FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT On July 1st, Mexicans head to the polls to elect a new president. Although Enrique Peña Nieto, of the PRI, is widely tipped as the favourite, all candidates have been campaigning vigorously, and prospects for…
07/06/2012 - The military implications of the melting polar ice caps are to be explored by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, the Pentagon’s research centre. The research comes at a time when the Arctic, increasingly accessible due to global warming,…
Mexican media reported that on Friday 23 persons have been killed in drug related murders in the border city of Nuevo Laredo in the northern state of Tamaulipas. Friday appeared to have been one of the most violent day since the beginning of…
International financial markets are worried about a resurgence of the euro zone debt crisis, with eyes squarely on Spain and whether it could become the fourth country to require a financial rescue. While Latin America has thus far weathered Europe’s…
FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE The news that President Hugo Chávez will undergo surgery again for a possible recurrence of cancer has injected new uncertainty into re-election prospects and could benefit the opposition as it prepares to challenge him in the…
Colombian media reported that 11 people were killed and some 70 others injured on Wednesday, after a bomb exploded in Tumaco, in the south-western department of Nariño. First elements of the investigation lead to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Indeed, General Rodolfo Palomino,…
Techspot: The United States is forcing telecommunications companies like AT&T and Verizon to hand over sensitive data regarding their network infrastructure to sniff out potential Chinese spies. Officials are concerned that China may be leveraging their exports into the county to…
Colombian medias informed that the south-western Cauca department,had been placed under red alert after the death of FARC’s top leader Alfonso Cano.
The leader of the Los Zetas drug cartel was arrested on Wednesday in the city of Santillo, in the northern Coahuila state. During the operation that led to his capture, one person was killed and eight others injured, including three…
Recently, a number of Chinese analysts have argued U.S. diplomatic and military actions in the region—including Washington’s efforts to assure allies in response to North Korean attacks, its engagement with Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia, and its statements…