Brazil has not been immune to the current global financial crisis, but it is one of the few countries positioned to emerge from the crisis stronger than it went into it. (With STRATFOR maps)
The United States and Canada may be about to embark on negotiations toward a complex deal over oil-sands crude, which could have repercussions for Venezuela and for global greenhouse gas policy.
Canada's Liberal Party expressed support for the ruling Conservative Party's budget and economic stimulus package, but that support comes with conditions.
As the global financial crisis expands in the United States and Europe, the Asian financial system remains full of cash and not as vulnerable to the credit crunch proper.
