Últimas Notícias - Brasil e América 14/08/2020 21:00:00 How will Mexico’s president handle “El Mencho”, a kingpin on the rise? Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy of “hugs, not bullets” faces a new challenge Continue lendo... 14/08/2020 21:00:00 Protests and the pandemic bring chaos to Bolivia A crisis of legitimacy that even an election may not solve Continue lendo... 14/08/2020 21:00:00 Canada’s last intact ice shelf breaks up The fate of a rare “epishelf lake” is unknown Continue lendo... 07/08/2020 21:00:00 Democracy wins in Guyana and Suriname The neighbours’ new presidents have contrasting challenges Continue lendo... 07/08/2020 21:00:00 How Joe Biden might change policy towards Latin America Less confrontation, more co-operation Continue lendo... 04/08/2020 21:00:00 Argentina reaches a deal with its foreign creditors That is good news. It will take much more to overcome the economic and health crises Continue lendo... 31/07/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has strained Canada’s relations with America Donald Trump wants Canada to open its border to Americans. Canadians say no Continue lendo... 30/07/2020 11:51:11 Canadian courts test the “rough sex” defence Was it murder, or a sex act that went tragically wrong? Continue lendo... 30/07/2020 11:51:11 The Galapagos islands face an invasion of trawlers A new treaty is the best hope of stopping it Continue lendo... 30/07/2020 11:51:11 The return of rigged elections in Latin America A worrying new trend of banning politicians from running Continue lendo... 23/07/2020 11:51:05 Mexico’s emigrants in America are ageing That is a challenge for the places they left behind Continue lendo... 23/07/2020 11:51:05 Barbados invites you to work from the beach A new scheme will allow teleworkers to get residency permits Continue lendo... 23/07/2020 11:51:05 Peru is heading towards a dangerous new populism Unless the government can check the pandemic and revive the economy Continue lendo... 17/07/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 hastens changes to Chile’s market-led economic model Under the pressure of the health crisis, the country may become more social democratic Continue lendo... 17/07/2020 21:00:00 Tough times for Mexico’s street musicians To keep playing in a pandemic requires risk-taking and ingenuity Continue lendo... 09/07/2020 11:52:30 A religious challenge to “no contact” with isolated indigenous groups Missionaries want to win souls in the Amazon. Brazil’s president is on their side Continue lendo... 09/07/2020 11:52:30 Spain’s complicated relationship with Latin America The former colonial power wants to play a useful role, but undermines its own influence Continue lendo... 07/07/2020 21:00:00 The Dominican Republic changes its ruling party The new president has a solid mandate, but the pandemic and a severe recession will hobble him Continue lendo... 02/07/2020 11:59:05 AMLO and Trump plan a frenemies’ get-together The American president has gained more than the Mexican leader from their relationship Continue lendo... 02/07/2020 11:59:05 Covid-19 gives Cartagena a chance to restrain tourism A jewel on Colombia’s Caribbean coast wants a better class of visitor Continue lendo... 02/07/2020 11:59:05 The pandemic shuts down a lifeline for Cuba “Mules” have stopped bringing in goods and cash Continue lendo... 02/07/2020 11:59:05 Ecuador is in intensive care, and a straitjacket The difficulties of a dollarised economy Continue lendo... 26/06/2020 21:00:00 Brazil restarts the beautiful game Messily Continue lendo... 26/06/2020 21:00:00 The lessons of the 1930s and 1980s for Latin America Past economic slumps brought upheaval and regime change Continue lendo... 25/06/2020 12:00:59 How Venezuela’s regime plans to win this year’s legislative election Nicolás Maduro, though reviled by most voters, is manoeuvring to secure victory Continue lendo... 25/06/2020 12:00:59 Why Canada failed to win a seat on the Security Council The country is less popular than it thinks it is Continue lendo... 19/06/2020 21:00:00 Latin America opens up before it’s ready Mexico’s failure to contain covid-19 shows why the region is now the centre of the pandemic Continue lendo... 18/06/2020 11:51:18 How Uruguay has coped with covid-19 Low density and high trust help Continue lendo... 18/06/2020 11:51:18 A gringo takeover bid for the Inter-American Development Bank The United States breaks a gentlemen’s agreement Continue lendo... 