Fergus Hodgson, CAIA
Publisher: Fergus Hodgson, CAIA, is the director of Econ Americas, a financial and economic consultancy. He holds an MBA in finance from Rice University and bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Boston University and the University of Waikato. He was the founding editor in chief of the PanAm Post. Follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Posts by Fergus:
Impunity Observer Spotlights Leading Latam Journalists
July 18, 2024La alfabetización económica no es suficiente
July 3, 2024Economic Literacy Is Not Enough
July 3, 2024The Key to Leveraging Mining for Economic Development
June 19, 2024La fórmula para apalancarse en la minería por el desarrollo económico
June 19, 2024Mexico Is Now a One-Party State
June 4, 2024El internacionalismo conservador debe dar paso a la Doctrina Monroe
May 30, 2024Conservative Internationalism Must Give Way to Monroe Doctrine
May 29, 2024How China Bolstered Influence in Latin America after COVID-19
May 28, 2024Lo que se necesita para que mudarse a El Salvador sea un ganar-ganar
May 14, 2024When Moving to El Salvador Is a Win-Win
May 14, 2024Yusuf Amdani on Third-World Business: Build a Nation within a Nation
April 22, 2024Yusuf Amdani: Construir una nación dentro de una nación
April 22, 2024Cuban Regime Cannot Refute Rosa María Payá
April 9, 2024The Exodus Is Turning Honduras into Cuba
April 8, 2024Fernando Linares: Guatemalan Election Results Do Not Pass Smell Test
March 1, 2024Mario Duarte: The Border Crisis Is Deliberate
January 24, 2024Martín Litwak: Javier Milei Must Target Toxic Taxation
January 15, 2024Guatemalan Loses Visa after Condemning US Meddling
December 4, 2023Argentina’s Libertarian Moment
November 21, 2023Can the Javier Milei Liberalization Prevail?
October 24, 2023What Indiana Observers Saw at the Guatemalan Elections
July 25, 2023Why Indiana’s Latino Secretary of State Backs Voter ID
June 24, 2023Por qué el Secretario de Estado latino de Indiana respalda la identificación del votante
June 24, 2023Dan Runde: The United States Must Use Soft Power to Counter China
April 11, 2023Manuel Zelaya’s Strategy for Dictatorship in Honduras
February 10, 2023La estrategia de Manuel Zelaya para una dictadura en Honduras
February 10, 2023Honduras Rejects ZEDEs to Her Own Detriment
December 14, 2022Honduras rechaza las ZEDE para su propio perjuicio
December 14, 2022What Cubans Want the World to Know
November 16, 2022The Left Is Latin America’s Worst Enemy
November 1, 2022La izquierda es el peor enemigo de América Latina
November 1, 2022Chile’s Constitutional-Convention Train Wreck
August 31, 2022Why Bolivia Is a Narco Paradise
August 10, 2022What Riots in Ecuador Portend
August 3, 2022How ZEDEs Can Be a Geopolitical Tool against China
July 6, 2022What Has Enabled Open Season for Illegal Migration
May 11, 2022How Guatemala Can Escape Dependency
December 8, 2021Nicaragua’s Untold Story under Daniel Ortega
October 12, 2021The Need for Alternative Media in Central America
September 22, 2021Colombia Must Not Submit to Marxist Terrorism
May 31, 2021Colombia no debe someterse al terrorismo marxista
May 31, 2021Stephen Harper’s Tough Love for Never Trumpers
September 2, 2020El amor severo de Stephen Harper por los Anti-Trump
September 2, 2020Funcionario de era Obama hizo que la caravana de migrantes sea posible
October 26, 2018The Deep Stater Undermining Trump in Central America
October 26, 2018Guatemalan Politico Questions Disabilities Law, May Lose Congressional Immunity
March 30, 2017La esperanza de un anarcocapitalista para una Cuba libre
October 9, 2016What Gives an Anarcho-Capitalist Hope for a Free Cuba?
