The Economist (UK)

Friday, April 13, 2012 - 00:00
A deeper cause of the distance is that American policymakers do not yet trust Brazil fully.
Monday, April 9, 2012 - 00:00
Brazil has probably never mattered more to America than it does now. America has probably never mattered less to Brazil.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:00
They are of contrasting personality. Mr Uribe is both intense and folksy, whereas Mr Santos is cerebral and urbane.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:00
Peru is enjoying an economic boom, but has one of Latin America’s worst education systems.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:00
To have sex with young girls, said Brazil's highest criminal court on March 27th, is "immoral and reprehensible". But a man who had sex with three 12-year-olds in 2002, it decided, had committed no crime.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
A lawyer with a master's degree in public administration from Harvard, Mr de la Madrid rose via the finance ministry and national oil company through the ranks of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), becoming its presidential nominee in 198
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 00:00
This advertising overdose is wrong, for three reasons. Most obviously, it is a gigantic waste of public money.
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 00:00
The polling gap between Ms Vazquez and Mr Pena is more than double that which Mr Calderon faced in March 2006.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
Mr Chavez has never taken kindly to dissent. If the PSUV currently has no one capable of succeeding him, that is primarily because he has made sure that no one emerged.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
Under Raul Castro, Cuba has begun the journey towards capitalism. But it will take a decade and a big political battle to complete, says Michael Reid

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