The word “Chilezuela”—that’s Chile+Venezuela—was more an accusation than a slogan, the gist being that the left-wing candidate for president of Chile would model the country along the policy lines of ...

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Last night at his party's debate, GOP Presidential nominee Herman Cain shared his views on social security. He said that he advocated the "Chilean model." Which prompted most people to say, huh? We ...

Whenever anyone thinks of economic success stories, Latin America doesn’t exactly leap to mind. For the most part, modern Latin American economies have been characterized by corruption, cronyism, ...