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Andean Group - May 2011 (ISSN 1741-4466)
POLITICS & JUSTICE: Correa targets enemy number one
The issue of freedom of speech always inflames passions, no more so
than in Latin America where democracies are still young and past dictatorships
still visible in the rear-view mirror. Ironically enough, right now it is
nominally left-wing governments that are being accused of suppressing it,
although they argue that this is because it serves the interests of reactionary
right-wing oligarchies opposed to their politics of change. Ecuador's President
Rafael Correa probably has the most fractious relationship of any regional head
of state with what he labels "the corrupt and mediocre" media, and this has
moved to a new level since his decision to include in his May referendum
(see main article) a proposal which would sharply rein in the media.
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- POLITICS & JUSTICE: Correa targets enemy number one
- ECONOMY: Morales hits nationalisation snag
- ENVIRONMENT: Granting nature legal rights
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: BOLIVIA
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: COLOMBIA
- SECURITY: Existence of internal conflict recognised
- CORRUPTION & ELECTIONS: Scandal grows; polling day approaches
- ECONOMY: US domestic politics take FTA hostage
- Politics: Why the election is so difficult to call
- POLITICS: A fillip for indigenous rights
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: PERU
- TRADE: Best Andean buddies in name only?
- ECONOMY: The Chávez bonanza
- Trilateral relations weather the storm