Millions in Brazil Follow a Teen Leader to Freedom | Free Market Central
A storm is brewing in the Brazilian political atmosphere at this very moment. Amazingly, the hero at the center of it is not a seasoned veteran of government, media, business, or labor. He is not a Marxist, a class warfare demagogue, or a bomb-thrower. He’d sooner spit on a Che Guevara T-shirt than wear one. He’s a 19-year-old college dropout with a very un-Brazilian last name, and he’s a libertarian — one that Jefferson himself likely would embrace with enthusiasm. Meet Kim Kataguiri, the cofounder and public face of the Free Brazil Movement.“I learned about Milton Friedman and Ludwig von Mises through the Internet,” Kataguiri told Lawrence Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education, in a June 2 interview.[In the podcast, Kataguiri talks about his awakening to the importance of liberty, the influence of groups like Brazilian Students for Liberty, and the growth of the liberty movement in Brazil.] [More]
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