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The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) is the winner of our 2024 Asia Liberty Award for their groundbreaking work on political and public finance reform. Through Malaysia's civil society-led Political Financing Bill and the formation of the All-Party
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Over the last 24 hours, certain high-ranking political figures in Mexico have made completely unsubstantiated claims about Atlas Network that simply aren’t true.
In the 43 years since its founding, Atlas Network has never received a penny of funding from the U.S. government, nor
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"There are only 45 million people in Argentina. 20 million people receive money from the government. Only 7 million work in the private sector. If you wonder why Argentina is broken? The nanny state is the answer."
@AntonellaMarty
at
#LFFD21
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BREAKING:
@imcomx
winner of
@AtlasNetwork
’s $100,000 2017 Templeton Freedom Award for its work fighting corruption in Mexico.
#LFFD17
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“Today, Venezuela has become a country run by criminals. The mafia has become the government.” (Translated from Spanish) - María Corina Machado
@MariaCorinaYA
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"
#Argentina
did everything backwards. We were a developed, rich country that, after years of populism, has ended up underdeveloped," says
@AntonellaMarty
, associate director of Atlas Network's Center for Latin America.
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Durante las últimas 24 horas, ciertas figuras políticas de alto rango en México han realizado afirmaciones completamente infundadas sobre Atlas Network, que simplemente no son ciertas.
En los 43 años desde su fundación, Atlas Network nunca ha recibido un centavo de
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CDE Great Lakes (
@ForEnterprises
) has won this year’s 2024 Africa Liberty Award for their dedication securing women’s property rights in Burundi.
Women make up 70% of the workers in Burundi's agricultural workforce but less than 10% of landowners. This disparity is caused by
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The Institute for Market Economics (IME) in Bulgaria won this year's 2024 Europe Liberty Award for advancing judicial accountability. Their IME Legal Program helped pass a reform limiting the prosecutor general's power and eliminating unjust Soviet-era rules.
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"
#PutinCon
was a watershed moment in raising awareness about the Putin regime in the West,” said
@Kasparov63
, chairman of the Human Rights Foundation (
@HRF
). “As
#Putin
enters his fourth presidential term, we must be ready for what comes next."
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“There is nothing more perverse for a Latin American country than having money that comes from heaven ... money that you don’t have to work for. It creates an easy opportunity for populism.”
@AXELKAISER
#GlobalPolicyPerspectives
@fppchile
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Atlas Network is a nonpartisan organization and does not participate in elections or support or oppose candidates or political parties. But we will always stand in unwavering support for liberal democracy and the rule of law. We condemn the Maduro dictatorship for ignoring the
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“Socialism is a disease of the rich. The poor are too busy working to make a living for themselves and their families.”
@GloriaAlvarez85
@libertopolis
#LFFD19
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“I would like to express my thanks. I want my country to be free and to regain its prosperity!” Honoring Rocío Marina Guijarro for 35 years fighting for freedom in Venezuela
#ForoLibertadLF19
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We are pleased to announce that our partners at
@PacificLegal
are the winners of Atlas Network’s 2024 North America Liberty Award for their groundbreaking victory protecting property rights across the United States.
This victory began with the case of Geraldine Tyler, an elderly
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#Policymakers
Season 2 from
@CentroRSalinas
kicks off right now with
@bertavalle
in Chapter 1. In this episode, Valle, a human rights activist, speaks on the authoritarian regime in Nicaragua and the hope for freedom there.
Watch the full episode here:
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Advocata Institute is the winner of the 2022 Templeton Freedom Award!
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“Dictatorships are not the result of haphazard events. They are what happens when individuals stop actively defending freedom. It is a dangerous job to be a nonviolent defender of freedom.”
Felix Maradiaga (Fundación Libertad, Nicaragua)
@maradiaga
#ForoLibertadLF19
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#ForoLibertad21
continued with
@SergioSarmiento
’s interview with filmmaker
@lilovilaplana
, whose work has exposed the Castro regime’s treatment of dissidents in Cuba.
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We are proud to announce the winner of the Catedra Vargas Llosa-Atlas Network Prize for Young Journalism, announced by Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa at
#LFFD21
- congratulations to Carla Glora Colomé, for her article "11 de julio en San Antonio de los Baños." Viva Cuba Libre!
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“No one should lose their cash, car, home or other property without being convicted of a crime, and law enforcement should not have a financial incentive to pursue property.” - Lisa Knepper, director of strategic research at
@IJ
.
#civilforfeiture
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@GloriaAlvarez85
interviews
@tkibbe
from
@freethepeople
about her experience at last year's Latin America Liberty Forum in Mexico. Don't miss this year's Forum in Uruguay, on March 23-24 in Punta del Este! Join us!
