Recently added articles from The Economist (US):
Juggling technocrats and party hats; Brazil's recovering economy.
Oct 17, 2009 ... With the return of growth comes a different set of problems. They include the political ambition of Henrique Meirelles, the governor of the Central Bank IN MOST countries the dogged pursuit of an inflation target is not a help in seeking high elected office. But it seems Brazil ...
All struck out; Trade unions in Canada.
Oct 17, 2009 ... The unions fail their driving test Weaker than they look AS STRIKING workers assembled for a protest march in front of DriveTest, a privatised government agency that conducts driving tests for Ontario, Marie Derane, a strike leader, grabbed a megaphone to say that ...
No recession here; Colombia's resilient economy.
Oct 17, 2009 ... But difficult to return to rapid growth WHEN the figures are finally tallied, Colombia may prove to have weathered the world recession better than any other of the larger Latin American countries. After a slight contraction at the end of 2008, the economy has been growing ...
Family fallout; Ecuador's president.(Rafael Correa and Fabricio Correa's allegations on corruption)
Oct 17, 2009 ... An unexpected foe for Rafael Correa TO FACE striking teachers and protests by indigenous groups, as Rafael Correa has done this month, is all in the course of a day's work for an Ecuadorean president. To face sniping from within your own family is more unusual. Yet the ...
Power to the people; Mexico's monopolies.(Mexico's electricity monopolies)
Oct 17, 2009 ... Hoping for light from a black hole Breaking an overmighty union WHEN Felipe Calderon declared in his annual report to Congress last month that Mexico needed to pursue "fundamental" change, the country's political establishment yawned. Almost all of the reforms he ...