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Weekly Report - 25 May 2004
VENEZUELA: Chávez stacks top court, heralds 'people's militias'
Even many of those who are willing to give President Hugo Chávez the benefit of the doubt regarding his democratic credentials have been expressing concern over a couple of recent developments: the enlargement of the supreme court and Chávez 's announcement, in the wake of the discovery of a `paramilitary' camp, that he would be creating `people's militias' to defend Venezuela against aggression from abroad.
- From a lynching in Peru to the spectre of a crossborder Aymara uprising
- BOLIVIA: All except Morales oppose referendum
- COLOMBIA: Paramilitaries shift from bullet to ballot
- VENEZUELA: Chávez stacks top court, heralds 'people's militias'
- 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