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Weekly Report - 3 July 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)
PERU: García reaches out to informal sector
President Alan García promulgated a law this week under which some 4m
workers in micro and small businesses (Mypes) in the informal sector will be
entitled to social security and pension payments as well as enhanced labour
rights. The increased regulation this entails means that they will also be
brought within the tax net. The new law comes days before the biggest umbrella
trade union, Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú (CGTP), has called a
general strike for 9 July to demand that the government honour its election
promises, including better distribution of wealth from years of stellar
growth.
- COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: US steps up pressure on Caracas over drugs
- BOLIVIA: MAS candidate defeated in Chuquisaca election
- PERU: García reaches out to informal sector
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MERCOSUR: Mercosur finds unity in EU-US bashing
- PARAGUAY: Lugo seals congressional deal with Oviedo
- BRAZIL: 3,178 politicians on ombudsman's black list
- BRAZIL: Central bank raises inflation forecast
- ARGENTINA: Congress enters farming dispute
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: More bad news
- TRACKING TRENDS
- REGION: Calderón shakes up PPP integration scheme
- PANAMA: Torrijos to undertake security reform by decree
- GUATEMALA: Interior minister dies in crash
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Split in Cuba's Communist Party?
- Quotes of the week
- Uribe calls for referendum to approve re-run of 2006 elections in Colombia