#freedommovement
#atlasnetwork
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Luis Loria, Brad Lips, Axel Kaiser, Antonella Marty, Ricardo López Murphy, and Roberto Salinas León at the CLA dinner.
#AtlasNetwork
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El autor José Benegas nos ayuda a entender el liberalismo: “El liberalismo es cómo respondemos a todas las formas de autoritarismo que aparecen en la humanidad”.
Suscríbete al podcast
#HablemosLibertad
de
@AntonellaMarty
y no te lo pierdas.
Escúchalo:
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Emma Garcia-Prieto and FUSADES El Salvador wins Latin America Regional Liberty Forum Think Tank Shark Tank!
#ForoLibertadLF19
@emmaGPO
@fusades
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“We were very much inspired by Salman Khan’s
@khanacademy
, which started with math videos, and we thought, ‘Hey, someone can do this with economics.’ Then we thought that should be us," writes
@tylercowen
of
@MRevUniversity
.
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We are excited to announce that
@parthjshah
of
@ccsindia
has joined the Atlas Network Board of Directors on the eve of
#LFFD21
!
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“For a long time, classical liberalism has been very economistic, but it has a more human side...” Check out the full article by Antonella Marty, Associate Director at the Center for Latin American, here:
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Anuki Premachandra of
@advocatalk
won the 2019 John Blundell Elevator Pitch Competition during
#LFFD19
where she spoke about the Institute's efforts to cut the taxes exceeding 60 percent on sanitary napkins in
#SriLanka
, which keeps girls out of school and women out of work.
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Atlas Network’s
@tomgpalmer
with the Cezanne medal, awarded by the city of Aix-en-Provence for his extraordinary work to promote liberty.
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"No living economic historian has done as much [as Deirdre McCloskey] to solve humanity’s most important riddle: What caused the Great Enrichment that took hold in Holland and England at the end of the 18th century and now has spread to most of humanity?"
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Students for Liberty Brazil wins the 2019 Smith Student Outreach award for their Market Revolution project. The award was presented to Andre Freo
@andfreo
@sflbrasil
#LFFD19
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“I can’t be prescriptive, because Africa is a massive continent, but I’ll offer the following: Here in South Africa, there is a desperately needed drive for young African minds to start doing the groundwork to win the battle of ideas.”-
@BigDaddyLiberty
#LFFD20
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#HappyBirthday
to one of the greatest minds in the cause of freedom:
#MiltonFriedman
.
#Freemarkets
#Freeminds
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Michael Ko of the
@Lion_Rock
discussed the threat of authoritarianism in
#HongKong
. His cornerstone talk focused on the
#extraditionbill
which, in light of recent protests, has left citizens fearing that those in disagreement with the Chinese government could be targeted.
#LFFD19
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"The two parties in America are like cable packages. You might want 2 channels-like lowering taxes- but there's a lot of garbage you don't really care for, like the party being anti-immigration. Politics is a lagging indicator of where America is already going."
@nickgillespie
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“You can only fight restricted speech with better speech, bad platforms with better platforms, closed-mindedness with open-mindedness. The solution is a cultural openness.”-
@johanknorberg
#LFFD20
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“We have worked for the freedom of Venezuela for 35 years and we will not stop showing the barbarity that is socialism” Rocío Marina Guijarro (CEDICE Libertad, Venezuela)
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Our 2024 Africa Liberty Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was a huge success thanks to our attendees!
We had a large turnout for two days of insightful discussions and innovative thinking about the freedom movement. This forum allowed our partners to forge valuable connections
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.
@ccsindia
wins the 2021 Templeton Freedom Award at
@AtlasNetwork
#LFFD21
Their work to defend the rights of India's street vendors has protected the right to earn a living for millions of Indians.
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"I think we should be stressing empathy and autonomy for young people. Autonomy: not only do you have full control over your life, no one is more responsible for your life than you."
@nickgillespie
at
#LFFD21
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Hip-hop sensation
#NickiMinaj
was scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia to headline a festival on July 18, but canceled after New York-based
@HRF
opened up a line of communication with her team about what her non-attendance could mean.
#JeddahWorldFest
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.
@liberyprogre
winner of the 2017 Lights, Camera, Liberty! film festival for its video “Why Argentina Fails”
#LFFD17
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Atlas Network partner
@InstitutOstrom
has developed a new economics curriculum for 12- to 18-year-olds that teaches key economic concepts like the importance of prices, spontaneous order, dispersed knowledge, and innovation through cooperation and trade.
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We mourn the loss of Carlos Alberto Montaner, a champion for freedom in the Ibero-American region, a loyal and longtime friend, and an inspiration to so many Atlas Network partners. His courage, conviction, and clarity made the world a better place. May he rest in eternal peace.
