Americas

Hugo Chávez's Venezuela

• A coup against the constitution
  

  Rather than share power with the opposition, Hugo Chávez castrates the newly elected legislature (66)

• • • Showing his true colours
    • (18)
  • • A wave of nationalisation (Nov 2010)
    • (22)
  • • The bill for bad policies comes due (Mar 2010)
    • (28)
  • • A democrat or a dictator?
  • • Topic page: Venezuela

Latin America in 2011

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  Latin America changes its guard

  Democracy and market economy are happily becoming routine - The World in 2011 (1)

• • • A change, of sorts, in Cuba
  • • Sebastián Piñera, president of Chile, looks forward to a transformation of Latin America’s fortunes
    • (3)
  • • Could this be a Latin American decade? (Sep 2010)
    • (6)

Ecuador's politics

• Just collecting the rent, really

  A suspicious raid on a magazine's offices (3)

• • • A renegotiation of contracts with foreign oil firms backfires
    • (7)
  • • The president survives an uprising by security forces
    • (11)
  • • Indigenous groups turn on Rafael Correa
  • • Topic page: Ecuador

Canada's politics

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  A smaller welcome mat

  Second thoughts about a liberal immigration policy (65)

• • • Corruption in Quebec
    • (15)
  • • A right-winger takes over Toronto
    • (29)
  • • The struggles of Michael Ignatieff
    • (35)
  • • Topic page: Canada

Organised crime in Mexico

• Falling kingpins, rising violence

  Taking out gang leaders has not quelled the mayhem (12)

• • • Mexican gangs' favourite American gun shops
    • (3)
  • • Can police ever catch up with the narcos?
    • (48)
  • • Map of the gangs' territories
    • Stratfor
  • • Topic page: drug trafficking

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  What to leave at home

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• Tourism in Latin America

  An untapped market

  Why doesn’t South America attract more tourists? (21)