This week in print

THE leaders of the countries of Central America, a region we recently described as the most "routinely murderous" in the world, have a strong incentive to co-operate on security. This week we report on a conference in Guatemala City that suggests they are starting to do so—although, as ever, the criminal gangs are several steps ahead of them.

The new issue of The Economist also features a report on Evo Morales's squabble with taxi drivers in Bolivia, a story on political protest in Chile, and a look at the slow decline of separatism in Quebec. Meanwhile, our business section runs an article on the difficulties faced by foreign law firms in Brazil.