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Honduras Prospera
Honduras Próspera is offering limited presale reservations for housing units that will become a boutique hotel. (Próspera)

First Startup City Revives Honduran ZEDEs
1170 658 Paz Gómez

For years, Honduras’s ZEDEs seemed destined to never get off the ground. Roatán Próspera took everyone by surprise when it launched in early May 2020.

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  • Paz Gómez
No podemos ignorar el problema y esperar que desaparezca. (Andrés Gerlotti)

Seis lecciones que nos deja la distopía venezolana
1170 658 Fergus Hodgson

Mantener la división de poderes y cortar al socialismo de raíz son clave

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  • Fergus Hodgson
Brazil: Will the Wall Hold between Military and Politics? Cooptation or Cooperation to Define Bolsonaro Presidency brazil bolsonaro military Presidential guard troops salute the national flag in Brasília, the country's capital. (Agência Brasil)

Brazil: Will the Wall Hold between Military and Politics?
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Cooptation or Cooperation to Define Bolsonaro Presidency

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As has become customary in the index’s history, Hong Kong and Singapore remain at the top two positions. (Fraser Institute)

Latin America Gets Failing Grade in Economic Freedom
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Lack of Rule of Law, Property Rights Characterize Regional Stagnation

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  • Paz Gómez
Classical liberals chose Panama for their Economic Freedom of the World Network meeting, and the overarching theme was populism. From left to right: David Henneberger (Germany and Mexico), Juan Carlos Hidalgo (Costa Rica and the United States), Olympias Raptis (Greece and Belgium), and Surse Pierpoint (Panama). (Fergus Hodgson)

Liberals Plan to Prevail in Populist Era
1170 658 Fergus Hodgson

Panama City Hosts Free Marketeers for Brainstorming, Data Sharing

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  • Fergus Hodgson
the mechanism
The Mechanism: Brazilian federal agents Verena Cardoni and Marco Ruffo face their first enemy. (Netflix)

‘The Mechanism’ Shows How the Corrupt Will Eat Their Own
1170 658 Fergus Hodgson

Brazil Proves Cronies Can Be Defeated at Their Own Game

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  • Fergus Hodgson
Blockchain technology offers sustainable voluntary alternatives to "public goods" now controlled by governments. (rawpixel)

How Blockchains Will Reduce the Scope of Government
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Private Provision of Public Goods to Offer Superior Alternatives

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  • Paz Gómez
alvaro vargas llosa
Álvaro Vargas Llosa has offered a historic, award-winning contribution to economic development for Latin America. (Atlas)

The One Book Latin American Reformers Need to Read
1170 658 Fergus Hodgson

Álvaro Vargas Llosa Diagnoses the Infirmity, Prescribes the Treatment

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  • Fergus Hodgson
Planned man-made islands of the Seasteading Institute boast the potential to compete with conventional governance. (SI)

Seasteading Offers Escape from Obsolete Governance
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Tahiti Beckons as Home for Implementation, Competitor to Status Quo

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