21/04/2008 |
Puerto Rico/US: Primary politics
Oxford Analytica Staff | Oxford Analytica
Ahead of November's US presidential election, Puerto Rican politics is in disarray. ...
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21/04/2008 |
Power struggles loom in Paraguay
Robert Plummer | BBC
After 61 years of Colorado Party rule, Paraguay is the second-poorest country in South America. What chance is there of a fresh start under the new President-elect, former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo? ...
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20/04/2008 |
McCain faces accusations of hypocrisy
Andrew Ward | Financial Times
John McCain on Friday faced accusations of hypocrisy for failing to disclose his wife’s tax records, despite his promise to bring greater transparency and accountability to government. ...
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20/04/2008 |
DNC pores over agencies’ records for dirt on McCain
Sam Youngman | The Hill
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with Cabinet-level agencies and inter-agency departments looking for opposition research to use against presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). ...
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19/04/2008 |
Elecciones generales de mañana: Paraguay, ¿el fin de una era?
Alfonso Daniels | El Mercurio
El Partido Colorado, gobernante por 61 años, está alarmado por el probable triunfo del ex obispo y candidato Fernando Lugo. ...
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18/04/2008 |
It's still ''the economy, stupid'' in Pennsylvania
Paul Eckert | Reuters
In 1992, Bill Clinton used the phrase "it's the economy, stupid" to win the White House amid a recession. Sixteen years later, his wife Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination by promising relief from more hard times. ...
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18/04/2008 |
Obama keeps rolling as Clinton running out of time
John Whitesides | Reuters
After a tough six-week stretch of campaign gaffes, roaring controversies and heightened scrutiny, Barack Obama's presidential bid appears as strong as ever -- and rival Hillary Clinton is running out of time to change the script. ...
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18/04/2008 |
McCain reports 2007 income
Liz Sidoti | Real Clear Politics
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has a Senate salary, a Navy pension, monthly Social Security income, book royalties, and a wealthy wife. ...
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18/04/2008 |
Echoes of 1930s in Russia’s Sweeping Annexation
Mart Laar | Financial Times
Vladimir Putin, the outgoing Russian president, on Wednesday accelerated Moscow’s creeping annexation of Georgian territories to sweeping annexation. ...
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18/04/2008 |
Maine's senators support nominee Peter Cianchette, tapped for ambassador to Costa Rica, has never been there
Jonathan E. Kaplan | Morning Sentinel
Peter Cianchette of South Portland told a Senate panel considering his nomination to be ambassador to Costa Rica on Wednesday that he is up to the job, even though his Spanish is rusty and he has never traveled to Costa Rica. ...
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