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Weekly Report - 25 May 2004
COLOMBIA: Paramilitaries shift from bullet to ballot
A glimpse of what the future might bring after the paramilitary organisations have `demobilised' has been provided by little-noticed elections in the northern city of Medellín, Antioquia. Members of the `demobilised' local paramilitary bloc won key positions in the lowest echelons of local government, the community boards.
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- Tracking trends
- ARGENTINA: The rise of an anticrime campaigner
- PARAGUAY: Oviedo announces 'return to prison' in June
- BRAZIL: Huge fraud uncovered at health ministry
- Tracking trends
- MEXICO: Suspicious new action against López Obrador
- MEXICO: Arguing against congressional reelection
- MEXICO: 'Guerrillas' claim bombings in Morelos
- MEXICO-US: Busting the Cali-Juárez connection
- Tracking trends
- HAITI: Philippe launches new political party
- GUATEMALA: Berger survives 'supping with the devil'
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Fernández team starts taking shape
- Tracking trends
- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
- The stockmarket in figures
- Grenadian opposition demands ouster of prime minister on corruption charges
- Quotes of the week