October 7, 2016The Antidote to Castro Apologists
December 7, 2015La guerra civil en Guatemala perdura
August 11, 2015How Guatemala’s Civil War Wages On
August 1, 2015Fox Business Airs the Truth about Venezuela’s Socialist Revolution
June 21, 2015Cuba’s Rise and Fall in Half an Hour
March 12, 2015Honduras Takes Libertarian Honors for Student Activism
February 15, 2015Brutal Honesty on the Failure of Latin America
June 25, 2014
RNC Attendees Learn of Anti-US Actions from Permanent Bureaucracy
Un mejor pensamiento económico no disuadirá el saqueo legalizado
Better Thinking about the Economy Will Not Dissuade Legalized Plunder
Adrian Day: Investors Crave Regime Certainty
Adrian Day: los inversionistas demandan seguridad jurídica
Rafael Ramírez de Alba: Crony Capitalism Poised to Deepen under Morena
El nuevo libro de Daniel Runde ignora los problemas evidentes
Dan Runde's 'The American Imperative' Fails to Look Problems in Eye
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Nayib Bukele necesita más que grandes mentes para impulsar el desarrollo económico
Nayib Bukele Needs More than Great Minds for Economic Development
Pakistani-Come-Honduran Shares Proven, Holistic Formula
Fórmula probada y holística compartida por un pakistaní-hondureño
Democracy Advocate Receives Ad Hominem Verbal Spray
Embrace Free Enterprise or There Will Be No Home Left
Constituent Assemblyman Petitions to Enforce Law, Annul 2023 Outcome
Developed Nations Turn Blind Eye to Narcotrafficking, Illegal Migration
Argentina's Confiscatory Maze Incentivizes Informality
US Officials Fulfill Reputation for Vindictiveness, Foment Self-Censorship
Javier Milei Wins Presidency, Ideological Battle Reaches Fever Pitch
Socialist Sergio Massa Shocks Pollsters, Faces Paleolibertarian in Runoff
Independent Spectators Share Insights on Controversial Electoral Process
Guatemalan Observes National Elections, Seeks Mutual Respect
Morales observa las elecciones guatemaltecas, busca respeto mutuo
Communist Party Rise in Latin America Is Redrawing Geopolitical Landscape
History Repeats: Constitutional Crisis Is Quest for Socialist Revolution
La historia se repite: crisis constitucional es parte de la búsqueda de una revolución socialista
Socialists Prioritize Control over Prosperity
Socialistas priorizan el control por sobre la prosperidad
Tired of Dictatorship, They No Longer Believe the Regime
Egalitarian Mantra Defies Nature, Is Inherently Totalitarian
El mantra de la igualdad desafía a la naturaleza y es inherentemente totalitario
Activists Choose Utopian Dreams over Consensus
The Black Market Reigns Supreme amid Confiscatory Regime
Leftist Agitators Cause Chaos to Attain Political Victories
The Case for US Backing of Special Economic Zones
Perfect Storm of Policies Leaves US Southern Border Open
Country's Elite Must Confront History of Violence, Exclusion
Faux Election Portends New Migrant Exodus
Dishonest Coverage Turns Blind Eye to Destructive Socialism
Violent National Strike Is Path to Destruction
El violento paro nacional es el camino a la destrucción
Conservative Chattering Class Must Listen to Populist Concerns
Los intelectualoides conservadores deben escuchar las preocupaciones populistas
El menosprecio de Todd Robinson por la diplomacia, la ley y las políticas de Trump ha exacerbado el flujo de migrantes y drogas ilegales hacia EE. UU.
Obama Apparatchik Still Meddles In, Wants to Run Guatemala
Unusual Case Raises Specter of Muzzling the Opposition
Entrevista: Ray Luna Rodríguez busca unidad y valores liberales
Interview: Ray Luna Rodríguez Seeks Unity, Injection of Liberal Values
Peruvian novelist and Nobel Laureate Marío Vargas Llosa once quipped that the greatest producer of anti-capitalist, anti-US propaganda was none other than the United States.
Si busca detalles sobre la historia de Claudia Paz y Paz, la ex fiscal general de Guatemala (2010-2014), y lo que ella simboliza, no tiene más que revisar en la reciente serie de seis reportajes escritos por Steve Hecht y David Landau. Ellos han realizado un trabajo meticuloso al aclarar la enorme diferencia entre la imagen de esta mujer como académica de derechos humanos en la Universidad de Georgetown, en Washington DC, y la realidad sobre el terreno, en Centroamérica.
If you want insights into the history of Claudia Paz y Paz, former attorney general of Guatemala (2010-2014), and what she symbolizes, look no further than the recent six-part series of reports from Steve Hecht and David Landau.
The crisis in Venezuela has gradually been seeping into large media outlets in the Unites States and Canada, and earlier this month I had the opportunity to appear on Stossel to explain why the Chavista push for "social justice" has led to nothing short of a nightmare.
Few if any nonprofits have supported my intellectual development to the degree of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS). Nestled on the University of Miami campus, their media footprint, publications, and on-site events demonstrate exemplary productivity.
Each year the who's who of young libertarian and classical-liberal activists descend on Washington, DC, and they recognize their most successful peers. The highest honor of the 2015 International Students for Liberty Conference, for an individual "alumnus" or role model, went to whistleblower Edward Snowden, but the budding Honduran branch of the international organization garnered victory for the event of the year.
To so many in the Anglosphere, Latin America is a mystery. The barriers of language, religion, and colonial history lead to endless confusion and leave untapped the potential for fruitful relationships.