Publication: The Economist - The Americas

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

British Columbia’s election: It’s the economy, stupid

Christyllising the voters’ hopesIN A beautiful land of forests, mountains and fjords, it is no surprise that British Columbian politics has a greenish streak. But the economy in Canada’s westernmost province is languishing. The campaign for the provincial ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 16 2013]

Entities: Elections, Christy Clark, New Democratic Party (CA)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Justice in Guatemala: The genocide question

Unearthing a brutal pastAFTER Guatemala’s former ruler, General José Efraín Ríos Montt, was sentenced to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity on May 10th, a crowd in the courtroom broke into song. They cheered the judge, Jazmín ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 16 2013]

Entities: Guatemala, Verdict, Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe), Efrain Rios Montt, Navi Pillay

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Nestor Kirchner

The media in Argentina: Clarín call

SINCE she became president in 2007, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has grabbed control of the country’s pension funds, its main airline and largest oil company. Recently she won approval in Congress for laws that give the executive de facto control over ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 16 2013]

Entities: Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, DE FACTO

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Latin American geoeconomics: A continental divide

ON MAY 23rd in the Colombian city of Cali the presidents of four Latin American countries—Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru—will sign an agreement removing tariffs on 90% of their merchandise trade. They will also agree on a timetable of no more than ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 16 2013]

Entities: PACIFIC ALLIANCE CORP, Cali, Chile, Colombia

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Evo Morales (Bolivia)

Bolivia’s president: Bye, bye American pie

Evo bids his amigos adiosWHEN Evo Morales ordered the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) out of Bolivia on May 1st, it looked as if the football-fanatic president had scored an own goal. Mr Morales has made helping the poor ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 09 2013]

Entities: Bolivia, Evo Morales (Bolivia), United States Agency For International Development

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela’s election aftermath: Cry havoc

WITH a narrow and disputed election victory last month and an accelerating economic crisis, the man who succeeded Hugo Chávez as Venezuela’s president got off to an inauspicious start. Now Nicolás Maduro’s efforts to establish authority are making matters ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 09 2013]

Entities: Venezuela, Elections, Nicolas Maduro, María Corina Machado

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Mexican politics: The PRI’s long tail

ON MAY 7th Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s president, showed off some of the fancy political footwork that days before had earned him the gushing endorsement of his first visiting head of state, Barack Obama. Flanked in the National Palace by leaders ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 09 2013]

Entities: Institutional Revolutionary Party (MX), Mexico, Barack Obama, Enrique Peña Nieto, Hijacker

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Dams in the Amazon: The rights and wrongs of Belo Monte

THE biggest building site in Brazil is neither in the concrete jungle of São Paulo nor in beachside Rio de Janeiro, which is being revamped to host the 2016 Olympics. It lies 3,000km (1,900 miles) north in the state of Pará, deep in the Amazon basin. ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 02 2013]

Entities: Altamira (Brazil), Brazil, Court Order, Panama

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Hydropower in Guyana: Shrouded in secrecy

GUYANESE have long dreamed of harnessing their powerful rivers for hydroelectricity. Instead, they rely on imported oil for intermittent and expensive power. Now the government wants to move forward with an $840m project at Amaila Falls, deep in the ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 02 2013]

Entities: Guyana, Hydro Power, China Railway First Group Co Ltd, China Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Guatemala’s genocide trial: Playing for time

A TRIAL in which, for the first time, a Latin American former leader stands accused of genocide has been thrown into an agonising limbo. This may suit the accused 86-year-old ex-dictator, General José Efraín Ríos Montt (pictured). But Guatemala, which ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, Annulment

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Power in Argentina: Now for the courts

SINCE taking office in 2007, Cristina Fernández has pushed her power well beyond the pink walls of the presidential Casa Rosada. She has raided central-bank deposits to fund spending and nationalised the country’s private pension funds. The national ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: courts, Argentina, judges, Democratization, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Paraguay’s elections: Return of the Colorados

IN 2008 Paraguayans got their first taste of an alternation of power in six decades, when Fernando Lugo, a left-wing former priest, wrested the presidency from the conservative Colorado Party, which had been in power since 1947. On April 21st voters ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Paraguay, Fernando Armindo Lugo Mendez, Elections, Colorado Party (PY)

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Justice in Guatemala: The genocide question [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 16 2013]
British Columbia’s election: It’s the economy, ... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 16 2013]
The media in Argentina: Clarín call [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 16 2013]
Latin American geoeconomics: A continental divide [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 16 2013]
Mexican politics: The PRI’s long tail [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 09 2013]
Venezuela’s election aftermath: Cry havoc [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 09 2013]
Bolivia’s president: Bye, bye American pie [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 09 2013]
Dams in the Amazon: The rights and wrongs of Be... [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 02 2013]
Hydropower in Guyana: Shrouded in secrecy [Published The Economist - The Americas - May 02 2013]
Power in Argentina: Now for the courts [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 25 2013]
Guatemala’s genocide trial: Playing for time [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 25 2013]
Paraguay’s elections: Return of the Colorados [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 25 2013]
Mexico’s dissident teachers: Unruly southerners [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 18 2013]
Venezuela’s election: Ebbing support, tightenin... [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 18 2013]
Canada’s Liberal Party: Betting on Trudeau Mark... [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 18 2013]
Inflation in Brazil: Behind the curve [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 18 2013]
Venezuela’s presidential election: Voting in St... [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 11 2013]
Argentina’s economy: Gaucho blues [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 11 2013]
Rural development in Peru: The Andean connection [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 11 2013]
Peace talks in Colombia: Friend and foe march f... [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 11 2013]
Toronto’s mayor: Still standing [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 11 2013]
Chile’s presidential election: Bachelet is back [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 04 2013]
Land in Colombia: Reserved for whom? [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 04 2013]
Drugs in Brazil: Cracking up [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 04 2013]
Mexico’s new president: Working through a refor... [Published The Economist - The Americas - Apr 04 2013]
Smoking in Latin America: Stubbed out [Published The Economist - The Americas - Mar 27 2013]
Argentina and the Pope: The awkward couple [Published The Economist - The Americas - Mar 21 2013]
Uruguay: Justice or democracy? [Published The Economist - The Americas - Mar 21 2013]
Football in the Caribbean: Bonus money [Published The Economist - The Americas - Mar 21 2013]
Brazil’s opposition: The Minas medicine [Published The Economist - The Americas - Mar 21 2013]