The Economist Misses Facts on El Salvador

The Economist is one of the few English-language media operations that regularly reports on Latin America, so I am slightly hesitant to point out some obvious errors in its report on the build-up to Sunday’s presidential election in El Salvador. 1. The Economist asserts that since the cessation of the war in 1992 the FMLN … Continue reading »

The Economist’s Unwarranted Crush on Schwarzenegger

I’m an unabashed fan of the Economist– it’s one of only two print publications I regularly read and I listen to the (recently improved) podcasts– I’ll surely join as a “fan” if they ever become a Facebook product (as the New York Times has done). They’ve begun to beef up their coverage of the Presidential … Continue reading »