Financial Times
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 00:00
The fear is that newly elected President Ollanta Humala has more in common with Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez than Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 00:00
He and others have congregated to support a new, anti-war movement that has emerged in the past few weeks as the biggest and most visible opposition to Mr Calderon's military-led offensive.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 00:00
Mr Humala has toned down his rhetoric and signed a letter promising he will honour the constitutional limit on consecutive terms of office.
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 00:00
An early sign of market reaction came with a plunge in the London-listed shares of Hochschild Mining, a producer of silver in Peru, which tumbled by as much as 7 per cent.
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 00:00
Ms Rousseff said the plan, known as "Brazil Without Misery", would focus on 16.2m people still living in "extreme poverty" by expanding the government’s "Bolsa Familia" family stipend scheme.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 00:00
There is no doubt that Brazil's economy is overheating. And while its economic successes have not yet resulted in a financial bubble, they soon could.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
The main point of the legislation, which has yet to be approved by Brazil's Senate and president Dilma Rousseff, is to give amnesty to farmers who have illegally cleared land before July 2008.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
Brazil's Congress has passed a controversial forestry bill that environmentalists warn will speed up the clearing of the Amazon.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 00:00
Less clear cut is Mr Chavez's personal degree of involvement, whether the funding he supposedly promised the Farc ever materialised, or whether the Farc e-mails that claim Mr Chavez's government sought to kill two of his opponents were ever acted on.
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 00:00
For the time being, perhaps those most affected by Chavez's attempts to shake up regional trade are Venezuelan consumers.