"A decision is expected in the first half of 2013.The former Soviet-ruled republic of two million has been hailed by organisations such as the International Monetary Fund as an example of how to use austerity to build a recovery, after its completion in December 2011 of a three-year, 7.5-billion-euro ($10 billion) international loan programme.The rescue plan came as Latvia tumbled into the world's" . . . .