By Robert Plummer
The guardians of Cuba’s struggling socialist system seem to have decided that their revolution now needs a dose of evolution.
As the island prepares for its first Communist Party Congress for 14 years, …

Consumer prices in February were up 2.2 per cent from a year earlier, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Economists had expected annual inflation of 2.3 per cent, which is what it was in January.
Core inflation, which …

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lifted Colombia into investment-grade territory, saying the South American nation’s economy has displayed resilience against external shocks, while growth prospects should contain the public sector’s debt burden.

Investors from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Spain, Argentina and Hong Kong packed the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or Wall Street headquarters for “Peru Day”.

DAVID BERMAN
Globe and Mail Update
Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011 2:36PM EST

If you are trying to figure out how the devastating quake and tsunami in Japan are going to affect economic activity, currencies and …