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NIGHT FELL WITH a chorus of jungle sounds--birds, crickets, howler monkeys, and the rumbling thunder of a tropical rainstorm in the distance. A wooden canoe crept along the banks of [...]

IT'S THE EVENING RUSH HOUR in Sao Paulo, the world's fourth-largest city, and frustrated commuters roll down their car windows for a bit of air as they wait out yet [...]

The article examines Venezuela's economic policies relating to the food industry and grocery trade. President Hugo Chávez has made regulation of food prices and subsidies for food for the poor a priority, but government ownership of much of the food industry and agriculture has not prevented food shortages following a currency devaluation in 2009. The operations of the government-owned supermarket chain Mercal are examined.

The article discusses economic conditions in Brazil and presents economic forecasting for that country. Brazil is forecast to be one of the first countries to emerge from the global recession, with economic growth projected to be as high as 4.5 percent in 2010. The country's willingness to embrace globalization and economic policies of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are discussed as some of the reasons for Brazil's economic resilience.

The article discusses international business enterprises in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. K. Alan Russell works with U.S. based companies with operations in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico in order to assure executives that reported violence within the city has not affected their personnel. José Reyes Ferriz, mayor of Ciudad, believes that the violence lost the city 20 foreign business projects and some 5,000 job opportunities.

This article reports on issues surrounding the possibility of the U.S. reviving its manufacturing industry instead of relying on Chinese outsourcing for production. Due to a weakened U.S. dollar, rising oil prices that affect shipping rates, and increasing wages in China, the global supply chain has been affected in a way that makes it advantageous for the U.S. to shift some of its manufacturing back to the U.S. INSET: LINKS.

The article is about the charity organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and the difficulties it faces as it tries to give a laptop computer to every child in the world. The founder and chairman, Nicholas Negroponte, had difficulties making deals with computer and software companies such as Intel and Microsoft, and frequently had disagreements with other members of OLPC.