Stories for November 2008

Sunday, November 23rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuelan vote seen as key test for Chavez

President Hugo Chavez knows just how important Sunday's state and municipal elections are to his own grip on power.
Sunday, November 23rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Apec: Bush defends free trade agreement

George Bush, the outgoing US president, has continued his defence of free market ideology, despite widespread criticism of it being behind the global economic crisis.
Sunday, November 23rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil recalls Ecuador ambassador

Brazil has recalled its ambassador from Ecuador over the Andean country's suspension of payments on a Brazilian loan worth at least $320 million.
Sunday, November 23rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Obama orders economic plan to create 2.5m US jobs

Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has ordered his advisers to produce an economic recovery plan aimed at creating 2.5 million new jobs across the country over the next two years.
Saturday, November 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuelan municipal elections, key test for Chavez “revolution”

Sunday's elections in Venezuela will be a key test for President Hugo Chavez a year after voters defeated his effort to change the constitution which was targeted to ensure his XXI Socialist-Bolivarian revolution.
Saturday, November 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
NY Fed Reserve Geithner tipped for Treasury Secretary

United States shares rose sharply on Friday following a report that US President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his treasury secretary, reassuring investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 494 points or 6.5% to end at 8,046.66. The Standard & Poor's 500 climbed 6.3%.
Saturday, November 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
The Economist sorts Latam's pragmatists from its populists

Michael Reid is The Economist Americas editor and author of “Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul” (Yale).
Saturday, November 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Before Peruvian congress China promises aid to Latam

Chinese President Hu Jintao offered his nation's economic muscle to help Latin America weather global economic turmoil, in a speech on Thursday in Peru that marked another step in Beijing's campaign to raise its profile in the region.
Saturday, November 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Government hails nationalization of pension funds

Argentina's Senate passed on Thursday a bill to nationalize the private pension funds system in a move that analysts say could protect the potential beneficiaries from short-term stock market chaos but also limit their long-term retirement income.
Saturday, November 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Russian oil giant Lukoil targets Spain's Respsol-YPF

Spanish savings bank La Caixa may sell its 14% stake in struggling Spanish-Argentine energy firm Repsol to Russian firm Lukoil, it said. The sale is tied to the acquisition by Lukoil of a 20% stake held in Repsol by construction group Sacyr Vallehermoso.