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It's easy to like the ideas of socialism when you've never experienced their real effects, writes
@AntonellaMarty
in her latest op-ed in
@RealClearNews
. But Latin America shows what life is really like under that ideology.
Read the op-ed here:
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The winner of the 2020 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival is...
@freethepeople
for their video, How to Love Your Enemy!
#LFFD20
@tkibbe
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.
@tomgpalmer
accepts the Sir Antony Fisher Achievement Award at
#LFFD21
for his work to advance individual freedom and human prosperity around the globe!
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“Sri Lanka is one of the most strategically located nations on earth. Access to markets in India, China, the African coast...but we have such a protectionist policy we haven’t been taking advantage of that.” -
@advocatalk
@AneethaW
#LFFD19
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Did you know there are former Soviet countries that now lead the world in economic freedom?
Since regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, Lithuania has made remarkable progress, becoming wealthier than some fellow European Union countries such as Greece and
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Former political prisoner
@maradiaga
shares his story at
#OFF23
with Atlas Network's
@AntonellaMarty
. His wife
@bertavalle
fought for his release and was present at our
#LibertyForum
in Mexico last year. Inspired by Atlas Network, they work for a free
#Nicaragua
.
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"We can't just ban nuclear power because of fear or a lack of knowledge" -
@jakubwiech
#EuropeLF22
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@fppchile
international executive director, Axel Kaiser, writes on current events in
#LatinAmerica
for the WSJ.
#Chile
#AtlasNetwork
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Congratulations to
@sfliberty
, winner of the 2023 Africa Liberty Award! The Students for Liberty Alumni Program has equipped young leaders with the tools, training, and experience to found and head organizations across Africa and around the world.
@AfricanSFL
#winningforfreedom
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Congratulations to the winner of Latin America Edition of Think Tank Shark Tank: Garret Edwards, of
@FundLibertadRos
in Argentina for his “Liberty through Justice” project pitch! As winner he will receive $10,000 USD as seed funding for his project.
#forolibertad18
@GarretEdwards
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İsrafil Özkan (
@ozgurlukar
) is the winner of the 2022 Europe Think Tank Shark Tank competition! His winning pitch was to expand the Turkish Alcohol Policy Watch to educate people about their right responsibly to consume alcohol. Congratulations İsrafil!
#EuropeLF22
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In this chapter of
#Policymakers
from
@CentroRSalinas
,
@Majobernalgavi1
, liberal economist and executive director of FENALCO, discusses why prosperous societies need governments that allow successful entrepreneurship.
Watch the full episode here:
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"We strive to enable students of
#liberty
to deepen their knowledge ... and to equip them with tools that make the world a freer, wealthier, and safer place," writes
@ARossP
, director and editor of
@CatoInstitute
's
@libertarianism
.org.
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New 📚 alert! "Poverty and Freedom: Case Studies on Global Economic Development"—edited by Atlas Network's President Matt Warner—will be released on Amazon November 1. The official book launch will be happening during
#LFFD19
, hope to see you there!
#AtlasNetwork
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Lioness Magazine’s feature on “She Rises Up” highlights both the film’s portrayal of how women are harnessing the power of entrepreneurship to escape poverty and how our partners are making that possible.
“She Rises Up” follows the inspiring journeys of three women—Gladys
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BREAKING: Congratulations to the Lithuanian Free Market Institute, winner of the $100k 2016 Templeton Freedom Award!
#FreedomDinner2016
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Lee esta reseña sobre las obras de Antonella Marty y Deirdre McCloskey en la defensa del liberalismo.
#AtlasNetwork
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İsrafil Özkan of
@ozgurlukar
takes the stage at Think Tank Shark Tank to pitch his project to take the Turkish Alcohol Policy Watch to the next level.
#EuropeLF22
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Brian Hooks, CEO of
@stand_together
, and
@AtlasNetwork
CEO
@bradlips
explore the opportunity to transform our country toward a freer, more open society where people succeed by helping others succeed.
#LFFD21
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“What do women bring to the liberty movement? Our voice and our belief in equality.”-
@mbogo_joyce
of
@ladiesofliberty
on how women are taking the lead in the pro liberty movement in Africa.
#AfricaLF19
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"I think we need to start making the case again for
#freetrade
." -
@matthew_elliott
, fmr. CEO of
@vote_leave
.
#Brexit
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Clear your schedule and mark your calendars for
#LFFD21
this December 13-14th in Miami, Florida! Here is a lineup you won't want to miss:
🌟 Announcement of the $100,000
#TempletonFreedomAward
🌟 $25,000
#ThinkTankSharkTank
Competition
Register today:
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The Center for Latin America invites you to sign up to Mirada Sur, a weekly newsletter with everything you need to know between the Rio Grande and Tierra del Fuego, with reporting from various journalists and think tanks across the region. Sign up today: !
