Another unlooked-for trait that may hold him in good stead with voters during the next several weeks is his friendship with McCain.

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But Colombia's internal strife is also giving Panama some unlooked-for economic benefits.

ECONOMIST: Colombia and its neighbours

Last year GuideStar was launched in Britain, putting data online that had been sitting on paper in Charities Commission and tax-office cabinets, largely unlooked at, says Les Hems of the Institute for Philanthropy, the parent organisation of the British end of GuideStar.

ECONOMIST: Virtue's intermediaries