The Economist (UK)
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 00:00
It calls for the creation of temporary special congressional districts for areas hardest hit by the conflict. Not coincidentally, those areas are where the FARC have the most influence over the civilian population.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 00:00
Local people say the guerrillas have set up camps, imposed curfews and convened village meetings.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 08:15
PIRACY remains a concern for ships passing the Horn of Africa, even though the number of incidents has plummeted since 2011, when armed protection was beefed up on board many large vessels. The topic grips the public imagination. Witness the success of “Captain Phillips”, a film in which a vessel captained by the actor Tom Hanks is hijacked by Somalis. Yet the pirate economy is poorly understood. A report*, to be released on November 4th by the World Bank, the UN and Interpol sheds new light.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 08:14
THE army of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not used to being feted with palm leaves. It is also unaccustomed to winning. Its men are better known for rape and pillage. But a snap offensive against rebels in the eastern province of North Kivu which began on October 25th brought a rare military victory.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 00:00
This seems to depend less on economic growth or the quality of institutions, than on a sense that the government is acting on behalf of everyone, rather than a privileged few.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 00:00
Over the past two years the government has begun to fail on the two issues that matter most to Argentines, the economy and crime.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 00:00
Chile is not as safe and orderly a haven in an often violent continent as Chileans like to think. At least not for everyone.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 00:00
The plan signals a marked turn towards the left of the political spectrum when compared with the moderate policies that Ms Bachelet pursued during her first presidency in 2006-10.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 00:00
Whether she wins or not, for the first time since civilian rule returned to Honduras in 1981, her Libre party looks likely to upset the political duopoly of the governing right-wing National Party and the more centrist Liberal Party.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:07
MORE than two years after Sudan’s southerners voted for a country of their own, some people in lands along the new border with the old rump Sudan remain in limbo. Acuil Akol comes from Abyei, a triangle of contested territory whose residents are mostly Ngok-Dinka, an offshoot of South Sudan’s largest tribe. He and his neighbours were meant to have a vote in 2011 to decide whether to join the south. But rows over who is entitled to vote have delayed it. Tired of waiting, he is now leading efforts to stage an unofficial referendum to “tell the world what we want”.