The Economist (UK)
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 07:26
WHEN French troops planted their tan boots in the sands of Mali earlier this year, they faced not one but three problems in the west African nation. With the help of arms looted from Libyan depots, an alliance of Tuareg separatists had taken control of the north of the country.
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 00:00
The big test of Paraguay's next president will be whether his "new direction" follows the halting progress of his recent predecessors, or is a return to the country's misgoverned past.
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 00:00
The setback coincided with what was expected to be the trial's most sensitive stage: the alleged intention to commit genocide.
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 00:00
The reforms are likely to tighten Ms Fernandez's grip. Although her popularity has dropped by 30 percentage points in the past year, her Peronist coalition dominates both chambers of Congress and will probably take most of the Council's elected posts.
Monday, April 22, 2013 - 00:00
Further hearings are expected later today. As the arguments go on, time is running out to try the ageing former dictator for the dreadful crimes of which he is accused
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 00:00
Some thought him one of Colombia's worst criminals. He saw himself as a simple peasant, a man who liked pork crackling, horseback processions and drinking beer at fairs
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 00:00
He faces an uphill struggle to impose his authority on a faction-ridden chavista movement that was hitherto held together by the unquestioned authority of Chavez himself
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 00:00
The huge turnout -- the government reckons that about 1m people marched in Bogota, though the opposition says it was half that -- will bolster the peace talks, which have lost some public support as the negotiations grind on with no tangible progress
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 00:00
Semana, a news magazine, reports that villagers in emerald-mining regions have detected arms shipments to the area, as well as the arrival of men from parts of the country where organised criminal bands operate.
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 00:00
Last year a short-lived police offensive in São Paulo code-named Dor e Sofrimento ("Pain and Suffering") forced addicts constantly to move on. That led to shambling parades through the city centre. The only lasting result was to expand th