Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero

Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero holds an International Relations and Political Science double major from Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala. He is a teaching assistant at UFM, as well as a junior analyst of international affairs in a Guatemalan consultancy firm.He authors Public Choice research articles for the Centro para el Análisis de las Decisiones Públicas (CADEP) and takes part of his school’s research team on the Guatemalan Civil War. He is currently a research intern in the American Institute for Economic Research.

Latest by Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero

Coolidge’s Silent Recipe for Success: Less Federal Government

Coolidge’s Silent Recipe for Success: Less Federal Government

A century ago, the American marketplace of ideas provided the people with very different options in terms of public policy. The formal institutions looked similar. The same two political parties dominated the electoral system, benefitting from entrenched regional support. The Electoral College filtered the popular vote, which reflected the people’s will through decentralized and fraud-resistant...

By Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero

Beyond Taxation and Representation: the Legacy of the Boston Tea Party

Beyond Taxation and Representation: the Legacy of the Boston Tea Party

December 16th marked the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. The British cracked down on Bostonians as a punishment for this political demonstration, which in turn became the spark of the American Revolution. One of the main revolutionary demands, “No Taxation without Representation,” became a rallying cry of concerned subjects-who-would-be-citizens against government overreach and...

By Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero