Marquez characterizes the United Statesas the villain andCuba as the good country.

Christopher DeMuth, James Q. Wilson, and José María Aznar introduce the 2005 Irving Kristol Lecture by Mario Vargas Llosa.

Mario Vargas Llosa will receive the 2005 Irving Kristol Award.

Mario Vargas Llosa will receive the 2005 Irving Kristol Award at AEI's annual dinner on March 2, 2005.

Colombia has been bogged down in a civil conflict for more than a decade. Foreign powers must try to grasp the essentials of the situation if their assistance is to be effective.

After slightly more than two years of fruitless talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC), President Andrés Pastrana redeployed his army and the war formally resumed.