FREEDOM INDICATORS
Political Civil Freedom Country Rigths Liberties Rating Antigua/Barbuda 3 3 Partly Free Argentina 2 3 Free Bahamas 1 2 Free Barbados 1 1 Free Belize 1 1 Free Bolivia 2 3 Free Brazil 2 3 Free Chile 2 2 Free Colombia 2 4 Partly Free Costa Rica 1 1 Free Cuba 7 7 Not Free Dominica 2 1 Free Dominican Rep 2 3 Free Ecuador 2 3 Free El Salvador 3 3 Partly Free Grenada 1 2 Free Guatemala 4 5 Partly Free Guyana 3 3 Partly Free Haiti 7 7 Not Free Honduras 2 3 Free Jamaica 2 2 Free Mexico 4 3 Partly Free Nicaragua 4 3 Partly Free Panama 4 3 Partly Free Paraguay 3 3 Partly Free Peru 6 5 Partly Free St. Kitts and Ne 1 1 Free St. Lucia 1 2 Free St. Vincent and 1 2 Free Suriname 3 3 Partly Free Trinidad and Tob 1 1 Free Uruguay 1 2 Free Venezuela 3 3 Partly Free Source: Freedom House, 1993. Ranking system was developed by Dr. Raymond Gastil and has been modified by current Freedom House staff. For both ratings, 1 represents the most free and 7 the least free. By the Freedom House definitions, political rights "enable people to participate freely in the political process"; civil liberties "are the freedoms to develop views, institutions and personal autonomy apart from the state."