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"I think we need to start making the case again for
#freetrade
." -
@matthew_elliott
, fmr. CEO of
@vote_leave
.
#Brexit
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Congrats to Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, the winner of our first annual Smart Bets Pitch Competition. Faisal’s team at
@IdeasB2
has won a $50,000 prize for its project, “Open for Business in Kurdistan,” which aims to revolutionize the startup landscape in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
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“I encourage the local advocates for freedom to believe in themselves...They know much better than I do or any expert coming in with a ‘brilliant plan’ what the solutions for their own society are, for greater freedom and greater prosperity.”
@bill_easterly
#LFFD20
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Congratulations to
@EuSouLivres
! They successfully blocked a misuse of almost US$100,000 of taxpayer money in the city of Recife, where council members and staff tried to buy iPhones for themselves. Now, the expenses of councilors in Recife will be open to public scrutiny.
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Being in 🇺🇾 with so many passionate champions for freedom was an unforgettable experience! Share all the amazing moments from Latin America Liberty Forum 2023 with our event photo album—online now!
#ForoLibertad23
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Leszek Balcerowicz will be at
#LFFD22
! Will you? Learn from the economist, champion of the free market, and former Minister of Finance of Poland as he gives his thoughts on "Finding the Way Out of Our Economic Woes."
Register today:
@LBalcerowicz
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Did leftism ruin Latin America? Have any leftist political “saviors” actually made it a better place to live? Reason interviewed Antonella Marty on just that topic. Let us know what you think in the comments.
#AtlasNetwork
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Hear from our TFA Finalists, live now, about their groundbreaking projects!
@CPPRIndia
,
@PERCtweets
@cips_id
,
@FraserInstitute
,
@mercatus
, and
@IDEASLabsORG
!
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"Warsaw, as well as many other places in Poland, demonstrates that freedom works!" -
@MarekTatala
of
@WolnaGospodarka
at
#EuropeLF22
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"The dream of owning your own home is out of reach for many people,” says Sloane, who met with landowners in SA to tour homes that they can now call their own. “Property ownership brings dignity to people—
@FMFSouthAfrica
made that possible.”
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.
@johanknorberg
speaks on the present moment in European history and why, in the face of collectivist lies, individualism is as strong and valuable as ever at
#AtlasNetwork
#EuropeLF22
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Nathaniel Dwamena, Founder and President of the YAFO Institute, won our Think Tank Shark Tank pitch competition at Africa Liberty Forum 2024 with his project, "Decentralized Business Empowerment (DBE)."
The current business environment in Ghana is challenging, leading to the
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Together, we coach, compete, and celebrate great achievements for liberty. Thank you Marcelo Faria, Camilo Guzmán, Juanita Solano Botero, Anamaria Camargo, Natalia Olivencia & Juan Pablo Rodríguez for uplifting us all with the Latin America Liberty Award & Think Tank Shark Tank.
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We may not be together tonight for Freedom Dinner, but that doesn’t mean we can’t share our favorite moments! What’s your favorite memory and who will you be watching the festivities with tonight? Tag us with the hashtag
#LFFD20
🥂
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Linda Kavuka, African Programs Manager of
@AfricanSFL
, welcomes
#AfricaLF19
attendees to Nairobi. "Mabibi na Mabwana’ Tunawakaribisheni Katika jiji letu la Nairobi”-
@LinKavuka
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.
@johanknorberg
describes the
#shutdown
as a look into the world that
@GretaThunberg
proposes: an end of internat'l travel, capitalism upended & economic depression. "It is far diff. from what the online ads have promised us, & I for one don't want to live like this permanently."
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No te pierdas esta nota de opinión de
@AntonellaMarty
en
@Infobae
sobre la historia y las pretensiones de la izquierda a lo largo del mundo:
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What's the true story of
#CheGuevara
? Was he really a charming, tender friend of the people, or was he a cold-blooded killer?
@AntonellaMarty
tells the true story in her latest op-ed in
@Newsweek
.
Read it here:
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.
@CEDICE
has won the Francisco de Vitoria Award for Ethics and Values at
#ForoLibertad17
for their work in Venezuela. Congratulations!
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Mayor of Warsaw
@trzaskowski_
welcomes
#EuropeLF22
and describes how Poland and Warsaw have welcomed Ukrainian refugees and why it's more important than ever to hold to and defend democratic values.
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A recent feature in Brussels Report explores just how much the work of the Institute for Market Economics (IME), winner of our 2024 Europe Liberty Award, means for the future of Bulgaria.
Since 2015, the IME Legal Program has worked on reforms to remove Soviet influences from
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