia escritora, está en el matrimonio. “El amor verdadero puede convivir con el desconocimiento total de la persona que tenemos enfrente”, dijo al resumir la sospecha que organiza la novela. “Tengo la íntima convicción de que los matrimonios que duran o esas parejas que mejor resisten en el tiempo son los que se vuelven muy hábiles en el secreto, en la omisión, en la mentira noble, como decía Voltaire, esas mentiras que decimos para no lastimar al otro”, arremetió.

“Me parece muy interesante que todas esas relaciones afectivas estén atravesadas por la mentira, pero la mentira como algo incluso hasta noble, positivo, virtuoso, que siempre va a terminar haciendo mal a la larga. Partí de esa íntima convicción: que las parejas que duran están atravesadas por el secreto, que son quienes saben mantener y omitir, los prestidigitadores del secreto”, dijo. “Los escritores y los artistas parecemos ser los únicos que tenemos la mentira autorizada por la vía de la ficción”, agregó.

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“Con ese storytelling y esa invención estás ficcionalizando y embelleciendo, pero también le damos otra paleta al mundo que nos rodea: nos permitimos ver las cosas de otra manera. La mentira, al menos como la exploro dentro de las relaciones sociales, es como un ámbito de libertad. También es un estadio en la evolución de los niños”, dijo y concluyó: “Los que trabajamos con la ficción tenemos ese placer suplementario: todavía podemos seguir jugando por la vía de la ficción”.

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Paula Klein: escritora, investigadora y docente argentina, destacada con el prestigioso IV Premio Lumen de Novela 2026

Paula Klein es una escritora, investigadora y docente universitaria argentina nacida en Buenos Aires en 1986. Es licenciada en Letras por la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), magíster por la École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (París) y doctora en Literatura Comparada por la Universidad de Poitiers.

Vive en Francia desde el año 2012. Escribió La luz de una estrella muerta (2021, su primera novela, centrada en el artista plástico argentino Alberto Greco) y Las brujas de Monte Verità (2023, novela histórica en la Suiza a comienzos del siglo XX).

El Premio Lumen de Novela es otorgado por la editorial española Lumen, perteneciente al grupo Penguin Random House, a una novela inédita escrita en idioma español por una autora mujer. Existió entre 1994 y 1999 y se reactivó en 2023, cuando lo ganó Leticia Martin. Siguieron Natalia Litvinova en 2024 y Inma Pelegrín en 2025. En esta edición, se incluyó una mención finalista para Estado de distancia de Belén López Peiró.

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