The Economist
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 00:00
The court gave Peru something—but less than it hoped and much less than Chile feared. Even so, the ruling offers a potential opportunity for the two countries to deepen growing economic and political co-operation
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 00:00
Brazil's hellish penal system is overcrowded, violent and brutalising.
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 00:00
The government's position on the vigilantes remains ambiguous.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 00:00
Trickle-down economics in one of South America’s poorest countries
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
Shows of public anger have been going on for weeks in Port-au-Prince, the capital, and other major cities.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
Under Raul Castro (who formally took over the Cuban presidency in 2008), military and commercial co-operation appears to have increased. The nature of the relationship was dramatically exposed in July, when the Panamanian authorities intercepted a North K
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 00:00
The roots of the law lie in a June 2012 report from the Uruguayan defence ministry on how it planned to tackle rising levels of crime.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 00:00
Mr Maduro now seems more firmly entrenched as president, and we now believe that he is more likely than not to complete his six-year term.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 00:00
The carrot of cheap consumer goods has been accompanied by the stick of increasing repression.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 00:00
The longer the government delays, the sharper the eventual correction will have to be and the greater the risk that its attempt simultaneously to juggle inflation, public spending and the exchange rate will see it drop a ball.