 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kufanana navamwe vakawanda vakangwara veLatin America, Vargas Llosa pakutanga akanga ari mutsigiri weCuban revolutionaryhurumende yaFidel Castro. Akadzidza Marxism zvakadzama somudzidzi weyunivhesiti uye gare gare akanyengetedzwa nemafungiro emakomonisiti pashure pokubudirira kweCuban Revolution. Zvishoma nezvishoma, Vargas Llosa akasvika pakudavira kuti kushamwaridzana kwevanhu vose kwakanga kusingawirirani nezvaairangarira kuva rusununguko rwavose. Kuputsika kwepamutemo pakati pemunyori nemitemo yehurumende yeCuba kwakaitika neanonzi Padilla Affair, apo hurumende yaCastro yakaisa mudetembi Heberto Padilla mutirongo kwemwedzi muna 1971. Vargas Llosa, pamwe chete navamwe vakangwara venguva yacho, vakanyorera Castro vachishora gadziriro yezvematongerwe enyika yeCuba nokuiswa mutorongo kwayo kwomuimbi wacho. Vargas Llosa akazvizivisa amene norusununguko panzvimbo pefungidziro dzezvematongerwe enyika dzoruboshwe dzakanyanyisa kubvira ipapo. Sezvo akarega kuruboshwe kwake kwokutanga, ave achishora hurumende dzoudzvinyiriri dzoruboshwe nedzorudyi. 