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Ibsen Martinez

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Ibsen Martínez is a Venezuelan playwright and novelist. A former telenovela writer based in Caracas, he is now a freelance writer and regular contributor to a number of newspapers, magazines and websites in both Spanish and English. He writes a weekly column for the Caracas daily "Tal Cual." Spanish language newspapers such as Madrid's "El País" and "ABC" as well as Buenos Aires's "La Nación" run his articles on a regular basis. His essays on literary and political subjects have appeared in prestigious magazines such as "La Nouvelle Revue Françoise", Mexico's " Letras Libres", Washington's "Foreign Policy" and The Washington Post's "Outlook" magazine. He also writes a monthly column on Latin American economic issues for the Liberty Fund's website, "Econlib Library (www.econlib.org). Close.

Ibsen Martinez

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May 29, 2008 10:38 AM

Why Latin Americans Don’t Make the Cut

The Current Discussion: The American magazine Foreign Policy and British magazine Prospect have published a joint list of the world's Top 100 Public Intellectuals. The list includes several PostGlobal panelists. Who's missing from the list? Who would you take off?

It is striking to me that Latin Americans and Spanish intellectuals are so scant on the Foreign Policy and Prospect list.

Only five out of a list of 100! Those five include Enrique Krauze and Alma Guillermoprieto (Mexico), Fernando Henrique Cardozo (Brazil), Marios Vargas Llosa (Peru) and Fernando Sabater (Spain).

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