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Birthplace of

Hernando de Soto, in Arequipa, on 1941

Measures of Freedom

Freedom House Ratings, Freedom in the World 2009
2009: Political Rights: 2, Civil Liberties: 3, Status: Free
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2003 Annual Report
2001: 6.7 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2006: 7.16 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report
2002: 6.8 (out of 10)

Articles

A Modest Proposal for the Next Drug-War Shootdown, by James Bovard, Freedom Daily, Aug 2001
Related Topics: War on Drugs
"Drug warriors like to stress that anti-drug programs target the guilty and it is only an accident —and a rare one, at that— when innocent people are killed. Yet it is apparently routine policy for Peruvian jets to strafe the survivors of a shootdown."
The Price of Empire, by Sheldon Richman, 26 Apr 2006
Related Topics: Imperialism, War on Drugs
"... the likely president of Peru, Ollanta Humala, has promised to end the U.S.-financed program to destroy the coca crop in his country. ... The Washington Post says ... 'In Peru, U.S. government analysts detected a 23 percent increase in the traditional cultivation zones between 2004 and 2005 ...'"

Books

The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism
    by Hernando de Soto, 1989