Portugal’s unwelcome membership of the PIGS club (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain), the new sovereign pariahs’ group, is a sad reflection of ambition gone wrong and unsustainable burdens assumed in joining the Eurozone. It must seem a long time since Lisbon was the proud host to Expo 1998, although...
Ireland is knee-deep in bust banks, negative equity and political uncertainty, says Nick Hood. Dublin’s citizens seemed muffled up against more than just the chill March winds this week. Their empty wallets were also in need of some serious economic lagging. With residential property prices in the capital...
Nick Hood says Argentina's president is now so unpopular that the locals are offering to swap her for Gordon Brown. As the Eurozone grapples with the potential contagion from the troubles of Greece, Portugal, Spain and other enfeebled debt-ridden EU jurisdictions, it can be comforting to spend time...
