The Economist (UK)
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 00:00
If he comes up with a clearer plan to reduce violence, and achieves an energy reform worthy of the name, Mr Pena will have had an impressive first year.
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 00:00
Peasant reserve zones (ZRCs from their initials in Spanish) have themselves become a matter of dispute in peace talks.
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 00:00
Mr Pena needs to spend fewer resources on sending soldiers to fight drug barons and more on strengthening the police and the court system. He seems to understand that
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 00:00
History suggests that Peru's dramatic reining in of coca production in the 1990s helped push the business into Colombia. Now that Colombia is cutting down, the industry seems to be moving back into Peru
Friday, March 22, 2013 - 00:00
Thanks partly to his success in governing Minas, Mr Neves is close to becoming the candidate of the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB), the main opposition, in next year's presidential election
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 00:00
Who might be next for a come-uppance? Reports have recently appeared in the Mexican press of a limited-edition Ferrari bought by Carlos Romero Deschamps, the current leader of the oil workers' union, as a gift for his son.
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 00:00
In February both the coal and the coffee industry were crippled by protests and strikes, threatening to put a temporary dent in the economy's otherwise reasonably healthy growth
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 00:00
Mr Calheiros is the latest example of a well-established Brazilian phenomenon: the politician who can survive any number of seemingly killer blows
Friday, January 25, 2013 - 00:00
Between 2000 and 2008 the public prosecution service registered over 7,000 extra-judicial killings, around half involving state police forces. The Barrios family case, however, is exceptionally horrific
Friday, January 25, 2013 - 00:00
The ELN has left little doubt that the attacks are a cry for attention. "Why aren't we at the [negotiating] table?," asked Nicolas Rodriguez Bautista, its leader, in a video posted online the day the miners were kidnapped