Atlas International Thursday Next Week!
Please join Atlas for its monthly INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY meeting, which will be held on October 15th from 10:00-11:30AM. The program this month will include: “A Campaign for Liberty” Eduardo Massieu- CEDICE (Venezuela). “The Free Market Movement in Austria” Bernard Adamec- Europa Institut (Austria). “International Property Rights Index” Victoria Strokova- Herrnando de Soto Fellow, Property Rights Alliance [...]
Venezuela to Shut Down 285 Radio and Television Stations
Atlas is receiving word that the government in Venezuela is moving to swiftly limit free speech in the country shutting down radio and television stations, and may move against our partner think tank there, CEDICE. This video, produced by CEDICE has garnered much attention. Mario Vargas Llosa and Fundacion Internacional para la Libertad have acted [...]
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Not to harp too much more on the CEDICE event in Venezuela, but I just wanted to quickly share an image that pays homage to our President Alex Chafuen. As a man that usually stays behind the scenes and thrives on the success of others, it was nice to see him getting some well deserved [...]
Atlas International Thursday June 18th
Please join Atlas at its office located on 1201 L Street, NW, Washington DC, 20005 for our monthly INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY. The meeting will be held on June 18th from 10:00-11:30AM. Topics for this month’s meeting include: Implications of European Union Parliamentary Elections- presented by Claus Gramckow, Friedrich Naumann Foundation. The Road to Peace in the [...]
Alvaro Vargas LLosa on Hugo Chavez
The New Republic has a good piece by Alvaro Vargas Llosa on the recent PR battle between Chavez and the friends of CEDICE during that think tank’s recent 25th anniversary celebrations in Caracas. The Cedice event and the government’s response helped to convey a simple truth about Chavez–that the emperor has no clothes. Venezuelans had [...]
Speaking the Truth in Venezuela- Congratulations CEDICE!
For its 25th anniversary, CEDICE managed to host one of the largest gatherings of Latin American free market champions this year, all under the nose of the Chavez regime. As expected, the Venezuelan dictator did not take kindly to this gathering and threatened to shut it down, and even detained famous writer – Mario Vargas [...]
CEDICE Celebrates the Holidays In Venezuela with its International Prizes from Atlas
This year, the well-established free market think tank, CEDICE (Venezuela) has won three international prizes from the Atlas Economic Research Foundation: The Templeton Freedom Award for Excellence in Promoting Liberty in the category of Student Outreach; the Freda Utley Prize for Advancing Liberty; and the Francisco Marroquin Prize. CEDICE will celebrate today, December 12, in [...]
Chavismo Examined
CEDICE, one of Atlas’s only partners in the difficult territory of Venezuela, recently produced a paper on the impact of Hugo Chavez and his policies. Here is a brief excerpt: “The myth that [Chavez] is a godsend to the poor must be debunked. He may seem interested in the poor, be a modern day Robin [...]
