Ordem e Progresso

The economy is on the minds of many Americans right now, which is the polite way of saying that things are pretty lousy. We’ve never seen a Fed cut the prime rate as much as 1.25 in eight days before, so we all have to wonder what the policy makers know that we don’t.

Things aren’t bad everywhere, however. We have only to look to our South to see a land of great opportunity developing. Way South, in fact, to the diverse and vibrant land known collectively as Latin America.

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