The Economist (UK)
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 00:00
UNTIL the past fortnight, a crise, as Brazilians call it, had largely bypassed Latin America. No longer
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 00:00
Almost halfway through his five-year term the unpopular president has been forced to replace his cabinet over a corruption scandal
Friday, September 19, 2008 - 00:00
The “expulsion” of Mr Duddy (who was out of the country at the time) should not necessarily be read as the latest shot in Mr Chavez’s “war” against imperialist America. Rather it seems a ploy to divert attention from his mounting difficulties at
Friday, September 12, 2008 - 00:00
Russia has confirmed that it will be sending the flagship of its Baltic fleet, the nuclear-powered cruiser Peter the Great
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
Oil and gas extraction does not have to hurt the rainforest, or its people
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
Contrary to stereotype, the murder rate is falling
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 00:00
Hugo Chavez tightens the state’s grip on politics and the economy
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:00
A welcome for another left-wing leader; but expect the pendulum to start swinging to the right
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 00:00
ONE of Hugo Chavez’s lesser-known feats since taking over as Venezuela’s leader in 1999 is to have presided over a tripling of the annual homicide rate—and that’s according to the official statistics
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 00:00
IT WAS the first meeting between Colombia’s Álvaro Uribe and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez since relations between the two presidents turned sour last November