The state of the current account should help Brazil go through a year of elections with not major difficulties or restraints.

Somebody like Chavez sees China as the counterpart to the U.S.. They see it as a way to diversify their sources of influence.

Despite all that, Lula's government has worked well as a model and revived confidence in a country that was in dire straits three years ago.

Inflation can't be controlled through price agreements or price controls. The only way to control it is with a stronger monetary policy.

His capacity to make life difficult for George Bush would be at the cost of burying himself.

The United States, as a government, has been out of the business of financing infrastructure in Latin America for a long time.