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Buenos Aires Wants a Round of New York’s Failure with Calorie Labels
Fast-food restaurants in downtown Buenos Aires may soon be forced to reprint their menus. (Taringa) EspañolLawmakers are waging a war ...
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Tag: paternalism
Chile’s Busybody Politicos Say You’re Too Dumb to Feed Yourself
EspañolThe Chilean government aims to tackle the country's obesity problem with food labeling regulations. A law passed in 2012 has ...
Read moreSpace-Age Vending Machine Says No Nachos for You!
A few years back there was a joke making the rounds on the internet about buying pizza in a nanny-state ...
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Brazil’s Anti-Tobacco Law Means Markedly Fewer Places to Light Up
EspañolLighting up a cigar while drinking a caipirinha at a bar in Brazil has become an image of the past. The Anti-Tobacco Law ...
Read moreEarth to Paternalists of Latin America: The People Know Best
EspañolThe constitutions of Latin-American countries, almost without exception, begin with a sentence exalting the nation-state or highlighting the patriarchal role ...
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Government Regulations and Individual Freedoms
Montreal city councilor Benoit LaDouce has proposed a new law requiring all dogs in that Canadian city to understand commands ...
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