Our fight for freedom, sound policy, and LOLA voices in global discourse continues to grow. In June, LOLA leaders appeared in 31 major media outlets, advancing the cause of individual liberty and challenging harmful state narratives across continents.
From exposing California’s fiscal crisis and the EU’s growing regulatory overreach, to defending digital freedom and voluntary action, our leaders tackled the pressing issues of our time with clarity and conviction. They broke down complex topics like tariffs, private property, and free market, while analyzing political developments in Brazil, Venezuela, and beyond.
At LOLA, we don’t just participate in the debate, we shape it.
Featured Appearances
Golden State in the Red
Caitlin Peters, Director of Communications, LOLA USA
In a op-ed for the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), Caitlin Peters examines California’s deepening fiscal crisis. As the Golden State faces a projected $12 billion budget deficit, Peters exposes how bloated government programs, overregulation, and excessive spending, not a lack of revenue, are driving the state into economic turmoil.
Peters explains how California’s economic model is failing its residents, and how limited government, personal responsibility, and fiscal discipline are essential for long-term prosperity.
Key points include:
🔍 Why high taxes and heavy regulation are pushing people and businesses out of the state.
🔍 How runaway spending, not under-taxation, is the root of California’s deficit.
🔍 The dangers of government overreach when economic reality is ignored.
More government doesn’t mean better outcomes. Solutions come from empowering people, not politicians, to shape their futures.
EU tech laws erect digital iron curtain
Cláudia Nunes, President, LOLA Portugal
In a insightful article for the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), Cláudia Nunes explores how Europe’s growing appetite for regulation is stifling innovation and threatening digital freedom. While the continent has fallen behind in producing major tech platforms, it has instead positioned itself as a global regulator: imposing sweeping controls on those who have succeeded.
Nunes highlights how recent EU policies, such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), target U.S. tech giants with extraterritorial rules that force radical structural changes to their business models. The penalties go beyond financial fines; they represent a direct intrusion into private enterprise and free markets.
Key points include:
🔍 How the EU has chosen to regulate innovation out of existence, rather than create its own alternatives
🔍 Why the DSA and DMA represent a modern form of censorship and economic interventionism
🔍 The global consequences of Europe’s regulations, applied far beyond its borders
🔍 Why defending tech freedom is now a shared transatlantic mission
A strong defense of digital sovereignty and innovation requires standing up for liberty worldwide.
Liberalism: Beyond Left and Right
Namini Panditha, chapter leader, LOLA Colombo, Sri Lanka
Namini Panditha challenges the false binaries of modern politics and offers a passionate defense of liberalism as a philosophy rooted in dignity, peace, and individual autonomy.
Drawing on thinkers like Ayn Rand, Frédéric Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises, John Stuart Mill, and Milton Friedman, Namini unpacks why true liberalism stands for voluntary action, free markets, limited government, and tolerance, rejecting all forms of coercion, whether from technocrats, nationalists, or ideologues.
🔍 Why liberalism puts the individual before the state, the nation, or the class
🔍 How collectivist narratives, whether nationalist or socialis, undermine personal freedom
🔍 Why free trade and economic liberty are foundations for peace and prosperity
🔍 The difference between equality in process vs. equality of outcomes
From religion to markets to human dignity, Namini makes the case that liberalism is not about finding the middle ground, but about defending freedom with clarity and courage.
Note: In many countries, much of Europe, Asia and Latin America, the term liberalism refers to what is known in the United States as libertarianism: a philosophy centered on individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and personal responsibility.
Full List Of Global Media Mentions
Adriana Flores Márquez, LOLA communications coordinator & LOLA regional leader, Latin America
Una dictadura que colapsa: la campaña épica por la libertad de Venezuela: Visión Liberal (ESP) | EsReviral (ESP)
Lourdes Romero, chapter leader, LOLA Bolivia & LOLA Regional Leader, Latin America
Bolivia sin dólares ni combustible: el precio del populismo económico (ESP)
Del sueño constitucional al colapso: Bolivia en modo Mad Max (ESP)
América Latina y el retorno del muro invisible: El segundo Trump y su renovada imagen meridional (ESP)
Llallagua bajo asedio: violencia, bloqueos y víctimas fatales por demandas de Evo Morales (ESP)
Bloqueos, sangre y poder: la libertad cercada en Llallagua (ESP)
Cláudia Nunes, chapter leader, LOLA Portugal
Portugal afasta o Partido Socialista mas não necessariamente o Socialismo (POR)
A presidência Dinamarquesa pode acelerar o rumo da UE para um desastre verde (POR)
Beatriz Gouveia da Silva Santos, chapter leader, LOLA Lisboa, Portugal
O i-voting funciona na Estónia há mais de 20 anos – Porque não há-de funcionar em Portugal? (POR)
The EU continues to ignore Sweden’s public health successes (POR)
Oriana Aranguren, chapter leader, LOLA Caracas, Venezuela
La cronarquía del Estado: ¿Cómo el Estado se adueña de tu tiempo y por qué no debería hacerlo? (ESP)
Wendy Torrez, chapter leader, LOLA Cochabamba, Bolivia
LegalTech y los desafíos de la nueva era para la Libertad (ESP)
Camilla Soares Teixeira, chapter leader, LOLA Santa Catarina, Brazil
The Luxury Parliament and the Real Brazil: The High Cost of a Distant Representation (POR)
Where Are the Women in Santa Catarina’s Politics? (POR)
Sara Ganime, chapter leader, LOLA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Enquanto o Brasil premia corruptos, a Argentina os torna inelegíveis (POR)
Os “defensores” de direitos humanos que amam o Irã (POR)
Adriana Rodríguez, LOLA Buenos Aires member, Argentina
Mi casa, mi negocio, mi derecho: por qué la propiedad privada es la base de un país libre (ESP)
María José Salinas, chapter leader, LOLA Guanajuato, Mexico
Democracia no es libertad: la mayoría también puede oprimir: El Bastión | México Libertario (ESP)
Como el colectivismo traicionó la libertad individual: El Bastión | Al Poniente | Conexiones | México Libertario (ESP)
La democracia no basta: el peligro de la tiranía de las masas(ESP)
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