11/06/2020 11:49:45 Does Jair Bolsonaro threaten Brazilian democracy? And would the army support him if he tried something rash? Continue lendo... 10/06/2020 21:00:00 How big beef and soya firms can stop deforestation They don’t chop down Amazonian trees, but their suppliers do Continue lendo... 05/06/2020 21:00:00 Canada’s Conservative contenders The job of leading the opposition to Justin Trudeau looks like a thankless one, for now Continue lendo... 04/06/2020 11:47:07 How Colombia’s second-largest city is controlling the pandemic By acting early and gathering lots of data Continue lendo... 04/06/2020 11:47:07 Latin America’s empty skies Airlines are in trouble. The region cannot do without them Continue lendo... 29/05/2020 21:00:00 Mexico’s missing mummy mystery Heedless of curses, The Economist goes to investigate Continue lendo... 28/05/2020 11:48:00 Why a president from the 1980s offers lessons for Colombia today What Iván Duque should learn from Virgilio Barco Continue lendo... 27/05/2020 21:00:00 Brazil’s losing battle against covid-19 The country entered the pandemic with some advantages. Because of Jair Bolsonaro it is squandering them Continue lendo... 23/05/2020 01:00:00 Argentina defaults yet again, but hopes to get off lightly The chances of an eventual deal with creditors have risen in recent days Continue lendo... 22/05/2020 21:00:00 Latin America’s economic plight is getting worse Governments have limited firepower to deal with covid-19 Continue lendo... 21/05/2020 11:53:05 Nothing can shake AMLO’s fossil-fuel fixation Mexico’s president is thwarting the development of renewable energy Continue lendo... 21/05/2020 11:53:05 Latin America ponders how to fight “obstetric violence” The region has lots of laws to improve treatment of expectant mothers. They are not working Continue lendo... 15/05/2020 21:00:00 Bolivia needs an election, but covid-19 makes that hard The opposition fears the interim president is using the pandemic to cement her power Continue lendo... 15/05/2020 21:00:00 Looking back on Peru’s Shining Path The battle against murderous Maoist guerrillas changed Peru, for better and worse Continue lendo... 14/05/2020 11:47:49 Nicolás Maduro celebrates a farcical attempt to remove him from power A botched raid embarrasses opponents of the dictatorship Continue lendo... 07/05/2020 11:55:42 Antonio Di Benedetto and the Latin American condition Zama, a novel of solitude and self-destruction Continue lendo... 07/05/2020 11:55:41 Nayib Bukele’s power grab in El Salvador A young president is weakening democratic institutions and empowering his family Continue lendo... 03/05/2020 21:00:00 As cases of coronavirus grow, what about cases of Corona beer? Mexico’s beloved brand must now share its name with a pandemic Continue lendo... 01/05/2020 21:00:00 Choosing between livelihoods and lives in Latin America The pressure to move to more flexible lockdowns Continue lendo... 30/04/2020 11:53:55 Colombia cools on Venezuelan refugees Covid-19 is straining the country’s generosity Continue lendo... 29/04/2020 21:00:00 Jair Bolsonaro’s dangerous divorce Brazil’s justice minister storms out, calling the president a scofflaw Continue lendo... 23/04/2020 11:49:46 Bolivia’s other intoxicating export—fine wine A newcomer to tipple’s top table Continue lendo... 23/04/2020 11:49:46 Cuba on the edge It is better placed to tackle covid-19 than to cope with its economic impact Continue lendo... 22/04/2020 21:00:00 Argentina’s make-or-break moment President Alberto Fernández has dealt well with the pandemic. Debt talks may be harder Continue lendo... 16/04/2020 11:47:12 Mexico’s bazooka-shy president Andrés Manuel López Obrador is reluctant to spend money to fight a recession Continue lendo... 16/04/2020 11:47:12 The flickering light of liberalism in Latin America Do liberal ideas suffer in the region because they are imported? Continue lendo... 10/04/2020 21:00:00 Latin America’s health systems brace for a battering Despite recent improvement, the region’s health care is not ready Continue lendo... 10/04/2020 21:00:00 Venezuela’s navy battles a cruise ship, and loses The sailors had guns, but the unarmed pleasure boat had a thick hull Continue lendo... 10/04/2020 21:00:00 Jair Bolsonaro isolates himself, in the wrong way The Brazilian president’s reckless handling of covid-19 will come back to haunt him Continue lendo... 