|
Country |
Political Rights |
Civil Liberties |
Freedom Rating |
|
Caribbean |
|
|
|
|
Antigua/Barbuda |
4 |
3 |
Partly Free |
|
Bahamas |
1 |
2 |
Free |
|
Barbados |
1 |
1 |
Free |
|
Cuba |
7 |
7 |
Not Free |
|
Dominica |
1 |
1 |
Free |
|
Dominican Rep |
4 |
3 |
Partly Free |
|
Grenada |
1 |
2 |
Free |
|
Guyana |
2 |
2 |
Free |
|
Haiti |
5 |
5 |
Partly Free |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
1 |
2 |
Free |
|
St. Lucia |
1 |
2 |
Free |
|
St. Vincent and Grens. |
2 |
1 |
Free |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
1 |
2 |
Free |
|
Central America |
|
|
|
|
Belize |
1 |
1 |
Free |
|
Costa Rica |
1 |
2 |
Free |
|
El Salvador |
3 |
3 |
Partly Free |
|
Guatemala |
4 |
5 |
Partly Free |
|
Honduras |
3 |
3 |
Partly Free |
|
Nicaragua |
4 |
4 |
Partly Free |
|
Panama |
2 |
3 |
Free |
|
South America |
|
|
|
|
Argentina |
2 |
3 |
Free |
|
Bolivia |
2 |
4 |
Partly Free |
|
Brazil |
2 |
4 |
Partly Free |
|
Chile |
2 |
2 |
Free |
|
Colombia |
4 |
4 |
Partly Free |
|
Ecuador |
2 |
3 |
Free |
|
Paraguay |
4 |
3 |
Partly Free |
|
Peru |
5 |
4 |
Partly Free |
|
Suriname |
3 |
3 |
Partly Free |
|
Uruguay |
2 |
2 |
Free |
|
Venezuela |
3 |
3 |
Partly Free |
|
Mexico |
4 |
4 |
Partly Free |
Source: Freedom House, 1996. The rating 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."
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.
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