The Economist (UK)
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 08:42
Few cultures offer a better recipe for enjoying life. But the notion of opportunity cost seems lost on most Brazilians.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 08:10
The chipmaker shuts a factory, slicing away one-fifth of the country’s exports.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 08:03
Until a few weeks ago, nobody seriously thought that Juan Manuel Santos would fail to win a second term in an election on May 25th.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 00:00
If the flow of money that has transformed Peru in the past two decades began to dry up, a discredited political system would be unable to buffer and channel public discontent.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 00:00
Ms Fernandez's true inner circle now consists of only two people.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 00:00
Of the money China has lent in the region since 2005, 85% has gone to infrastructure, energy and mining.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 00:00
Ms Bachelet is right that Chile is in many ways an unfair country that needs to change. But she will need all her considerable political skills if she is not to sacrifice sound public policy on the altar of populism.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 00:00
Younger Cuban-Americans are less obsessed with Cuba than their exiled elders. Like other Americans, pollsters say, they now think more pragmatically; Cuba is not the only voting issue that they care about.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 00:00
How many bolivares does it take to buy a US dollar? That question, which in a normal economy would get an over-the-counter answer, has everyone scratching their heads in Venezuela.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 00:00
The aversion to anything that is labelled “right-wing” is a legacy of the country's military dictatorship.