03/04/2020 21:00:00 Cuba’s doctors are in high demand The communist island’s practice of exporting medical workers has a dark side Continue lendo... 03/04/2020 21:00:00 The wisdom and witlessness of Latin America’s leaders A reward, for now, for those who have acted decisively to fight the pandemic Continue lendo... 02/04/2020 11:49:58 The unintended consequences of indicting Nicolás Maduro The threat to jail Venezuela’s dictator may make it harder to remove him Continue lendo... 25/03/2020 21:00:00 Brazil’s president fiddles as a pandemic looms It’s just a sniffle, he claims Continue lendo... 25/03/2020 21:00:00 Mexico and the United States shut their border, sort of A carefully calibrated closure Continue lendo... 25/03/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 will sicken Latin America’s weak economies Governments scramble to mitigate the shock Continue lendo... 19/03/2020 12:48:47 Venezuela’s political quarantine The virus may favour an unlikely deal between the regime and the opposition Continue lendo... 19/03/2020 12:48:47 Canada’s quest for a national lichen Scientists have narrowed down the country’s 2,500 species to a shortlist of seven Continue lendo... 18/03/2020 21:00:00 A tale of two crises in Colombia America pays for a pointless drug war, but is less keen to help with a huge refugee crisis Continue lendo... 12/03/2020 13:15:56 Can Chile reinvent itself? Why the country’s citizens are so angry Continue lendo... 05/03/2020 12:55:20 Mexico’s new feminist wave Outrage at the killing of women starts a mass movement Continue lendo... 05/03/2020 12:55:20 Why Latin America treats “femicides” differently from other murders Does treating some murders of women as a separate crime help bring perpetrators to justice? Continue lendo... 05/03/2020 12:55:20 Brazilians dominate surfing (for now) But their success comes as the industry struggles Continue lendo... 05/03/2020 12:55:20 Bolivia after the ouster of Evo Morales, a leftist strongman The interim president seeks an electoral mandate. Will that destabilise the country? Continue lendo... 27/02/2020 12:49:31 Ahead of oil riches, Guyana holds a decisive election The country’s rancorous politics could make it hard to use the bonanza well Continue lendo... 27/02/2020 12:49:31 A beer company tries to keep Brazilian Carnival revellers dry Cloud-seeding is not a foolproof method Continue lendo... 27/02/2020 12:49:31 Mexico needs statecraft, yet its president offers theatre AMLO shows little ability to get to grips with governing Continue lendo... 21/02/2020 21:00:00 An interview with Uruguay’s president-elect, Luis Lacalle Pou He favours austerity, and promises a tough hand on crime Continue lendo... 20/02/2020 12:49:19 A pipeline through historically native land has sparked protests in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no good options Continue lendo... 14/02/2020 21:00:00 Canada ponders a federal programme for pharmaceuticals The country’s vaunted public health-care system has a big gap Continue lendo... 13/02/2020 12:55:53 El Salvador’s president summons the army to bully congress Nayib Bukele may get his way, at the price of damaging democracy Continue lendo... 13/02/2020 12:55:53 “What is Peronism?” Argentina’s president tries to explain to the German chancellor Continue lendo... 11/02/2020 21:00:00 Pope Francis balks at a proposal to ordain married men in Amazonia Instead, he urges, pray for more celibate men to take up the priesthood and become missionaries Continue lendo... 06/02/2020 12:51:49 Ecuador’s trial of the century opens A former president is in the dock. If acquitted, he could be a kingmaker Continue lendo... 06/02/2020 12:51:49 The costs of Colombia’s closed economy Importers must run an obstacle course Continue lendo... 06/02/2020 12:51:49 A share issue in Venezuela, the world’s worst-performing economy An investment in the stockmarket is not as nutty as you might think Continue lendo... 06/02/2020 12:51:49 Latin America’s new war of religion Blurring the separation between church and state Continue lendo... 31/01/2020 21:00:00 The mystery of quipus—Incan knot records In a small Peruvian town, the Incas’ method of record-keeping survives Continue lendo... 30/01/2020 13:29:20 Bolsa Família, Brazil’s admired anti-poverty programme, is flailing Economic recovery is not yet helping the poor Continue lendo... 