Americas view | This week in print

Brazilian politics, Peru's presidential run-off, and Colombia's victims law

A roundup of the week's Americas stories

By The Economist online

JUST months after becoming Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff now faces a serious test in cooling off the country's red-hot economy. The current issue of The Economistexamines her options and provides some suggestions for how to proceed. It also previews the run-off of Peru's presidential election, reports on the new victims law in Colombia, and looks at the denying of American visas to Jamaican wrongdoers.

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