The reality of international travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic led Atlas Network to host each of its four Regional Liberty Forums online in 2021—this time all in the same week in June. The Latin America event—#ForoLibertad21—kicked off with a special message from the Honorable Guillermo Lasso, president of the Rep...
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Guillermo Peña Panting, executive director of Fundación Eléutera in Honduras, discusses Fundación Eléutera's groundbreaking work in the Honduran energy market. Tune in to hear more about Fundación Eléutera, and their journey to make Honduras a more free state.
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The realities of the COVID-19 pandemic required Atlas Network to pivot to a suite of virtual Regional Liberty Forums in 2020, but nothing compared to the most-attended Atlas Network event of the year—the 2020 Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner online—which brought together think tank leaders, supporters, and academics from around th...
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Fundación Eléutera has driven reform of the energy market in Honduras since 2014, helping usher through major legislation that ended the state-run monopoly. Since the legislation passed, Eléutera has partnered with the board of the Electricity System Operator for the government of Honduras (ODS) to help increase access to things...
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El movimiento liberal en América Latina—the Latin America liberty movement—came together at Latin America Liberty Forum 2020 Online, Atlas Network’s first online regional forum held entirely in Spanish, to discuss the need for deregulation, transparency, and freedom as the best antidote to authoritarian rule.
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The state's monopoly on electricity markets in Honduras has ended as a result of the research and advocacy of Fundación Eléutera, a local Atlas Network partner that has been a consistent advocate for private companies to enter into the market.
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Entrepreneurship—and a regulatory climate that encourages small business growth—are important everywhere. But in Honduras, entrepreneurship isn’t just about earning a living. It’s often the difference between surviving or not. There is no lack of talented, hard-working people in Honduras, yet high poverty and unemployment rates...
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The problem of populism, the future of Venezuela, and the need to educate larger audiences about the benefits of liberty were key themes at Atlas Network’s Latin America Liberty Forum 2019, which was held June 27–28 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. More than 280 think tank professionals from 23 countries across the region c...
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Fundación Eléutera has won the 2019 Latin America Liberty Award for their work to strengthen the rule of law in Honduras through reforms to the nation’s tax code. The $7,000 prize is generously sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and Templeton Religion Trust and is part of Atlas Network's suite of Regional Liberty Awards....
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Atlas Network is excited to announce the finalists for the 2019 Latin America Liberty Award, which will be awarded at Latin America Liberty Forum in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 27. The winner will receive $7,000 and the two finalists will each receive $1,500. The three finalists are Students for Liberty Brasil (SFL...
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There is no lack of talented, hard-working people in Honduras, yet high poverty and unemployment rates continue to plague the country. One reason for this is the significant barriers to entry for starting a business, which has left many Hondurans—especially those less fortunate—unable to pursue careers or earn a living. With lit...
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Last night over 75 people gathered together in New York City to hear how Elena Toledo fights for the voiceless in Honduras during the Global Policy Perspectives event: “Overcoming Poverty in Central America.” Toledo is currently the CEO of Fundación Eléutera, an Atlas Network partner in Honduras, but she didn’t start out in publ...
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In Honduras, Atlas Network partner Fundación Eléutera hosted an international gathering of technology experts, scholars, and other innovators working on a variety of blockchain solutions designed to integrate large portions of the informal economy into the formal sector.
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In June 2018, Fundación Eléutera competed in Atlas Network's Latin America Think Tank Shark Tank competition with its project, "Reducing Bureaucracy Reduces Poverty and Violence." Through its implementation, this project is breaking down barriers for entrepreneurs in Honduras.
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Some of the top think tanks in Latin America gathered in Santiago, Chile to share success stories and strategies on fighting socialism, advocating for free markets, and seizing the moral high ground.
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Latin America’s Think Tank Shark Tank is a regional competition aimed at supporting innovation in the promotion of liberty. Three professionals pitch their programs to a panel of judges, in a showcase of some of the region’s most exciting new liberty advancing projects. The winner will receive $10,000 to support their pitch proj...
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The Think Tank Shark Tank competition at Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner has been a hallmark of the event for several years. There, three graduates of the Atlas Leadership Academy compete before a panel of judges for a $25,000 grand prize in a showcase of the worldwide freedom movement’s most exciting new projects. This year’s co...
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Countries throughout Latin America face unique policy environments, but their strategies for protecting liberty are widely applicable. The annual Latin America Liberty Forum, held this year on May 3–4 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, provided an opportunity to share and celebrate the best ideas and accomplishments of Atlas Network pa...
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There are more than 1,968,165 taxpayers in Honduras — and they have long been burdened by a tax regime that violates due process rights, uses excessive military force to carry out tax raids, and disproportionately penalizes entrepreneurs in the middle and working classes. Fundación Eléutera, an Atlas Network partner in Honduras,...
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Every year Liberty Forum inspires and rejuvenates the individuals in the worldwide freedom movement, and this past weekend was more inspirational than ever. More than anything, there was a palpable connectedness among our partners, our supporters, and various friends and family members. With 58 countries represented, Liberty For...
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A clearly defined and widely respected rule of law is necessary to eliminate the arbitrary exercise and abuse of executive and administrative power. Atlas Network partner Fundación Eléutera has launched a campaign for tax code reform in an effort to reinforce the rule of law and to protect merchants and taxpayers in Honduras.
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A new administration has just entered office in Guatemala after an historic public uprising against the corruption of the previous administration. Recent elections in Venezuela and Argentina also signal a desire to turn the page on the 21st century socialism that was peddled for so long by former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez...
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As Mrs. Maria Mothupi held the official deed to her land for the first time, her face spread into a wide smile. Until she was 99 years old, she had never experienced living in her own home or in a home legally owned by her family, because she was only two years old when the 1913 Land Act banned land ownership by black people in...
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You never know where your next big idea will originate — a dynamic speaker, a moving video, an interactive workshop, a chance conversation. Inspiration can arise from almost anywhere, and a primary reason that Atlas Network organizes Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner (LFFD) every year is to facilitate an environment in which there...
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Property rights are fundamental to free and prosperous societies, so Atlas Network’s 2015 Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner devoted a “Big Ideas” session to “Property Rights in Action.” There, attendees were able to hear from three leaders of Atlas Network partner organizations currently working to secure property rights, especiall...
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Guillermo Peña Panting is the executive director of Fundación Eléutera, a classical liberal think tank in Honduras. He is also a political analyst and economist, and has worked with think tanks in the United States and United Kingdom. His writings have appeared in national and international media, most recently the PanAm Post. G...
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