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Weekly Report - 17 January 2013 (WR-13-02)
BRAZIL: Brazil's flipflops wear thin
In the space of a week the Brazilian government led by President Dilma Rousseff has gone from a nonchalant, hands-off confidence in Venezuelan democracy to edgy warnings about the importance of a constitutional transition in the event that President Hugo Chávez succumbs to his cancer. The about-turn looked as hypocritical as it did self-interested, and not for the first time opposition critics raced to berate the left-wing ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) for politicising Brazil’s foreign policy, to the detriment of the country’s national interest and its international reputation.
- Havana at the hub of history-shaping events
- COLOMBIA: Farc goes on the offensive
- BOLIVIA: Morales hails big drug victory
- ECUADOR: Correa guns for majority
- TRACKING TRENDS
- BRAZIL: Brazil's flipflops wear thin
- BRAZIL: Between a rock and a hard place
- ARGENTINA: Wage negotiations reveal extent of inflation
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Peña Nieto names crime-fighting regions
- TRACKING TRENDS
- GUATEMALA: Pérez Molina presents his balance sheet
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Medina boosted by positive figures and opposition disarray
- Quotes of the week