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Andean Group - December 2009 (ISSN 1741-4466)
POLITICS: Opposition weaker than ever
The 6 December elections not only exposed the pre-eminence of
President Evo Morale's Movimiento al Socialismo (sparking concerns about
democracy in what is effectively a one party state) but the endemic weakness of
the parliamentary and regional opposition, still in tatters since the approval
of the new constitution last year [RA-09-03]. One notable aspect of the new
legislature is the absence of traditional political parties associated with past
governments such as the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR) of former
president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Acción Democrática Nacionalista (ADN), and
the Movimiento Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR).
- Morales wins huge mandate
- POLITICS: Opposition weaker than ever
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
- SPECIAL FOCUS - FINANCE: Banking scandal draws strong government reaction
- COLOMBIA RAID: Commission accuses US over 2008 raid
- MEDIA LAW: Media law debate postponed in Ecuador
- SECURITY & DEFENCE: García's defence-spending contradictions
- POLITICS: Castañeda carves out lead
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
- SECURITY: Democratic security policy faltering?
- POLITICS: Election rules unclear
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
- What's going on in Colombia's neighbours?
- Fleshing out Alba
- Some progress