The Economist
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 00:00
Mr Ortega has enjoyed a wave of nationalist support at home. On November 3rd he won the first unanimous vote in the National Assembly of his four years in office.
Friday, November 5, 2010 - 00:00
The former president and his aides are called to account for dirty tricks.
Friday, November 5, 2010 - 00:00
Lula propelled Dilma Rousseff from obscurity to the presidency. Continuing his work while proving she is her own woman will not be easy.
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 00:00
The biggest threat now comes from organised crime, whose attacks against journalists often have the aim of inducing self-censorship.
Friday, October 8, 2010 - 00:00
AS A presidential candidate in 2009, Sebastian Pinera called Mapuche Indian activists accused of burning farms and lorries "criminals".
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 00:00
Mr Correa has antagonised many powerful groups during his presidency, but the police have fared fairly well. In a bid to reduce corruption, he increased their salaries from $700 a month to $1,200.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 00:00
After 11 years of Mr Chavez's revolution, Venezuela is politically split down the middle. Neither side will be able to
"demolish" the other anytime soon.
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 00:00
The government may reap additional benefits from the strike if it demoralises some of Mr Suarez's followers and encourages them to demobilise. Mr Suarez has no clear successor.
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 00:00
IN JULY, Ingrid Betancourt, Colombia's premier hostage-celèbre, alienated much of the country by legally requesting that the government pay her $6.8m in compensation for being kidnapped by the FARC.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 00:00
Yesterday, fighter planes staged a pre-dawn air raid on a camp of the FARC's 48th Front, the same unit blamed for a deadly attack near the Ecuadorean border on September 10th.