Latin American countries from most to least free each year according to Freedom House

**Tooting Carmen** · 01-23-2023, 03:00 PM

Based on their annual report Freedom In The World, carried out each year since 1972.

1972: Costa Rica > Chile > Colombia/Guyana/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Guatemala > Nicaragua/Uruguay > Mexico > Argentina/Bolivia > Brazil/Ecuador/Honduras/Paraguay > Peru > Haiti/Panama > Cuba
1973: Costa Rica > Argentina/Colombia/Guatemala/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/El Salvador > Guyana > Mexico > Bolivia/Honduras/Nicaragua > Brazil/Paraguay/Uruguay > Ecuador > Chile/Haiti/Peru > Panama > Cuba
1974: Costa Rica > Colombia/Venezuela > El Salvador > Argentina/Dominican Republic > Guatemala/Mexico > Brazil > Honduras/Nicaragua > Paraguay/Uruguay > Bolivia/Ecuador > Chile/Haiti/Peru > Panama > Cuba/Guyana
1975: Costa Rica > Suriname/Venezuela > Colombia/El Salvador > Argentina/Dominican Republic > Guatemala/Guyana/Mexico > Brazil/Honduras/Nicaragua > Paraguay/Uruguay > Bolivia/Ecuador > Chile/Haiti/Peru > Panama > Cuba
1976: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Suriname > Colombia > El Salvador/Guyana > Dominican Republic/Guatemala > Mexico > Brazil/Honduras > Bolivia/Ecuador/Nicaragua/Peru > Argentina/Paraguay > Chile/Haiti/Uruguay > Panama > Cuba
1977: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Suriname > Colombia > Dominican Republic/Guyana > Guatemala/Mexico > El Salvador > Brazil/Honduras > Bolivia/Ecuador/Nicaragua/Peru > Panama/Paraguay > Argentina/Chile/Cuba/Uruguay > Haiti
1978: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Dominican Republic/Suriname > Colombia > Guatemala > Bolivia/Brazil/Guyana/Mexico > Ecuador/Honduras/Peru > El Salvador/Nicaragua/Panama/Paraguay > Argentina/Chile > Cuba/Uruguay > Haiti
1979: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Ecuador/Suriname > Colombia/Dominican Republic > Bolivia > Brazil/Mexico > Guyana > El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras/Peru > Nicaragua/Panama/Paraguay > Argentina/Chile > Cuba/Uruguay > Haiti
1980: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Ecuador > Colombia/Dominican Republic/Peru > Brazil/Honduras/Mexico > Panama > Guyana > El Salvador/Nicaragua/Paraguay/Uruguay > Argentina/Chile > Bolivia/Cuba/Guatemala/Suriname > Haiti
1981-82: Costa Rica > Belize/Dominican Republic/Venezuela > Ecuador > Colombia/Honduras/Peru > Brazil/Mexico > El Salvador/Guyana > Panama/Paraguay/Uruguay > Argentina/Bolivia/Chile/Nicaragua > Cuba/Guatemala > Haiti/Suriname
1982-83: Costa Rica > Belize/Dominican Republic/Venezuela > Ecuador > Bolivia/Colombia/Peru > Argentina/Brazil/Honduras > Mexico > El Salvador/Panama/Uruguay > Guyana/Paraguay > Chile/Nicaragua > Cuba/Guatemala > Haiti/Suriname
1983-84: Costa Rica > Belize/Venezuela > Argentina/Ecuador/Dominican Republic > Bolivia/Colombia/Honduras/Peru > Brazil > Mexico/Panama > El Salvador > Uruguay > Guyana/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Chile/Guatemala > Cuba > Haiti/Suriname
1984-85: Belize/Costa Rica > Venezuela > Argentina/Dominican Republic/Uruguay > Bolivia/Brazil/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Peru > El Salvador > Guatemala/Mexico > Panama > Guyana/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Chile > Cuba/Suriname > Haiti
1985-86: Belize/Costa Rica > Argentina/Venezuela > Brazil/Dominican Republic/Uruguay > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Peru > Guatemala > El Salvador > Mexico > Haiti/Panama > Guyana > Chile/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Cuba/Suriname
1986-87: Belize/Costa Rica > Argentina/Venezuela > Brazil/Dominican Republic/Uruguay > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Peru > Guatemala > El Salvador > Mexico/Suriname > Guyana/Nicaragua/Panama > Chile/Haiti/Paraguay > Cuba
1987-88: Costa Rica > Argentina/Belize/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Uruguay > Bolivia/Brazil/Colombia/Honduras/Peru/Suriname > El Salvador/Guatemala > Mexico > Chile/Nicaragua > Guyana > Panama > Haiti/Paraguay > Cuba
1988-89: Costa Rica > Argentina/Belize/Uruguay > Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Venezuela > Bolivia/Honduras > Guatemala/Peru/Suriname > Chile/Colombia/El Salvador/Mexico/Paraguay > Guyana > Nicaragua > Haiti > Panama > Cuba
1990: Costa Rica > Belize/Uruguay > Argentina/Chile/Ecuador/Venezuela > Bolivia/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Honduras > Nicaragua/Panama > Colombia/El Salvador/Guatemala/Paraguay/Peru > Haiti/Mexico > Guyana > Suriname > Cuba
1991: Belize/Costa Rica > Uruguay > Argentina/Chile/Venezuela > Bolivia/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Honduras > Colombia/Nicaragua/Panama/Paraguay > El Salvador > Guatemala/Mexico/Peru/Suriname > Guyana > Cuba/Haiti
1992: Belize/Costa Rica > Uruguay > Chile > Argentina/Bolivia/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Honduras > Colombia/El Salvador/Guyana/Panama/Paraguay/Suriname/Venezuela > Mexico/Nicaragua > Guatemala > Peru > Cuba/Haiti
1993: Belize > Costa Rica > Chile/Guyana/Uruguay > Argentina/Bolivia/Ecuador > Colombia/Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Honduras/Panama/Paraguay/Suriname/Venezuela > Brazil > Mexico > Guatemala/Nicaragua > Peru > Cuba/Haiti
1994: Belize > Costa Rica > Chile/Guyana/Uruguay > Argentina/Bolivia/Ecuador/Panama > Brazil/El Salvador/Honduras/Suriname/Venezuela > Colombia/Dominican Republic/Paraguay > Mexico > Guatemala/Nicaragua/Peru > Haiti > Cuba
