June 6, 2008 2:17PM 

# A Free Market Gem in Guatemala 

By [Juan Carlos Hidalgo](https://www.cato.org/people/juan-carlos-hidalgo) 

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The *L.A. Times* has a [very fine article](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-guatemala6-2008jun06,0,5560223.story) today on Francisco Marroquín University, Guatemala’s libertarian institution of higher learning, and its founder, Manuel “Muso” Ayau.

Those of us who have visited UFM can testify as to the passion for liberty that fills the place. It’s certainly a free market gem in the midst of Central America.

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