30/01/2020 13:29:20 The difficulty of reforming Peru An election vindicates but doesn’t strengthen Martín Vizcarra Continue lendo... 23/01/2020 12:56:54 Brazilian prosecutors go after Glenn Greenwald, an American journalist The charges against him are a threat to free speech Continue lendo... 23/01/2020 12:56:54 Learning from Carlos Denegri, a crooked Mexican newsman A historical novel about a journalist who “sold silence” is relevant today Continue lendo... 23/01/2020 12:56:53 The current calm in Bolivia is fragile The main political forces have agreed on the ground rules for a new election. But that does not guarantee stability Continue lendo... 17/01/2020 21:00:00 Jovenel Moïse tries to govern Haiti without a parliament Haitians are beginning to demand more from their politicians Continue lendo... 16/01/2020 13:35:17 Baseball-mad Andrés Manuel López Obrador throws money at the game Mexico’s penny-pinching president makes an exception for his favourite sport Continue lendo... 16/01/2020 13:35:17 Argentina’s new government gets to grips with the economy The Peronists are fuzzy about their long-term plans Continue lendo... 09/01/2020 12:49:56 Justin Trudeau’s less ambitious second term as Canada’s prime minister Chastened and cash-strapped, but still in power Continue lendo... 09/01/2020 12:49:56 Guatemala’s new president, Alejandro Giammattei, outlines his plans He cares more about promoting growth than fighting corruption Continue lendo... 09/01/2020 12:49:56 A crude attempt to stifle what’s left of Venezuela’s democracy Nicolás Maduro’s thugs block MPs from parliament Continue lendo... 04/01/2020 02:00:00 Jair Bolsonaro’s contentious first year in office Brazil’s global image is worse; its economy is doing better Continue lendo... 02/01/2020 12:50:21 The troubles of Bogotá’s TransMilenio A model public-transport system runs into trouble Continue lendo... 24/12/2019 21:00:00 2019 in review: protest and populism in Latin America Scandals, autocracy and anger at inequality stir unrest across the continent Continue lendo...
14/08/2020 21:00:00 How will Mexico’s president handle “El Mencho”, a kingpin on the rise? Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy of “hugs, not bullets” faces a new challenge Continue lendo...
14/08/2020 21:00:00 Protests and the pandemic bring chaos to Bolivia A crisis of legitimacy that even an election may not solve Continue lendo...
14/08/2020 21:00:00 Canada’s last intact ice shelf breaks up The fate of a rare “epishelf lake” is unknown Continue lendo...
07/08/2020 21:00:00 Democracy wins in Guyana and Suriname The neighbours’ new presidents have contrasting challenges Continue lendo...
07/08/2020 21:00:00 How Joe Biden might change policy towards Latin America Less confrontation, more co-operation Continue lendo...
04/08/2020 21:00:00 Argentina reaches a deal with its foreign creditors That is good news. It will take much more to overcome the economic and health crises Continue lendo...
31/07/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has strained Canada’s relations with America Donald Trump wants Canada to open its border to Americans. Canadians say no Continue lendo...
30/07/2020 11:51:11 Canadian courts test the “rough sex” defence Was it murder, or a sex act that went tragically wrong? Continue lendo...
30/07/2020 11:51:11 The Galapagos islands face an invasion of trawlers A new treaty is the best hope of stopping it Continue lendo...
30/07/2020 11:51:11 The return of rigged elections in Latin America A worrying new trend of banning politicians from running Continue lendo...
23/07/2020 11:51:05 Mexico’s emigrants in America are ageing That is a challenge for the places they left behind Continue lendo...
23/07/2020 11:51:05 Barbados invites you to work from the beach A new scheme will allow teleworkers to get residency permits Continue lendo...
23/07/2020 11:51:05 Peru is heading towards a dangerous new populism Unless the government can check the pandemic and revive the economy Continue lendo...
17/07/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 hastens changes to Chile’s market-led economic model Under the pressure of the health crisis, the country may become more social democratic Continue lendo...
17/07/2020 21:00:00 Tough times for Mexico’s street musicians To keep playing in a pandemic requires risk-taking and ingenuity Continue lendo...