1995: Belize > Costa Rica > Chile/Guyana/Uruguay > Argentina/Ecuador/Panama > Bolivia/Brazil/El Salvador/Honduras/Suriname/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/Paraguay > Colombia/Mexico/Nicaragua > Guatemala/Peru > Haiti > Cuba
1996: Belize > Costa Rica/Uruguay > Chile/Guyana > Argentina/Bolivia/Panama/Venezuela > Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Suriname > Guatemala/Mexico/Paraguay/Peru > Colombia > Haiti > Cuba
1997: Belize > Costa Rica/Uruguay > Bolivia/Chile/Guyana > Argentina/El Salvador/Honduras/Panama/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Nicaragua/Suriname > Brazil/Guatemala/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia > Haiti/Peru > Cuba
1998: Belize > Costa Rica/Uruguay > Bolivia/Guyana > Chile/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Panama/Venezuela > Argentina/Suriname > Brazil/Colombia/Guatemala/Mexico/Paraguay > Peru > Haiti > Cuba
1999: Belize > Costa Rica/Panama/Uruguay > Bolivia/Chile/Guyana > Argentina/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador > Honduras/Nicaragua/Suriname > Brazil/Guatemala/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Venezuela > Peru > Haiti > Cuba
2000: Belize/Uruguay > Argentina/Costa Rica/Panama/Suriname > Bolivia/Chile/Dominican Republic/Guyana > El Salvador/Mexico > Brazil/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua > Guatemala/Paraguay/Peru > Colombia/Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2001: Uruguay > Belize/Costa Rica/Panama/Suriname > Bolivia/Chile/Dominican Republic/Guyana/Peru > El Salvador/Mexico > Argentina/Brazil/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua > Guatemala/Paraguay > Colombia/Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2002: Uruguay > Belize/Chile/Costa Rica/Panama/Suriname > Dominican Republic/Guyana/Mexico > Bolivia/Brazil/El Salvador/Peru > Argentina/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua > Paraguay/Venezuela > Colombia/Guatemala > Haiti > Cuba
2003: Chile/Uruguay > Belize/Costa Rica/Panama/Suriname > Argentina/Guyana/Mexico > Brazil/Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Venezuela > Colombia/Guatemala > Haiti > Cuba
2004: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama/Suriname > Argentina/Dominican Republic/Guyana/Mexico > Brazil/El Salvador/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Venezuela > Colombia/Guatemala > Haiti > Cuba
2005: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Mexico/Suriname > El Salvador/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Guyana/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Guatemala/Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2006: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Mexico/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Guatemala > Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2007: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Mexico/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Guatemala > Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2008: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Mexico/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Honduras/Paraguay> Colombia/Guatemala/Nicaragua > Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2009: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Mexico/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Paraguay > Colombia > Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua > Haiti/Venezuela > Cuba
2010: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia > Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua > Haiti > Venezuela > Cuba
2011: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Guatemala > Honduras > Haiti/Nicaragua > Venezuela > Cuba
2012: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Guatemala > Honduras > Haiti/Nicaragua > Venezuela > Cuba
2013: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama/Suriname > Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Guatemala/Nicaragua > Honduras > Haiti > Venezuela > Cuba
2014: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama/Suriname > Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Guatemala/Nicaragua > Honduras > Haiti/Venezuela > Cuba
2015: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru/Suriname > Bolivia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Nicaragua > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti/Venezuela > Cuba
2016: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru/Suriname > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Mexico/Paraguay > Ecuador > Guatemala/Honduras > Nicaragua > Haiti > Venezuela > Cuba
2017: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Guatemala/Honduras > Nicaragua > Haiti > Venezuela > Cuba
2018: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru/Suriname > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti > Nicaragua > Cuba/Venezuela
2019: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Panama > Argentina/Belize/Brazil > Guyana/Peru/Suriname > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador/Mexico/Paraguay > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti > Nicaragua > Cuba/Venezuela
2020: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Panama/Suriname > Brazil/Guyana > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador/Paraguay/Peru > Mexico > Guatemala > Honduras > Haiti > Nicaragua > Cuba/Venezuela
2021: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Panama/Suriname > Brazil/Ecuador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Paraguay > El Salvador/Mexico > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti > Nicaragua > Cuba/Venezuela

