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Urzúa plunges knife into López Obrador amid security crisis

Urzúa plunges knife into López Obrador amid security crisis

There was never going to be a good time for Mexico’s finance minister Carlos Urzúa to tender his resignation. But his decision to do so as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s main public security initiative, th...

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Argentina's Fernández pledges to take on IMF if elected

Argentina's Fernández pledges to take on IMF if elected

On 26 June, Alberto Fernández, the Peronist challenger hoping to dethrone the becalmed administration of President Mauricio Macri in October’s presidential elections, met the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Western Hemispher...

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A not so peaceful region

A not so peaceful region

The world is a less peaceful place than it was a decade ago, but, for the first time in five years, the global peace index (GPI) registered an improvement, according to the Global Peace Index 2019 report compiled by the Australia-based Institute f...

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The conclusion on 28 June of two-decade-long trade talks between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) has been at the centre of the news in the Mercosur member countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay...

LatestSpecial Report

Paid work is the primary source of income for most people around the world. Labour markets are supposed to match employers with workers, but maintaining a healthy labour market is not easy....