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Apr
27
2011
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Another “Accolade” for the Chávez Government… Dead Last on the 2011 International Property Rights Index

The results of the 2011 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) are in and they are not very complimentary of the Chávez government’s economic policies. The Index is an annual comparative study that aims to quantify the strength of property rights – both physical and intellectual. With a score of 3.4, Venezuela scored the lowest ranking among 129 economies.

The IPRI ranks each country based on 11 factors reflecting the state of its Legal and Political Environment (LP), Physical Property Rights (PPR) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). According to the study, countries hungry for foreign investment must demonstrate a healthy economy and a business-friendly environment.  The report points out that there is an important correlation between countries where private property is respected and economic prosperity.

“This reflects that excessive control, constant attacks against private property through expropriations and nationalizations, laws that limit investment freedoms and the highest inflation in Latin America make the Venezuelan economy one of the most repressed economies in the world,” said CEDICE President Rafael Alfonzo Hernández reacting to the report.

The report was published by the Property Rights Alliance (PRA) based in Washington, DC. The PRA has the support of 67 think tanks and policy organizations in 53 countries involved in research, policy development, education, and promotion of property rights in their countries.

 
Sep
3
2010
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VenEconomy: Flunked and Backward Bound

This article was originally posted by The Latin American Herald Tribune

The Hugo Chávez administration’s arrogance is preventing the country’s institutions from honestly evaluating their performance and correcting the public policies that are pushing Venezuela towards a precipice. And in its eagerness to centralize the flow of information, the government is also preventing private institutions from promoting a debate of the situation.

Information on the deplorable state of the country thanks to the Chávez administration is being provided by groups outside the government: either by Venezuelan NGOs such as Transparencia Venezuela, Cedice, and, more recently, by the Coalition for Democratic Unity, which prepared a report on the food crisis in Venezuela, which also has implications for Venezuelans’ health and pockets, and is the direct consequence of the government’s wrongheaded social and economic policies, or most often, by reputable international agencies known for their independence of criteria and total credibility whose practice it is to analyze the economies and public policies of hundreds of countries.

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Jun
4
2010
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VIDEO. OEA debe exigir a Chávez en Asamblea General en Lima: no a la censura, sí a la libertad de expresión

En julio del 2009 las organizaciones CEDICE Y ASOESFUERZO lanzaron en Venezuela la campaña “En Defensa del Derecho a la Propiedad”. Pero el gobierno chavista censuró a Globovisión, Venevisión y otros medios su difusión.

En febrero del 2010, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) de la OEA denunció la censura. Chávez respondió diciendo que la OEA es una “mafia” que debe “desaparecer”.

A la fecha, el presidente Chávez le debe una respuesta a los medios venezolanos que censuró. La Asamblea General de la OEA, reunida en Lima del 6 al 8 de junio, debe exigirle una respuesta seria a Chávez.