El Cato University
There is a fantastic opportunity available for all our Latin American readers who are between the ages of 18-30. El Cato ( the Cato Institute’ s Spanish program) is hosting their second annual Cato University in Guatemala. Held in collaboration with the Universidad Fransisco Marroquin, the week long seminar will bring 60 young Latin American’s [...]
Constitutional Reform Proposal in Guatemala Analyzed by CEES
On March 27th 2009 ProReforma, a nonpolitical and independent civic association, presented the proposal of a partial reform of Guatemala’s Constitution (Proposal in Spanish) . In August, in response to this initiative El Centro de Estudios Económico Sociales (CEES), an organization whose purpose is to study and spread the ideas of freedom, presented an economic [...]
Unrest in Guatemala Poses Threats to Liberty
Some of you may have seen a YouTube video where a recently murdered lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, explicitly accuses the Guatemalan President of murder, as he states: “If you are watching this, it is because I was murdered by President Alvaro Colom.” Rosenberg made this accusation because one of his clients, Khalil Musa, refused to take [...]
Atlas Podcast: September International Thursday
This month, listen in on Atlas’s monthly International Thursday event. Joining us this month: Sara ait Lmoudden- American Islamic Congress- on the progress of freedom in Morocco Maria del Carmen Acena- Former Minister of Education, Guatemala- on the education system and the challenges in Guatemala. Mark Frazier- President of Open World Institute-on future free market [...]
