Economics

• A.T. Kearney
  A.T. Kearney
  A.T. Kearney is a global management consulting firm, focusing on strategic and operational CEO-agenda concerns. It was founded in 1926, and its head office is in Chicago, Illinois...
  
  /Foreign Policy Magazine
  Foreign Policy
  Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
  
  : Globalization Index 2006 PDF, ranked 50 out of 62 countries.
• Heritage Foundation
  Heritage Foundation
  The Heritage Foundation is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong...
  
  /The Wall Street Journal
  The Wall Street Journal
  The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
  
  : Index of Economic Freedom 2007, ranked 55 out of 157 countries.
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
  : Human Development Index, ranked 87 out of 177 countries
• World Economic Forum
  World Economic Forum
  The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
  
  : Global Competitiveness Report
  Global Competitiveness Report
  The Global Competitiveness Report is a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum. The first report was released in 1979. The 2011–2012 report covers 142 major and emerging economies....
  
   Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009, ranked 83 out of 134 countries.
• South America Life Quality Rankings
• South America Life Quality Rankings - Economy and Finance

Politics

• Reporters without borders
  Reporters Without Borders
  Reporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...
  
  : Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006, ranked 112 out of 168 countries.
• Transparency International
  Transparency International
  Transparency International is a non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development. It publishes an annual Corruption Perceptions Index, a comparative listing of corruption worldwide...
  
  : Corruption Perceptions Index 2006, ranked 70 out of 163 countries.
• South America Life Quality Rankings - Law and Justice