The magnificent writer and thinker, Alvaro Vargas Llosa, has a truly awesome, knock-your-sock-off essay today on the demise of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, why it’s important, and why we should care. Brazil’s soft left revolution that so many have staked their hopes on has collapsed, leaving the hard Chavista left in place, a disturbing development for an entire continent.

He carefully explains the conditions that led to the huge cascading corruption scandal in Brazil and why it’s so bad. He also cites the controversial Brazilian writer, Olavo de Carvalho, as a source.

I’m so thrilled he’s writing about Brazil!

Alvaro Vargas Llosa’s insights are awesome, and I think even the most skeptical Brazilian reader will agree with them. Read it on Real Clear Politics here or on Alvaro’s own site (full of other good stuff) here.