Violence, repression against political opponents, and armed conflicts were some of the factors that contributed to the nineteenth consecutive year of decline in global freedom, according to a report by the organization Freedom House.
This human rights NGO, based in the United States, published its annual report Freedom in the World 2025 in February, where it classified countries according to their level of freedom.
The study groups nations into three categories: "free, partly free, or not free," based on a rating of political rights and civil liberties.
Of the 210 countries analyzed in 2024, only 88 were considered free, while 55 fell into the partly free category, and 67 were classified as not free.
According to the report, the nations with the highest level of freedom were Finland, Sweden, New Zealand, and Norway. Meanwhile, among the countries with least freedom are North Korea, Eritrea, Turkmenistan, South Sudan, and Syria.
In South America
In Latin America, the countries considered free were Uruguay, ranked 17th globally, followed by Chile (21), Argentina (52), Brazil (81), and Colombia (83).
Meanwhile, in the category of partly free nations are Peru (91), Ecuador (93), Bolivia (96), and Paraguay (99).
