The Economist
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 00:00
The government and IMF have agreed not to pursue a new three-year Extended Credit Facility for Nicaragua.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 00:00
The Economist's Sao Paulo bureau chief spoke to Ms Silva in her private office in Brasilia about Rede's programme for government-and its race against the clock.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 00:00
Our forecast that Ms Rousseff and the PT will win the 2014 election remains unchanged. However, the timing of Mr Campos's announcement means that he will have time to raise his profile.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 00:00
Information on the CD's 50 candidates for Senate is starting to surface, highlighting potential links between some of these and illegal groups (mainly paramilitaries).
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 00:00
It is not clear whether the pollution is being caused by PVDC's operations, or is a legacy of the past.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 00:00
Most cases of violence against women are not investigated, let alone effectively prosecuted.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 00:00
In the circumstances "being seen in an evening gown with President Obama" risked seeming "submissive and weak."
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 00:00
Although small farmers continue to clear land in areas where the authority of the state is weak, the big beef and soya companies that used to do it themselves or buy produce from those that did no longer want anything to do with it.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 00:00
The euphoria that accompanied the new security policy is giving way to a more realistic assessment.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 00:00
Although three-fifths of the population was born after the coup, a survey taken by CERC, a pollster, suggested that three-quarters of Chileans believe the wounds opened in 1973 have yet to be healed.