— Véase más abajo para la versión española de este artículo. — The title of this article refers to the cover of the August-22nd edition of Time magazine entitled “Venezuela is dying”. The edition tries to explain how Venezuela, once Latin…
Continue reading Yes, Venezuela is dying… – Pedro Urruchurtu
America has a substantial problem with opioid addictions. Prescription drug overdose rates have more than doubled over the past fifteen years, and deaths from opioid use have tripled in that time. In states across the country, heroin and prescription medication…
Continue reading The U.S. Opioid Addiction Crisis: Congress Is Not Doing Enough – Danika Kimball
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 (colloquially referred to as Obamacare) made mental and behavioral health treatment one of ten essential benefits required in new insurance policies sold on the federal health exchange. Despite this expanded coverage,…
Continue reading American Prisons and the Mental Healthcare Crisis – Danika Kimball
It a pleasure to address you on behalf of Dutch liberal democratic party D66. Today I was asked to share some thoughts with you regarding the recent Dutch no vote on the EU-Ukraine Association Treaty, the refugee crisis and finally…
A phenomenon was unveiled last week. Tesla’s Model 3 was introduced to the world with great excitement, but the car wasn’t the phenomenon, the obvious demand for a quality, affordable electric car was. Before consumers even got a glimpse at…
Continue reading Tesla 3 Isn’t Just A Great Car, It’s A Great Example – Jerry Mooney
Dear liberal friends, First of all, thank you for your support! As newly elected IFLRY president, I am happy to introduce to you the other newly-elected members of the bureau: General Secretary Tone Bjørndal, from our member organisation Young Liberals…
Continue reading Introducing the new IFLRY Bureau – Pauline Kastermans
Before reading this blog post, I recommend spending two minutes at this link from the New York Times. It is a brief description of the corruption scandals in which all the Brazilian presidential line of succession is involved. A list…
Continue reading How a Small Car Wash Shop Made Brazil Collapse – João Victor Guedes Neto
This article is written as a diary piece, giving a personal view on the busy schedule of an IFLRY President. This article follows IFLRY President Christian Scharling on his trip to New York for the United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum. …
The United States and The European Union are currently negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, commonly referred to as TTIP, that aims to create the world’s largest free-trade zone. The ideas behind TTIP are straight forward, to simplify trade…
Continue reading We should be demonstrating for TTIP, not against – Anders Rehnberg
During IFLRY’s Executive Committee in Santo Domingo in November of 2015, Vente Joven – the Venezuelan liberal youth organization – won the Freedom Award. With the upcoming Venezuelan elections, that turned out to be remarkably open, the Bureau wanted to…
Continue reading Interview: Pedro Urruchurtu of Venezuela’s Vente Joven – Part 2
