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Weekly Report - 3 July 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)
PANAMA: Torrijos to undertake security reform by decree
Congress has voted to award President Martín Torrijos “extraordinary
powers" for the next two months in order to carry out security reforms. The move
has once again left Torrijos open to accusations of remilitarising the country
and is unlikely to improve his approval rating, which has taken a nosedive in
recent weeks.
- 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