09/07/2020 11:52:30 A religious challenge to “no contact” with isolated indigenous groups Missionaries want to win souls in the Amazon. Brazil’s president is on their side Continue lendo...
09/07/2020 11:52:30 Spain’s complicated relationship with Latin America The former colonial power wants to play a useful role, but undermines its own influence Continue lendo...
07/07/2020 21:00:00 The Dominican Republic changes its ruling party The new president has a solid mandate, but the pandemic and a severe recession will hobble him Continue lendo...
02/07/2020 11:59:05 AMLO and Trump plan a frenemies’ get-together The American president has gained more than the Mexican leader from their relationship Continue lendo...
02/07/2020 11:59:05 Covid-19 gives Cartagena a chance to restrain tourism A jewel on Colombia’s Caribbean coast wants a better class of visitor Continue lendo...
02/07/2020 11:59:05 The pandemic shuts down a lifeline for Cuba “Mules” have stopped bringing in goods and cash Continue lendo...
02/07/2020 11:59:05 Ecuador is in intensive care, and a straitjacket The difficulties of a dollarised economy Continue lendo...
26/06/2020 21:00:00 The lessons of the 1930s and 1980s for Latin America Past economic slumps brought upheaval and regime change Continue lendo...
25/06/2020 12:00:59 How Venezuela’s regime plans to win this year’s legislative election Nicolás Maduro, though reviled by most voters, is manoeuvring to secure victory Continue lendo...
25/06/2020 12:00:59 Why Canada failed to win a seat on the Security Council The country is less popular than it thinks it is Continue lendo...
19/06/2020 21:00:00 Latin America opens up before it’s ready Mexico’s failure to contain covid-19 shows why the region is now the centre of the pandemic Continue lendo...
18/06/2020 11:51:18 How Uruguay has coped with covid-19 Low density and high trust help Continue lendo...
18/06/2020 11:51:18 A gringo takeover bid for the Inter-American Development Bank The United States breaks a gentlemen’s agreement Continue lendo...
11/06/2020 11:49:45 Does Jair Bolsonaro threaten Brazilian democracy? And would the army support him if he tried something rash? Continue lendo...
10/06/2020 21:00:00 How big beef and soya firms can stop deforestation They don’t chop down Amazonian trees, but their suppliers do Continue lendo...
05/06/2020 21:00:00 Canada’s Conservative contenders The job of leading the opposition to Justin Trudeau looks like a thankless one, for now Continue lendo...
04/06/2020 11:47:07 How Colombia’s second-largest city is controlling the pandemic By acting early and gathering lots of data Continue lendo...
04/06/2020 11:47:07 Latin America’s empty skies Airlines are in trouble. The region cannot do without them Continue lendo...
29/05/2020 21:00:00 Mexico’s missing mummy mystery Heedless of curses, The Economist goes to investigate Continue lendo...
28/05/2020 11:48:00 Why a president from the 1980s offers lessons for Colombia today What Iván Duque should learn from Virgilio Barco Continue lendo...
27/05/2020 21:00:00 Brazil’s losing battle against covid-19 The country entered the pandemic with some advantages. Because of Jair Bolsonaro it is squandering them Continue lendo...
23/05/2020 01:00:00 Argentina defaults yet again, but hopes to get off lightly The chances of an eventual deal with creditors have risen in recent days Continue lendo...
22/05/2020 21:00:00 Latin America’s economic plight is getting worse Governments have limited firepower to deal with covid-19 Continue lendo...
21/05/2020 11:53:05 Nothing can shake AMLO’s fossil-fuel fixation Mexico’s president is thwarting the development of renewable energy Continue lendo...
21/05/2020 11:53:05 Latin America ponders how to fight “obstetric violence” The region has lots of laws to improve treatment of expectant mothers. They are not working Continue lendo...
15/05/2020 21:00:00 Bolivia needs an election, but covid-19 makes that hard The opposition fears the interim president is using the pandemic to cement her power Continue lendo...
15/05/2020 21:00:00 Looking back on Peru’s Shining Path The battle against murderous Maoist guerrillas changed Peru, for better and worse Continue lendo...
