The recent shooting down of a police helicopter in Rio DE Janeiro has cast the spotlight on to places such as Pedro Juan Caballero, along 16, 000km of "dry border" between Brazil and its neighbours.
In recent days they have set up police checks at entrances to the favela, and on November 10th they started helicopter flyovers to plan their approach.
Despite the prevalence of Web-based applications and other tools, Web 2.0's most noticeable impact on business in the last three years or so has been in the area of social computing.
A recent survey shows that some people prefer the higher-paying job even though it requests a longer hours than those low-paying job, especially among the young.
Mr Romney is also sure to be helped by the latest instalment in the implosion of Rick Perry, the governor of Texas and another former Republican front-runner.