**Andullero** · 02-03-2023, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen

Based on their annual report Freedom In The World, carried out each year since 1972.

1972: Costa Rica > Chile > Colombia/Guyana/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Guatemala > Nicaragua/Uruguay > Mexico > Argentina/Bolivia > Brazil/Ecuador/Honduras/Paraguay > Peru > Haiti/Panama > Cuba
1973: Costa Rica > Argentina/Colombia/Guatemala/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/El Salvador > Guyana > Mexico > Bolivia/Honduras/Nicaragua > Brazil/Paraguay/Uruguay > Ecuador > Chile/Haiti/Peru > Panama > Cuba
1974: Costa Rica > Colombia/Venezuela > El Salvador > Argentina/Dominican Republic > Guatemala/Mexico > Brazil > Honduras/Nicaragua > Paraguay/Uruguay > Bolivia/Ecuador > Chile/Haiti/Peru > Panama > Cuba/Guyana
1975: Costa Rica > Suriname/Venezuela > Colombia/El Salvador > Argentina/Dominican Republic > Guatemala/Guyana/Mexico > Brazil/Honduras/Nicaragua > Paraguay/Uruguay > Bolivia/Ecuador > Chile/Haiti/Peru > Panama > Cuba
1976: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Suriname > Colombia > El Salvador/Guyana > Dominican Republic/Guatemala > Mexico > Brazil/Honduras > Bolivia/Ecuador/Nicaragua/Peru > Argentina/Paraguay > Chile/Haiti/Uruguay > Panama > Cuba
1977: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Suriname > Colombia > Dominican Republic/Guyana > Guatemala/Mexico > El Salvador > Brazil/Honduras > Bolivia/Ecuador/Nicaragua/Peru > Panama/Paraguay > Argentina/Chile/Cuba/Uruguay > Haiti
1978: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Dominican Republic/Suriname > Colombia > Guatemala > Bolivia/Brazil/Guyana/Mexico > Ecuador/Honduras/Peru > El Salvador/Nicaragua/Panama/Paraguay > Argentina/Chile > Cuba/Uruguay > Haiti
1979: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Ecuador/Suriname > Colombia/Dominican Republic > Bolivia > Brazil/Mexico > Guyana > El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras/Peru > Nicaragua/Panama/Paraguay > Argentina/Chile > Cuba/Uruguay > Haiti
1980: Costa Rica > Venezuela > Ecuador > Colombia/Dominican Republic/Peru > Brazil/Honduras/Mexico > Panama > Guyana > El Salvador/Nicaragua/Paraguay/Uruguay > Argentina/Chile > Bolivia/Cuba/Guatemala/Suriname > Haiti
1981-82: Costa Rica > Belize/Dominican Republic/Venezuela > Ecuador > Colombia/Honduras/Peru > Brazil/Mexico > El Salvador/Guyana > Panama/Paraguay/Uruguay > Argentina/Bolivia/Chile/Nicaragua > Cuba/Guatemala > Haiti/Suriname
1982-83: Costa Rica > Belize/Dominican Republic/Venezuela > Ecuador > Bolivia/Colombia/Peru > Argentina/Brazil/Honduras > Mexico > El Salvador/Panama/Uruguay > Guyana/Paraguay > Chile/Nicaragua > Cuba/Guatemala > Haiti/Suriname
1983-84: Costa Rica > Belize/Venezuela > Argentina/Ecuador/Dominican Republic > Bolivia/Colombia/Honduras/Peru > Brazil > Mexico/Panama > El Salvador > Uruguay > Guyana/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Chile/Guatemala > Cuba > Haiti/Suriname
1984-85: Belize/Costa Rica > Venezuela > Argentina/Dominican Republic/Uruguay > Bolivia/Brazil/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Peru > El Salvador > Guatemala/Mexico > Panama > Guyana/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Chile > Cuba/Suriname > Haiti
1985-86: Belize/Costa Rica > Argentina/Venezuela > Brazil/Dominican Republic/Uruguay > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Peru > Guatemala > El Salvador > Mexico > Haiti/Panama > Guyana > Chile/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Cuba/Suriname
1986-87: Belize/Costa Rica > Argentina/Venezuela > Brazil/Dominican Republic/Uruguay > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Peru > Guatemala > El Salvador > Mexico/Suriname > Guyana/Nicaragua/Panama > Chile/Haiti/Paraguay > Cuba
