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FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
Jan 26th 2011
The torrential rains that struck several South American countries in late 2010 hit Colombia as well, causing the worst floods in recent history. The government of President Juan Manuel Santos has responded quickly by adjusting short-term economic policy to support reconstruction efforts...
January 28th 2011
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FROM THE ECONOMIST
Jan 27th 2011 | Bogotá
When last September government forces seized computer hard drives and memory sticks belonging to “Mono Jojoy”, the military commander of the FARC who was killed in an assault on his camp, officials said they had struck a gold mine of information about the inner workings of Colombia’s...
January 28th 2011
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The Economist
Can anyone stop Enrique Peña Nieto (pictured, second from left) restoring the PRI to power next year?
Jan 27th 2011 | MEXICO CITY
THE election is not until July of next year, but the beating of a party activist into a coma on January 12th, apparently by a rival party’s mob, signalled the start of what will be a long,...
January 28th 2011
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FROM THE AMERICAS VIEW BLOG
January 10th 2011
We hear that a United States citizen was kidnapped close to the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on January 4th. According to Stratfor, a Texas-based security analysis outfit, an American man was taken from his armoured Lexus SUV by a group of heavily armed kidnappers and held for 11...
January 11th 2011
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FROM THE AMERICAS VIEW BLOG
January 3rd 2011
WILL Rio de Janeiro be ready to host the Olympics in 2016? The scale of the challenge is phenomenal. On top of the usual demands on transport and accommodation posed by big sporting events, this one is being held in a city where much housing is perched precariously, without foundations, on the sides...
January 11th 2011
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FROM THE ECONOMIST PRINT EDITION
December 29th 2010
Dilma Rousseff takes over a booming economy—and rising inflation and interest rates, lack of investment in infrastructure and a fiscally incontinent legislature
As she steps into Brazil’s presidency on January 1st, Dilma Rousseff can be cautiously pleased with herself. In choosing her 37...
January 11th 2011
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FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
January 6th 2011
Mexico’s government has secured some victories in its battle against drug cartels with the recent death or capture of some top kingpins. However, the conflict between the cartels and security forces is unlikely to come to a decisive conclusion any time soon, and the security situation is...
January 11th 2011
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FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
December 16th 2010
As is expected of every new administration, in November President Juan Manuel Santos presented what will be his economic policy roadmap for the next four years: the Plan Nacional de Desarrollo (PND, national development plan). Named "Prosperidad para Todos" (Prosperity for All),...
January 11th 2011
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FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
January 6th 2011
CURRENCY: The peso started the new year at around Ps1,900:US$1, compared with its 2010 peak of under Ps1,800:US$1 in early October.
The Colombian peso appreciated strongly in the course of 2010 as a result of robust capital inflows (including foreign direct investment, export earnings and...
January 11th 2011
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FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
January 7th 2011
Latin America is grappling again with a problem that plagued it in 2010—strong currencies. Brazil, Chile and Peru have taken new steps in the New Year to stem appreciation, and others may follow suit. Although the measures still fall short of stiff capital controls,...
January 11th 2011
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FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
November 12th 2010
Brazil’s agribusiness sector has substantial competitive advantages—ranging from a favourable and varied climate to large extensions of cheap arable land, abundant water supplies and technology-savvy producers. The sector has also benefited from long-term government policies to...
November 16th 2010
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Nov 15th 2010
WHEN Hurricane Karl struck south-eastern Mexico in September, around 3,500 people left their homes to escape flooding. Last week, it was the north-east of the country that saw a displaced-persons camp sprout up. But the 400 people who are currently holed up in the event hall of the Lions Club, a charity group in the...
November 16th 2010
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FROM THE AMERICAS VIEW BLOG
November 11th 2010
ASK anyone involved in Colombia’s long battle against organised crime about the keys to the country’s success, and one of the first responses will inevitably be the state’s attack on the mobs’ finances. In 1996 the government passed a law that allowed it to confiscate any asset whose owner...
November 16th 2010
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FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
November 12th 2010
Colombia’s new president, Juan Manuel Santos, continues to command broad popular support, which has been further boosted by recent military gains against the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) rebels. However, opposition to some of his proposals from a number of...
November 16th 2010
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November 15th 2010
FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
Its media arm declares itself "the happiest TV in Brazil", but Grupo Silvio Santos was far from jolly after the country's central bank engineered a rescue of its banking unit during the second week of November. Banco PanAmericano, a mid-sized lender, needed a R2....
November 16th 2010
