内容摘要：Nicole, a Haitian immigrant who works for a meat processing plant, holds wild flowers she picked near her apartment, April 13, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nicole, a Haitian immigrant who works for a meat processing plant, holds wild flowers she picked near her apartment, April 13, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso, left, honors writer Mario Vargas Llosa with the medal of “merit in the Order of the Grand Cross” in recognition of the writer’s contribution to world literature, in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso, left, honors writer Mario Vargas Llosa with the medal of “merit in the Order of the Grand Cross” in recognition of the writer’s contribution to world literature, in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Vargas Llosa also used his literary talents to write several successful novels about the lives of real people, including French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin and his grandmother, Flora Tristan, in “The Way to Paradise” in 2003 and 19th-century Irish nationalist and diplomat Sir Roger Casement in “The Dream of the Celt” in 2010. His last published novel was “Harsh Times” (Tiempos Recios) in 2019 about a U.S.-backed coup d’etat in Guatemala in 1954.He became a member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1994 and held visiting professor and resident writer posts in more than a dozen colleges and universities across the world.In his teens, Vargas Llosa joined a communist cell and eloped with and later married a 33-year-old Bolivian, Julia Urquidi — the sister-in-law of his uncle. He later drew inspiration from their nine-year marriage to write the hit comic novel “Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter” (La Tía Julia y el Escribidor).

In 1965, he married his first cousin, Patricia Llosa, 10 years his junior, and together they had three children. They divorced 50 years later, and he started a relationship with Spanish society figure Isabel Preysler, former wife of singer Julio Iglesias and mother of singer Enrique Iglesias. They separated in 2022.Vargas Llosa is survived by his children.

Their letter announcing his death said his remains will be cremated and there won’t be any public ceremony.

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa attends the 46th edition of the International Book Fair in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)“Anyone on the internet can open accounts with the same or similar names as other people,” he said.

Reid became the sole Republican candidate after Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity left the race because of his health.Herrity’s abrupt exit solidified Virginia Republicans’ diverse ticket, with Reid running alongside Jamaican immigrant Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who is vying to be governor, and Attorney General Jason Miyares, a first-generation Cuban American running for reelection.

Before Youngkin’s phone call, Reid said he was also pressed by a religious activist in Virginia to drop out after photos revealed him attending a drag show in Richmond. Since Herrity dropped out, Reid also said he received a deluge of requests insisting that he leave the race.Reid described the calls as “demands that I drop out, because supposedly, Christian voters would never support me, and it was inevitable that I would destroy the ticket and destroy Virginia,” Reid said. “I told everyone who called that I did not accept that analysis and would not decline the nomination that I’ve worked for so many months to secure.”