Francisco de Zárate

The Balkan state is enjoying a boom in tourism and exports, but faces challenges such as poverty, organized crime and the sharp appreciation of the lek

The island country has just closed a new deal with the European Union, while managing to maintain a diplomatic balance with China, its largest foreign market

Incoming president Santiago Peña, of the Colorado Party, is promising to create half-a-million jobs in a country that has very low tax rates and a high concentration of power in the hands of large landowners