1987-88: Costa Rica > Argentina/Belize/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Uruguay > Bolivia/Brazil/Colombia/Honduras/Peru/Suriname > El Salvador/Guatemala > Mexico > Chile/Nicaragua > Guyana > Panama > Haiti/Paraguay > Cuba
1988-89: Costa Rica > Argentina/Belize/Uruguay > Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Venezuela > Bolivia/Honduras > Guatemala/Peru/Suriname > Chile/Colombia/El Salvador/Mexico/Paraguay > Guyana > Nicaragua > Haiti > Panama > Cuba
1990: Costa Rica > Belize/Uruguay > Argentina/Chile/Ecuador/Venezuela > Bolivia/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Honduras > Nicaragua/Panama > Colombia/El Salvador/Guatemala/Paraguay/Peru > Haiti/Mexico > Guyana > Suriname > Cuba
1991: Belize/Costa Rica > Uruguay > Argentina/Chile/Venezuela > Bolivia/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Honduras > Colombia/Nicaragua/Panama/Paraguay > El Salvador > Guatemala/Mexico/Peru/Suriname > Guyana > Cuba/Haiti
1992: Belize/Costa Rica > Uruguay > Chile > Argentina/Bolivia/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Honduras > Colombia/El Salvador/Guyana/Panama/Paraguay/Suriname/Venezuela > Mexico/Nicaragua > Guatemala > Peru > Cuba/Haiti
1993: Belize > Costa Rica > Chile/Guyana/Uruguay > Argentina/Bolivia/Ecuador > Colombia/Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Honduras/Panama/Paraguay/Suriname/Venezuela > Brazil > Mexico > Guatemala/Nicaragua > Peru > Cuba/Haiti
1994: Belize > Costa Rica > Chile/Guyana/Uruguay > Argentina/Bolivia/Ecuador/Panama > Brazil/El Salvador/Honduras/Suriname/Venezuela > Colombia/Dominican Republic/Paraguay > Mexico > Guatemala/Nicaragua/Peru > Haiti > Cuba
1995: Belize > Costa Rica > Chile/Guyana/Uruguay > Argentina/Ecuador/Panama > Bolivia/Brazil/El Salvador/Honduras/Suriname/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/Paraguay > Colombia/Mexico/Nicaragua > Guatemala/Peru > Haiti > Cuba
1996: Belize > Costa Rica/Uruguay > Chile/Guyana > Argentina/Bolivia/Panama/Venezuela > Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Suriname > Guatemala/Mexico/Paraguay/Peru > Colombia > Haiti > Cuba
1997: Belize > Costa Rica/Uruguay > Bolivia/Chile/Guyana > Argentina/El Salvador/Honduras/Panama/Venezuela > Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Nicaragua/Suriname > Brazil/Guatemala/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia > Haiti/Peru > Cuba
1998: Belize > Costa Rica/Uruguay > Bolivia/Guyana > Chile/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Panama/Venezuela > Argentina/Suriname > Brazil/Colombia/Guatemala/Mexico/Paraguay > Peru > Haiti > Cuba
1999: Belize > Costa Rica/Panama/Uruguay > Bolivia/Chile/Guyana > Argentina/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador > Honduras/Nicaragua/Suriname > Brazil/Guatemala/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Venezuela > Peru > Haiti > Cuba
2000: Belize/Uruguay > Argentina/Costa Rica/Panama/Suriname > Bolivia/Chile/Dominican Republic/Guyana > El Salvador/Mexico > Brazil/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua > Guatemala/Paraguay/Peru > Colombia/Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2001: Uruguay > Belize/Costa Rica/Panama/Suriname > Bolivia/Chile/Dominican Republic/Guyana/Peru > El Salvador/Mexico > Argentina/Brazil/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua > Guatemala/Paraguay > Colombia/Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2002: Uruguay > Belize/Chile/Costa Rica/Panama/Suriname > Dominican Republic/Guyana/Mexico > Bolivia/Brazil/El Salvador/Peru > Argentina/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua > Paraguay/Venezuela > Colombia/Guatemala > Haiti > Cuba
