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Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
December 5, 2006
AmericasOver the last eighteen months Presidential elections occurred in twelve Latin American countries. While Hugo Chavez and his anti-American tirades grab most of the headlines, these elections actually …
December 6, 2006
ChinaMartin Wolf’s series of columns on China has stimulated quite an interesting debate. I have been meaning to highlight it for some time – especially since it prompted Yu Yongding to lay out both his t…
January 11, 2007
VenezuelaOn Monday January 8th, two days before his inauguration to a third term, Hugo Chavez announced that he would deepen his socialist or Bolivarian revolution by nationalizing companies that are deemed t…
January 25, 2007
Emerging MarketsArgentina apparently bought $2.1b in the foreign exchange market over the past three weeks. Brazil – if you are keeping tabs – bought around 3.65b. The southern cone seems to have joined Bretton W…
January 31, 2007
Politics and GovernmentVenezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and Bolivia’s President Evo Morales are closely linked, and many fear they represent a new trend away from democracy, open markets, and the United States in Latin …