Financial Times (UK)
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela has greatly increased its deep-strike capacity with some $4.4bn in arms purchases from Russia since 2005.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 00:00
Argentina's official inflation data have lost all credibility since the government began changing key staff and methodology at the national statistics institute.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 00:00
Does Colombia have an incipient case of “Dutch Disease”, the currency appreciation that can accompany a commodity boom?
Oscar Zuluaga, the finance minister, believes not. Strong foreign investment into mining and oil suggest it does. This year, the
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 00:00
Mr Uribe’s strong opinions and insufferable obsessiveness are likely to shadow whoever succeeds him. He also leaves a very big pair of shoes to fill.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 00:00
Since Mr Uribe came to power in 2002, the army has pushed Farc back.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 00:00
Juan Manuel Santos is noted more for his quick temper than his diplomacy, but the favourite in Colombia's presidential elections has shown he can play a waiting game.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 00:00
An international arbitration tribunal in the Hague on Tuesday awarded Chevron, the US oil company, $700m in a claim against Ecuador stemming from allegations that the country failed to pay for millions of barrels of oil in the 1990s.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 00:00
"We are exporting more than about 1m barrels a day, which is much less than before, and that is a number that is going to slowly move down towards zero over the next 10 years."
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
Seven people have died and 30 were injured after a car bomb exploded on Wednesday outside a prosecutor’s office in the Colombian port city of Buenaventura.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 00:00
Although some 440,000 police and soldiers maintained peace throughout the vote, international election observers reported allegations of vote-buying