2003: Chile/Uruguay > Belize/Costa Rica/Panama/Suriname > Argentina/Guyana/Mexico > Brazil/Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Venezuela > Colombia/Guatemala > Haiti > Cuba
2004: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama/Suriname > Argentina/Dominican Republic/Guyana/Mexico > Brazil/El Salvador/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Venezuela > Colombia/Guatemala > Haiti > Cuba
2005: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Mexico/Suriname > El Salvador/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Guyana/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Guatemala/Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2006: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Mexico/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Guatemala > Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2007: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Mexico/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Honduras/Nicaragua/Paraguay > Guatemala > Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2008: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Mexico/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Honduras/Paraguay> Colombia/Guatemala/Nicaragua > Venezuela > Haiti > Cuba
2009: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Mexico/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Paraguay > Colombia > Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua > Haiti/Venezuela > Cuba
2010: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia > Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua > Haiti > Venezuela > Cuba
2011: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Guatemala > Honduras > Haiti/Nicaragua > Venezuela > Cuba
2012: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Guatemala > Honduras > Haiti/Nicaragua > Venezuela > Cuba
2013: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama/Suriname > Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Guatemala/Nicaragua > Honduras > Haiti > Venezuela > Cuba
2014: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama/Suriname > Dominican Republic/El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Guatemala/Nicaragua > Honduras > Haiti/Venezuela > Cuba
2015: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru/Suriname > Bolivia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Colombia/Nicaragua > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti/Venezuela > Cuba
2016: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru/Suriname > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Mexico/Paraguay > Ecuador > Guatemala/Honduras > Nicaragua > Haiti > Venezuela > Cuba
2017: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Brazil/Panama/Suriname > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Guatemala/Honduras > Nicaragua > Haiti > Venezuela > Cuba
2018: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize/Panama > Argentina/Brazil > El Salvador/Guyana/Peru/Suriname > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti > Nicaragua > Cuba/Venezuela
2019: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Panama > Argentina/Belize/Brazil > Guyana/Peru/Suriname > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador/Mexico/Paraguay > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti > Nicaragua > Cuba/Venezuela
2020: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Panama/Suriname > Brazil/Guyana > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/El Salvador/Paraguay/Peru > Mexico > Guatemala > Honduras > Haiti > Nicaragua > Cuba/Venezuela
2021: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Panama/Suriname > Brazil/Ecuador/Guyana/Peru > Bolivia/Colombia/Dominican Republic/Paraguay > El Salvador/Mexico > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti > Nicaragua > Cuba/Venezuela