14/05/2020 11:47:49 Nicolás Maduro celebrates a farcical attempt to remove him from power A botched raid embarrasses opponents of the dictatorship Continue lendo...
07/05/2020 11:55:42 Antonio Di Benedetto and the Latin American condition Zama, a novel of solitude and self-destruction Continue lendo...
07/05/2020 11:55:41 Nayib Bukele’s power grab in El Salvador A young president is weakening democratic institutions and empowering his family Continue lendo...
03/05/2020 21:00:00 As cases of coronavirus grow, what about cases of Corona beer? Mexico’s beloved brand must now share its name with a pandemic Continue lendo...
01/05/2020 21:00:00 Choosing between livelihoods and lives in Latin America The pressure to move to more flexible lockdowns Continue lendo...
30/04/2020 11:53:55 Colombia cools on Venezuelan refugees Covid-19 is straining the country’s generosity Continue lendo...
29/04/2020 21:00:00 Jair Bolsonaro’s dangerous divorce Brazil’s justice minister storms out, calling the president a scofflaw Continue lendo...
23/04/2020 11:49:46 Bolivia’s other intoxicating export—fine wine A newcomer to tipple’s top table Continue lendo...
23/04/2020 11:49:46 Cuba on the edge It is better placed to tackle covid-19 than to cope with its economic impact Continue lendo...
22/04/2020 21:00:00 Argentina’s make-or-break moment President Alberto Fernández has dealt well with the pandemic. Debt talks may be harder Continue lendo...
16/04/2020 11:47:12 Mexico’s bazooka-shy president Andrés Manuel López Obrador is reluctant to spend money to fight a recession Continue lendo...
16/04/2020 11:47:12 The flickering light of liberalism in Latin America Do liberal ideas suffer in the region because they are imported? Continue lendo...
10/04/2020 21:00:00 Latin America’s health systems brace for a battering Despite recent improvement, the region’s health care is not ready Continue lendo...
10/04/2020 21:00:00 Venezuela’s navy battles a cruise ship, and loses The sailors had guns, but the unarmed pleasure boat had a thick hull Continue lendo...
10/04/2020 21:00:00 Jair Bolsonaro isolates himself, in the wrong way The Brazilian president’s reckless handling of covid-19 will come back to haunt him Continue lendo...
03/04/2020 21:00:00 Cuba’s doctors are in high demand The communist island’s practice of exporting medical workers has a dark side Continue lendo...
03/04/2020 21:00:00 The wisdom and witlessness of Latin America’s leaders A reward, for now, for those who have acted decisively to fight the pandemic Continue lendo...
02/04/2020 11:49:58 The unintended consequences of indicting Nicolás Maduro The threat to jail Venezuela’s dictator may make it harder to remove him Continue lendo...
25/03/2020 21:00:00 Brazil’s president fiddles as a pandemic looms It’s just a sniffle, he claims Continue lendo...
25/03/2020 21:00:00 Mexico and the United States shut their border, sort of A carefully calibrated closure Continue lendo...
25/03/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 will sicken Latin America’s weak economies Governments scramble to mitigate the shock Continue lendo...
19/03/2020 12:48:47 Venezuela’s political quarantine The virus may favour an unlikely deal between the regime and the opposition Continue lendo...
19/03/2020 12:48:47 Canada’s quest for a national lichen Scientists have narrowed down the country’s 2,500 species to a shortlist of seven Continue lendo...
18/03/2020 21:00:00 A tale of two crises in Colombia America pays for a pointless drug war, but is less keen to help with a huge refugee crisis Continue lendo...
12/03/2020 13:15:56 Can Chile reinvent itself? Why the country’s citizens are so angry Continue lendo...
05/03/2020 12:55:20 Mexico’s new feminist wave Outrage at the killing of women starts a mass movement Continue lendo...
05/03/2020 12:55:20 Why Latin America treats “femicides” differently from other murders Does treating some murders of women as a separate crime help bring perpetrators to justice? Continue lendo...
05/03/2020 12:55:20 Brazilians dominate surfing (for now) But their success comes as the industry struggles Continue lendo...
05/03/2020 12:55:20 Bolivia after the ouster of Evo Morales, a leftist strongman The interim president seeks an electoral mandate. Will that destabilise the country? Continue lendo...
