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Why Do People Not Comply with the Law in Latin America?

By: Hana Fischer - @hana_fischer - Jan 6, 2017, 6:38 am

There is an abysmal difference in people’s attitude before the law. For example, people in Germany and in the United States…

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Is Pope Francis Resurrecting the Nefarious Liberation Theology?

By: Hana Fischer - @hana_fischer - Nov 23, 2016, 4:01 pm

Instead of finding inspiration in Pope Francis’s latest pronunciations, Catholics should be worried. His latest political and economic ideas are a throwback…

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Uruguayan Ex-President Mujica Is No Saint, But a Politician with 1,000 Faces

By: Hana Fischer - @hana_fischer - Nov 2, 2016, 12:58 pm

A wise old saying asserts that “you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the…

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Voting Down the FARC Peace Deal Gives Colombia a Chance to Find Real Solutions

By: Hana Fischer - @hana_fischer - Oct 7, 2016, 5:59 pm

On Sunday October 2, Colombians rejected the peace agreement negotiated between President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC in Cuba. The…

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Pepe Mujica's Disastrous Legacy in Uruguay, or Why Good Intentions Are Overrated

By: Hana Fischer - @hana_fischer - Sep 22, 2016, 10:40 am

Uruguayan former president “Pepe” Mujica’s resemblance with Ellsworth Monkton Toohey, one of the protagonists of Ayn Rand’s novel The Fountainhead,…

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Latin American Welfare States Are Crumbling, Exposing Progressive Lies

By: Hana Fischer - @hana_fischer - Aug 28, 2016, 9:22 pm

In Latin America, welfare programs like the ones instituted a decade ago with the rise of populist governments, serve primarily…