The Americas

Presidential re-election in Colombia

Uribe edges towards autocracy 

A popular president seems to be heading towards a third term, despite the damage this would do to democracyMay 14th 2009

Venezuela's oil industry

Skint 

Expropriating accounts payableMay 14th 2009

Argentina's legislative election

Double or quits 

The Kirchners’ electoral gambitMay 14th 2009

Articles from previous editions

Mexico

The cracks opened up by the flu 

As the swine-flu outbreak appears to subside, Mexico is left to contemplate the cost and to ponder the authorities’ responseMay 7th 2009

St Pierre and Miquelon

Squaring off for a seabed scrap 

A French speck takes on CanadaMay 7th 2009

Trade unions in Venezuela

Socialism v labour 

Curbing opposition to chavismoMay 7th 2009

Panama's presidential election

Super 09 

A supermarket king defeats the leftMay 7th 2009

Crime in Peru

Printing money 

Quantitative easing in a new capital of counterfeitingMay 7th 2009

Latin America's economies

Pain but no panic 

A traditionally crisis-prone region is belying its reputation. But that has not spared it from the world recessionApr 30th 2009

Paraguay

The boy and the bishop 

Paternity claims distract from a struggle for reformApr 30th 2009

Mexico's army

Barracks law 

Crimes that go unpunishedApr 30th 2009

Ecuador's election

Revolution! Please give generously 

Rafael Correa has his country's politics firmly under control, its economy much less soApr 23rd 2009

Canada's Liberals

The Ignatieff revival 

At last, a credible opposition leader. Now he needs a few policiesApr 23rd 2009

The United States and Latin America

The charming neighbour 

Barack Obama offers a new partnershipApr 23rd 2009

Kidnapping in Colombia

How many hostages? 

More than the government claimsApr 23rd 2009

Articles from previous editions, continued...

Cuba and the United States

It takes two to rumba 

Raúl Castro’s reaction to a small American olive branch may be even more cautious than Barack Obama’s offering of itApr 16th 2009

Bolivia's Evo Morales

Fasting and dealing 

A presidential hunger strikeApr 16th 2009

Mexico and climate change

What's hot, green and Mexican? 

Felipe Calderón wants to talk to Barack Obama about drugs—and windmillsApr 16th 2009

Brazil and climate change

Dancing with the bear 

A soya king’s change of heart on the rainforestApr 16th 2009

The Summit of the Americas

The ghost at the conference table 

Barack Obama will inject a new cordiality into relations with Latin America, but he will be judged on what he does on CubaApr 8th 2009

The trial of Alberto Fujimori

An elected strongman brought to book 

A victory for the rule of lawApr 8th 2009

Venezuela's endangered democracy

Revolutionary justice 

A crackdown on the oppositionApr 8th 2009

Chagas disease

Kiss and kill 

A deadly and neglected plagueApr 8th 2009

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