The Madness of Things Peruvian: Democracy Under Seige

This book describes the demise of Peruvian democracy as a metaphor for the changing cause of freedom in Latin America in the 1990s. Vargas Llosa describes how and why Peru's democracy collapsed in April 1992, after 12 years of precarious existence. In Peru and elsewhere in the region, the destitute have always been skeptical about the virtues of democratic systems. Vargas Llosa sees the forces hostile to democracy in Peru as paralleled elsewhere on the continent, as democracy's enemies work energetically to undermine democracy in the name of order. Vargas Llosa's unique perspective as an insider in Peruvian politics provides those who have political or economic interests in the region with unusual insight into developments there.Alvaro Vargas Llosa is the author of 'The Madness of Things Peruvian: Democracy Under Seige', published 1994 under ISBN 9781560001140 and ISBN 1560001143.