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Ian Vasquez
@VasquezIan
Vice President for International Studies, @CatoInstitute; co-author, The Human Freedom Index; columnist at @elcomercio_peru (Peru)
Washington, DC
Joined August 2009
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    Venezuela: 79% of the population now in extreme poverty. google.com/amp/s/elpais.c…
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    La pandemia del coronavirus se está cobrando una víctima más: la democracia de El Salvador.
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    Where countries that support Maduro rank according to the Human Freedom Index (out of 162 countries). Venezuela ranks 161. 🇸🇾 Syria 162 🇮🇷 Iran 153 🇨🇳 China 135 🇷🇺 Russia 119 🇹🇷 Turkey 107 🇧🇴 Bolivia 92 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 75 🇲🇽 Mexico 75 🇺🇾 Uruguay 43 #FreedomIndex18
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    Welcome, Deirdre McCloskey, to the Cato Institute
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    La desigualdad en Chile es más baja que el promedio latinoamericano y su movilidad social es la más alta entre países avanzados.
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    #Peru. Yes, maximum transparency in reviewing the vote count makes sense. @MaryAnastasiaOG
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    "Estoy convencido de que su país se juega la vida en las próximas elecciones"--@EnriqueKrauze
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    Argentina is one of the most regulated countries in the world and has gotten worse over time. On regulation, it has fallen to a rank of 143 out of 165 countries in the Human Freedom Index. cato.org/blog/argentina…
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    Elections in Peru this Sunday. It would be a monumental mistake to reject the policies that produced remarkable and widely shared progress. #Peru2021
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    Al embajador de Bolivia no le gustó mi artículo, "El dictador Evo Morales". Hoy, @elcomercio_peru publica su carta, y mi respuesta.
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    “If Milei wins the election on Sunday, Argentina’s dollarization can be a major step toward an enlarged, Latin American ‘dollar zone,’ which can spur extraordinary opportunities for wealth creation across the region.” Says @DanielRaisbeck
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    Bajo la constitución actual el Perú ha vivido un progreso inédito. Artículo de hoy.
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    Sweden avoided lockdowns, mask mandates, and reliance on government force during the pandemic yet still had the lowest excess death rate in Europe. New paper by @johanknorberg cato.org/policy-analysi…
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    "Peru is emerging as one of the Latin American countries worst hit by the pandemic" nytimes.com/2020/04/30/wor…