They must be smoking some pretty good weed. DR now less free now than under Balaguer according to them, as in, for real?

**Tooting Carmen** · 02-03-2023, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by Andullero

They must be smoking some pretty good weed. DR now less free now than under Balaguer according to them, as in, for real?

I think you misunderstand. DR in the 70's was still freer than most because at least Balaguer wasn't a military dictator. Whereas nowadays the region AS A WHOLE is far freer, so the DR is only less free relative to much-improved countries elsewhere. (From what I recall, the main points of contention have been electoral fraud and reforms to the nationality law).

**Andullero** · 02-03-2023, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen

I think you misunderstand. DR in the 70's was still freer than most because at least Balaguer wasn't a military dictator. Whereas nowadays the region AS A WHOLE is far freer, so the DR is only less free relative to much-improved countries elsewhere. (From what I recall, the main points of contention have been electoral fraud and reforms to the nationality law).

Those are still some pretty flimsy arguments, and I mean, EXTREMELY flimsy. For one thing, the press wasnt freer under Bala (in fact, the opposite), and electoral fraud was actually worse on that era than now.

**Tooting Carmen** · 02-03-2023, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by Andullero

Those are still some pretty flimsy arguments, and I mean, EXTREMELY flimsy. For one thing, the press wasnt freer under Bala (in fact, the opposite), and electoral fraud was actually worse on that era than now.

You still misunderstand. In real terms the DR is freer now, but in relative terms it was freer in the 70's when compared to the vast number of military regimes in the region.

**Tooting Carmen** · 02-07-2024, 04:28 PM

2022: Chile/Costa Rica/Uruguay > Belize > Argentina/Panama/Suriname > Brazil/Colombia/Ecuador/Guyana > Bolivia/Dominican Republic/Paraguay/Peru > El Salvador/Mexico > Guatemala/Honduras > Haiti > Cuba/Nicaragua/Venezuela

**Tooting Carmen** · 02-08-2024, 03:03 PM

Some corrections:

1975: Costa Rica > Suriname/Venezuela > Colombia/El Salvador > Argentina/Dominican Republic > Guatemala/Guyana/Mexico > Brazil/Honduras/Nicaragua > Paraguay/Peru/Uruguay > Bolivia/Ecuador > Chile/Haiti > Panama > Cuba
1992: Belize/Costa Rica > Uruguay > Chile > Argentina/Bolivia/Brazil/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Honduras > Colombia/El Salvador/Guyana/Paraguay/Suriname/Venezuela > Mexico/Nicaragua/Panama > Guatemala > Peru > Cuba/Haiti

**Annie999** · 02-09-2024, 11:42 PM

Not surprised Uruguay ranks #1 non-stop since 2004 (along with Chile and CR). We're able to do all the things that are still taboo in many places including first world countries. Plus the society is based on a strong democracy, which adds to the idea of freedom.

**Tooting Carmen** · 02-10-2024, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by Annie999

Not surprised Uruguay ranks #1 non-stop since 2004 (along with Chile and CR). We're able to do all the things that are still taboo in many places including first world countries. Plus the society is based on a strong democracy, which adds to the idea of freedom.

Since 2000 actually.