Spanish-Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, this year’s Nobel Literature laureate, condemned the “consequences of colonialism” by European countries when he presented his new novel in Madrid last week.

European colonialism at the end of the 19th century “spread destruction which had after-effects from which the descendants of the victims were never able to recover,” he told a news conference.

His new novel, El Sueno del Celta (The Celtic Dream), relates the life of Irish nationalist Roger Casement, who denounced rights abuses in early 20th century Congo and was hanged on charges of treason by the British.

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