27/02/2020 12:49:31 Ahead of oil riches, Guyana holds a decisive election The country’s rancorous politics could make it hard to use the bonanza well Continue lendo...
27/02/2020 12:49:31 A beer company tries to keep Brazilian Carnival revellers dry Cloud-seeding is not a foolproof method Continue lendo...
27/02/2020 12:49:31 Mexico needs statecraft, yet its president offers theatre AMLO shows little ability to get to grips with governing Continue lendo...
21/02/2020 21:00:00 An interview with Uruguay’s president-elect, Luis Lacalle Pou He favours austerity, and promises a tough hand on crime Continue lendo...
20/02/2020 12:49:19 A pipeline through historically native land has sparked protests in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no good options Continue lendo...
14/02/2020 21:00:00 Canada ponders a federal programme for pharmaceuticals The country’s vaunted public health-care system has a big gap Continue lendo...
13/02/2020 12:55:53 El Salvador’s president summons the army to bully congress Nayib Bukele may get his way, at the price of damaging democracy Continue lendo...
13/02/2020 12:55:53 “What is Peronism?” Argentina’s president tries to explain to the German chancellor Continue lendo...
11/02/2020 21:00:00 Pope Francis balks at a proposal to ordain married men in Amazonia Instead, he urges, pray for more celibate men to take up the priesthood and become missionaries Continue lendo...
06/02/2020 12:51:49 Ecuador’s trial of the century opens A former president is in the dock. If acquitted, he could be a kingmaker Continue lendo...
06/02/2020 12:51:49 The costs of Colombia’s closed economy Importers must run an obstacle course Continue lendo...
06/02/2020 12:51:49 A share issue in Venezuela, the world’s worst-performing economy An investment in the stockmarket is not as nutty as you might think Continue lendo...
06/02/2020 12:51:49 Latin America’s new war of religion Blurring the separation between church and state Continue lendo...
31/01/2020 21:00:00 The mystery of quipus—Incan knot records In a small Peruvian town, the Incas’ method of record-keeping survives Continue lendo...
30/01/2020 13:29:20 Bolsa Família, Brazil’s admired anti-poverty programme, is flailing Economic recovery is not yet helping the poor Continue lendo...
30/01/2020 13:29:20 The difficulty of reforming Peru An election vindicates but doesn’t strengthen Martín Vizcarra Continue lendo...
23/01/2020 12:56:54 Brazilian prosecutors go after Glenn Greenwald, an American journalist The charges against him are a threat to free speech Continue lendo...
23/01/2020 12:56:54 Learning from Carlos Denegri, a crooked Mexican newsman A historical novel about a journalist who “sold silence” is relevant today Continue lendo...
23/01/2020 12:56:53 The current calm in Bolivia is fragile The main political forces have agreed on the ground rules for a new election. But that does not guarantee stability Continue lendo...
17/01/2020 21:00:00 Jovenel Moïse tries to govern Haiti without a parliament Haitians are beginning to demand more from their politicians Continue lendo...
16/01/2020 13:35:17 Baseball-mad Andrés Manuel López Obrador throws money at the game Mexico’s penny-pinching president makes an exception for his favourite sport Continue lendo...
16/01/2020 13:35:17 Argentina’s new government gets to grips with the economy The Peronists are fuzzy about their long-term plans Continue lendo...
09/01/2020 12:49:56 Justin Trudeau’s less ambitious second term as Canada’s prime minister Chastened and cash-strapped, but still in power Continue lendo...
09/01/2020 12:49:56 Guatemala’s new president, Alejandro Giammattei, outlines his plans He cares more about promoting growth than fighting corruption Continue lendo...
09/01/2020 12:49:56 A crude attempt to stifle what’s left of Venezuela’s democracy Nicolás Maduro’s thugs block MPs from parliament Continue lendo...
04/01/2020 02:00:00 Jair Bolsonaro’s contentious first year in office Brazil’s global image is worse; its economy is doing better Continue lendo...
02/01/2020 12:50:21 The troubles of Bogotá’s TransMilenio A model public-transport system runs into trouble Continue lendo...
24/12/2019 21:00:00 2019 in review: protest and populism in Latin America Scandals, autocracy and anger at inequality stir unrest across the continent Continue lendo...