Rising instability in Bolivia is tearing that Andean country apart, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
As Al-Ahram Weekly went to press, Bolivian President Carlos Mesa who tendered his resignation late Monday, warned that the country was on (...)
Is political instability threatening -- once again -- to abort the economic recovery Latin America has been patiently awaiting? Not necessarily so, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
Don't look now but Latin America is doing very well indeed (...)
Argentina has launched a debt swap to end its financial pariah status. Its success will depend on the reaction of small creditors, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
On 14 January, Argentina put on a happy face and announced to the world that (...)
Asian and especially Chinese interest in Latin American economies has been growing. Closer ties are looking ever more attractive to both parties, Hisham El-Naggar writes from Buenos Aires
While the world's eyes were riveted on Santiago de Chile and (...)
Though the referendum in Venezuela legitimised Chàvez's rule, Hisham El-Naggar writes from Buenos Aires, the opposition is not willing to step down
Last week, Venezuela's President Hugo Chàvez soundly defeated the recall initiative that the (...)
Bolivians are voting on a referendum to re-nationalise the natural gas industry and international investors are running scared, Hisham El-Naggar reports
As Al-Ahram Weekly went to press, Bolivians were in the process of voting on a referendum which (...)
Argentina's creditors would do well to remember that the country's growth is the foremost priority, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
Argentina's creditors would do well to remember that the country's growth is the foremost priority, writes (...)
The opponents of President Hugo Chavez scored a small victory when they gathered enough votes to trigger a plebiscite which could impeach him. But it may be too early to celebrate, Hisham El-Naggar writes from Buenos Aires
This week, the Venezuelan (...)
A new challenge to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez suggests an imminent showdown. There may be more at stake than the stability of the country's oil exports, Hisham El-Naggarwrites from Buenos Aires
The world is becoming accustomed to a Venezuelan crisis (...)
The election of Lula in Brazil will make a profound difference to much of Latin America, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
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It has happened. The Brazilian electorate voted for a "leftist" president, for the first time (...)
The victory of Lula in Brazil's presidential elections could begin a new chapter in that country's history. Hisham El-Naggar reports from Buenos Aires
As polls closed on Monday night in Brazil, front runner Luiz Inacio da Lula captured 46.4 per cent (...)
The rescue packages the IMF approved for Brazil and Uruguay suggest an important change of policy. Not only at the IMF, but also in US government circles, Hisham El-Naggar reports from Buenos Aires
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It had to happen sometime. (...)
The call for early elections in Argentina is giving rise to the hope that the transitional period the country is undergoing may finally be approaching a long-sought era of stability, writes Hisham El-Naggar
It was a quiet week in Argentina. The (...)
Not content with destabilising several Latin American economies the US is spearheading more political interventions, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
Is democracy finished in Latin America? The question does not arise among the majority of (...)
The deepening economic crisis in Latin America is forcing the region to realise that the First World wants to block migration to safeguard its own security, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
Viewed from Washington and Seville -- where (...)
The resignation of Argentina's new president after barely nine days in office suggests Argentines are in no mood to be taken for granted by politicians, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
Argentina, struggling to overcome its ongoing (...)
Argentina's government has fallen because of overwhelming public wrath, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
By dusk on 18 December, an eerie calm had descended over Buenos Aires. In a city with usual noise levels reminiscent of Cairo's Tahrir (...)
Argentines are divided over the merits of Domingo Cavallo their new minister of economics, reports Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires
He is back. Domingo Cavallo, Mingo to his friends, the architect of Argentina's "convertibility plan" which is (...)
The showdown between Subcomandante Marcos and Vicente Fox offers a golden opportunity to heal the wounds of the past. Much depends on Fox's intentions, as well as his leadership skills, writes Hisham El-Naggar
The Zapatistas' march on the Mexican (...)
By Hisham El-Naggar
Much of Colombia reacted with relief when President Andrés Pastrana and guerrilla leader Pedro Marin, better known as Manuel Marulanda or Tirofijo ("sure shot"), emerged from two days of talks to announce that they had agreed to (...)
By Hisham El-Naggar
It was not to be. The arrest warrant issued earlier this month for General Augusto Pinochet, Chile's former military strongman, was overturned last Monday by the Santiago Court of Appeals, infuriating civil rights activists the (...)