Popular Posts
- ECUADOR: Judge Orders Jail For 3 Media Executives, Columnist...In Correa Libel Case.
- SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Attempts To Ban The Communist Party.
- COLOMBIA: FARC Abducts & Murders Provincial Governor.
- VENEZUELA: Chavez Will Nationalize 11 U.S. Drilling Rigs.
- PUERTO RICO: The Enigma of Tourism.
- URUGUAY: Prez. Mujica Popularity At Record High After 100 Days.
- MEXICO: Narcos "Force Down" Police Helicopter In Michoacan.
- ROMANIA: After Court Overturns Austerity Measures, Huge VAT Increase Proposed To Protect IMF Aid.
- RUSSIA : Putin's Police Make Preemptive Strike On Leading Protest Opponents.
16 April 2010
PORTUGAL: Will Investors Continue To Test Germany's Stomach For Rescuing The Euro?
NYTIMES/ Landon Thomas/ "It all raises the prospect that the loan package for Greece, the result of months of political haggling, may be nothing more than a bandage on a wound that shows little sign of healing. Some analysts think the Greek bailout may have an opposite, more harmful long-term effect. Instead of ushering in a period of lower rates and market calm, it could prompt investors to test Europe’s — and in particular Germany’s — stomach for a rescue of other troubled European economies, beginning with Portugal."
