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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Two events at the opposite ends of Latin America last Sunday seemed liked isolated events. But Argentine voters' stinging rejection of President Cristina Fernandez and her husband Nestor Kirchner and the political infighting that prompted the overthrow of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya both reflect tough times for Latin America's leftist-oriented populist governments. Until now, a bloc of Latin American nations led by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and consisting of Honduras, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Bolivia had been able to trumpet their political and economic success under what Chavez calls "21st Century Socialism." The formal name for their economic alliance is the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our Americas. Argentina, which prospered from 2003-07 under Nestor Kirchner, has had an unofficial... [read full story]
A private member's bill aims to impose controls on powerful Canadian mining companies that operate overseas John McKay, Liberal MP for Scarborough-Guildwood, has introduced a private member's bill designed to put controls on...
Jump to the full entry & travel map Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador We were up early on Thursday morning to head off to Puerto Ayora, the largest of 3 towns that exist in the rather amazing (and rather isolated)...
Jump to the full entry & travel map Cusco, Peru Altitude sickness is really rubbish. It worked too - we booked our trip to Macchu Picchu with him (after a wee bit of haggling). After a day walking up to and around the...
Posted by Bill Conroy - The results of the scorecard assessment are released annually, but because of the dated nature of the data, the scorecard largely represents a trailing assessment; in other words, the scorecard released...
