South America

Colombia is an “in-between,” mediocre country. In almost all international rankings, Colombia is near the middle: economic freedom, human development,...

On September 11, 2013, the same day the Americas commemorated the 13th anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, Hugo Chávez’s...

Violent riots on September 11 have become somewhat of a ritual in Chile, with participants looting businesses, throwing rocks at...

Ecuador continues to climb positions in the latest Global Competitiveness Report, published recently by the World Economic Forum, based on...

In the last few days, Nicolás Maduro’s administration announced its departure from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Also, in...

Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) has asserted that evidence proves sabotage was behind the country's deadliest refinery disaster. Meanwhile, the Petroleum...

In the last few years, we have grown accustomed to seeing groups of farmers or rural dwellers setting up roadblocks...

Important gains in the advancement of more open and free societies have often been achieved through successful social movements. The “English Revolution,"...

Alignment With the Regime In early 2013, a group of businesspeople associated with the President of the National Assembly, Diosdado...

The lack of any official reports continues to haunt Venezuela, more than a year after the deadly explosion and fire...

The agenda for the first official visit by Nicolás Maduro to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the end of...

Yesterday evening, 75 students participated in the first webinar of its kind in Spanish, "Bitcoins: The Currency of the Future?"...