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Chile, Uruguay and Costa Rica take first place in Latin America, according to an index of development. Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and Venezuela have trouble subsided. Germany's Bertelsmann Foundation publishes a biennial Transformation Index (BTI), which reflects the progress of 125 countries in terms of democracy, economy and governance. In the last report, which was just released, called the attention Venezuela, which fell from 65 to 79 place in terms of democracy and economic development.

Transformation Index measures two aspects. "For both reflect the status of development in 125 developing countries, emerging and changing, "he told DW-WORLD Hauke \u200b\u200bHartmann, project manager of Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI). "I mean," he added, "we discussed in an international comparison two elements that we go together: the quality of democracy and market economy." To this, the index calls BTI status. But the ISS also analyzes another aspect. "Indeed, it is management index, which reflects governance, ie what is the quality management: how to use resources, seek consensus and cooperation internationally. "The combination of both, the status and management of government," for us adequately reflects the level of overall development of each country. "

Chile, Uruguay and Costa Rica: high status of development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in status, "the countries that occupy the top positions are Chile (8 in the classification of 125 countries), Uruguay (9 ), Costa Rica (12) and, somewhat less, Jamaica (21). As for management, there is a clear winner: Chile (1). Socialist Cuba is in place BTI 95 in the index 109 in status and that of management. The large Latin American economies are still some problems, according to BTI.

"Brazil has made some democratic progress and improved its economic situation. But Argentina has serious shortcomings with regard to the rule of law, particularly in regard to the division of powers and independence of judges, but has been politically stable. Mexico

fallen on hard times in terms of democracy, after the disputed elections. As in Argentina, the democratic-institutional assurance of the current economic boom does not work very well in Mexico. "

Latin America for the Bertelsmann Foundation, a region clearly divided two parts.

"There is a difference between social-oriented countries and countries with populist governments. For the Southern Cone, the outlook is positive. There takes place a strategic economic planning and democracy is well developed.

In the Andean countries and some Central Americans, however, there are serious problems. "

Venezuela: rule of law and governance on the ground particularly worrisome is the situation the rule of law and representative political system in Venezuela. The country fell in the ranking Democratic on the place 71 and the market economy, the 90, or weighted average of status to that place 79. In terms of quality of management of government is in place 119. Worse as the BTI management have only Eritrea, Turkmenistan, North Korea, Simbabwe, Myanmar and Somalia.

rates are determined in cooperation with 250 experts worldwide, or two per country. "To develop the index of each of the countries the Bertelsmann Foundation uses a European expert, usually a scientist, and a commentator's own country. The rates are therefore a synthesis of European perspective and local insight. "

results are also internationally comparable "Because scientists and commentators working all with the same code, defined from a total of 52 standardized items," Hartmann concluded.

The full report is available in http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0, 2144,3199545,00. Html

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The handshake at the Rio Summit

"The fact that the president of Colombia, in an act of such entity that brought together twenty countries and a host of international observers, have reported to the presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador as collaborators of the terrorists they have kidnapped 700 people, can not disappear for more than handshakes and smiles forced to give ".

Diego Arria / New York

the leading developer of crisis, Hugo Chavez arrived at the Rio Group summit, hoisting a white flag, but unlike the last Ibero-American Summit, Chávez was silent not because he ordered the king of Spain, but by Alvaro Uribe terror to further disseminate there the evidence in the three computers alias Raul Reyes, chief of the FARC cash on their cooperation and his security minister to this organization responsible for crimes against humanity such as are established by the International Criminal Court: murder, severe deprivation of physical liberty (kidnapping), enforced disappearance and torture.

The FARC is classified as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union. Additionally, the Security Council by UN Resolution 1373 put on an equal footing in terms of responsibilities for both players in acts of terrorism and those who cooperate with them. It also agreed that States have an obligation to suppress the financing of terrorist acts, to abstain from providing any type of support, active or passive, to entities or persons involved in committing acts of terrorism. Just that would have been raped by both Venezuela and Ecuador - but to varying degrees.

be recalled that the Security Council resolutions are binding and mandatory and that, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, requires no special lists of terrorist organizations but only to consider that an act of international terrorism is a threat to international peace and security. All these considerations were more than disturbing for Chavez to stay silent - only Correa, who seemed not to understand what was at stake for him and his government, raving.

The fact that the president of Colombia, in an act of such entity that brought together twenty countries and a host of international observers, have reported to the presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador as collaborators of the terrorists who have kidnapped 700 people, can not disappear for more than handshakes and smiles forced to give.
not be forgotten that among the hostages held by FARC for about seven years include three U.S. citizens. To them and to their governments the agreement of the Summit is not sufficient. In similar situation would be Ingrid Betancourt, the most prominent victims of the FARC.

Since this is the reality, it was inexplicable see her mother sitting behind President Chávez, unveiled as a cooperator of the FARC. The troubled mother, as President Sarkozy, have two options: Hugo Chávez sue to require the FARC - not to declare the press - the immediate release of Ingrid or paid traffic to show evil Chavez hostage and the FARC have been practicing.

crimes against humanity committed by the FARC - and have had the assistance of two governments - are too serious to be overlooked. Colombia's president has an obligation to share with the international public opinion all the documentation contained in the computers, once validated INTERPOL. Similarly to their families, to take legal decisions which would have the right to practice in their countries against security ministers of Ecuador and Venezuela - and of course against their presidents Correa and Chavez. ------------

Diego Arria was President of the Security Council of the UN.