Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

According to Linda Bordoni (via Vatican News), Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, visited some 68 countries during his 12-year pontificate. Here is a link to his official testament, and here are his Reflections on Old Age.

To commemorate this joyous rite, check out the oil painting Les Disciples by Swiss artist Eugène Burnand: Is this not one of the greatest Easter paintings of all time? Via Mike Frost:

What a cool homage and great remake of a Billy Joel classic!

Today (17 April) is the 64th anniversary of the “Bay of Pigs” invasion for the liberation of Cuba. Building on previous accounts of this covert and controversial operation (see here, here, or here, for example), last year I wrote a … Continue reading →

Via Wikipedia (links and footnotes in the original), I stumbled upon this remarkable anecdote of the time when Mario Vargas Llosa punched Gabriel García Márquez in the face: “In 1971, Vargas Llosa published García Márquez: Story of a Deicide (García Márquez: historia … Continue reading →

Did you know that literary giant Mario Vargas Llosa was once the leading presidential candidate in the 1990 Peruvian general election? Although Vargas Llosa won the first round with a narrow plurality, his opponent, Alberto Fujimori, won the election in the … Continue reading →

I was first introduced to the great Mario Vargas Llosa in college — I was a Spanish literature and political philosophy major — and instantly became a fan of his classical liberal politics and a lifelong reader of his works. … Continue reading →

Via Wikipedia: “If I Didn’t Love You” is a song recorded by country music singers Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood, released on July 23, 2021, as the first single from Aldean’s 2021 studio album Macon, Georgia …