James M. Roberts is the research fellow in freedom and growth at The Heritage Foundation's Center for International Trade and Economics. Roberts' primary responsibility is to produce the Index of Economic Freedom, an influential annual analysis of the economic climate of countries throughout the world.
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The recent kidnapping of 17 missionaries—16 American, one Canadian, and five of them children—and a local driver in Haiti has drawn international attention to the epidemic of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In recent months, Nicaragua’s brutal and longtime dictator-president, Daniel Ortega, and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, have plunged the Central American nation into… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Midway through his single, six-year term in office, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continues his destructive misrule of Mexico. His latest initiative has the potential… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The assassination last month of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has made already difficult daily life for Haitians even harder. In the absence of a new… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
In 1979, socialist guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega led his Sandinista National Liberation Front in overthrowing the authoritarian regime of Anastasio Somoza, whose family had held… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Colombia, one of the United States’ oldest and most reliable allies in the hemisphere, has been rocked by political violence in the past few months… Read More
InternationalCommentary
A group of conservative U.S. senators has introduced legislation that would prevent China from continuing to exploit its “developing country” status at the World Bank… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As the worst and most devastating initial economic impact of the global pandemic begins to fade, nations around the world face a number of challenges… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Longtime Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has recently been elected to a five-year term as secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Although it has faltered, Chile continues to lead South America in having a free economy, according to the 2021 edition of The Heritage Foundation’s annual… Read More
