The Economist (UK)
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:30
As the post-Soviet sovereign states grow more confident, each sends more border guards into the Fergana valley.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
The report reckons that closing one-half of the productivity gap with the United States in a decade would have the effect of doubling Latin America's income per head.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
Ms Fernandez is gradually changing tack. But economic orthodoxy will require her to make even tougher decisions in the future
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 11:33
The country is going downhill—and its neighbours could be affected, too
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 11:15
While peace talks founder, violence in the north-east gets fiercer than ever.
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 00:00
EVERY year Brazil's police are responsible for at least 2,000 deaths. The victims are generally recorded as having been "killed while resisting arrest"
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 00:00
Support among the poor for the government of Nicolas Maduro is conditional
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 00:00
Brazil's next government will need a new foreign policy
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:45
For the first time, an armed UN mission is employing drones to keep the peace. In the past three months two Italian-made, snub-nosed craft with the UN logo painted on their sides have been taking off from Goma in eastern Congo to scan rebel-infested hill regions with high-tech cameras.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:01
NARRATIVES about countries, especially under-reported ones, can be hard to shift. For the last two years Somalia's narrative has been one of fragile progress. The international community rallied around Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia's president, selected in murky circumstances in 2012.