A year after Haiti’s earthquake that left many of the islands citizens drowning in rubble, Rachel Hall investigates what the future may hold for the poorest country in the Americas.

Prices continue to rise rapidly, but the government is standing by its policy of understating inflation and denying that a problem even exists. Why?

With presidential elections on the horizon, Hugo Passarello Luna takes a look at the growing use of Twitter for debate, and more, in Argentine politics.

Eight years ago Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva, was inaugurated as Brazil’s president. He leaves office having seen Brazil become a country transformed. Mark Orton looks into Lula’s legacy.

A presidential decree issued this week confirmed that the country will head into 2011, and towards crucial elections, without a democratically-approved budget plan for the year. Marc Rogers looks at the fallout.

The events involving the taking of Parque Indoamericano are not difficult to explain. However, the subsequent political reactions—at least until the agreement on Tuesday—are impossible to understand.

The future of Cristina Fernández and the legacy of Néstor Kirchner are tied to her ability to build around her some of the auro of authority that surrounded the late former president.

He polarised opinion with his confrontational style and heterodox policies, but the reaction to Néstor Kirchner’s sudden death has made it clear how important he was in Argentine politics.

Understanding media in Argentine politics today is a complex task. Yet in Argentina for the last two years, everything that is political has been connected to the media.

Mayor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, is a controversial figure. Three years into his tenure, he faces prosecution in an illegal wiretapping case and and the wrath of wider society for mismanaging the city.