The Economist (UK)
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 00:00
SO RARELY has political corruption led to punishment in Brazil that there is an expression for the way scandals peter out. They “end in pizza”, with roughly the same convivial implication as settling differences over a drink
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 00:00
How a terrible but little-known conflict continues to shape and blight a nation
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 00:00
The president’s primary beef with the judiciary involves the courts’ handling of her conflict with Grupo Clarin, Argentina’s biggest media conglomerate
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 00:00
Mr Pena will be judged in education, as in security, not by his plans but by his success in implementing them
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 00:00
Mr Santos has begun talks with the FARC guerrillas and needs the army’s support for any peace deal
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
Petty corruption remains a gigantic problem.
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
Mexico's shift from a big baby-producer to a fast-ageing nation will provide an enormous demographic dividend. It also harbours an almighty time-bomb.
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
To cover the uninsured, the government has increased its spending on health from 5% of GDP at the turn of the century to nearly 6.5%.
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
The flow has gone into reverse because the rewards for going north have diminished and the risks have increased.
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
As fewer Mexicans try their luck in el Norte, more Americans are migrating south.