“The German brewers making foreign-style beer,”
the article by Stephen Evens talks about how the
Reinheitsgebot—the country’s purity law—constrains the production of new
flavoured beers. Many German brewers feel like they are stock with the same old
flavours because the purity law does not allow cheap ingredients, such as rice,
maize, sugar, fruits or anything artificial. According to the article, this has
caused the drop in consumption of beer, especially among the younger
generations and women. It is why Eric Toft, an American that went to study
brewing, has been coming up with new flavoured beers without breaking the law. Mr
Toft found a market that was not being satisfied and decided to experiment with
hops from UK and US. It was a total success among women and young people in
Italy. Although, 90% of the Germans say that they want to stick to the purity
law, they are well aware that it makes it difficult for small breweries to
stand out from the big ones.
Doing business in country that wants to stick
to its traditions can be hard; however, because they are accustomed to the same
old, same old, you can find a group that is tired and wants to try something
new or something with a small twist.
Nicaragua has changed its constitution and will
allow Daniel Ortega to run for his third consecutive term. In addition, they
also eliminated the requirement for a candidate to receive at least 35 percent
of the vote in order to wing presidential elections. They gave the president
the power to issue decrees without the congress approval. The army will be allowed
to help draft laws governing the country’s national records, computer databases,
and telecommunications. All these changes are a big red flag for dictatorship.
Nevertheless, the president Ortega is working with many Nicaragua’s business
elite and the International Monetary Fund. Nicaragua will be building a $40
billion canal. It will be three times the length of the Panama Canal and
largest infrastructure in project in the world. It will start next year and
will be build by Wang Jing, a Chinese telecommunications billionaire. 
The canal
will permit new cargo ships that currently can not go through the Panama Canal.
It is said that besides the canal, there will be the construction of two
airports, a pipeline, and a railroad.If these entire infrastructures were to be
builded, it would facilitate transportation since trades are increasing
rapidly. However, with the changes in the government it will be interesting how
they would manage the canal. They might give preference to other countries
whose government is left wing as well. 
