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Weekly Report - 26 February 2009 (ISSN 1741-7422)
BOLIVIA: US relations receive a knock
President Evo Morales this week accused the US Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) of infiltrating Bolivia's state oil company Yacimientos Fiscales
Petrolíferos de Bolivia (YPFB). The US denies the accusations and has questioned
Morales' declared commitment to improve bilateral relations. The opposition
claims Morales is trying to deflect responsibility from the government for the
corruption scandal which recently rocked YPFB [WR-09-05]. Meanwhile the fallout
from the scandal, particularly the role of the former YPFB chief and Morales
ally, Santos Ramírez, continues to prove damaging for the ruling Movimiento al
Socialismo (MAS).
- DAS scandal could jeopardise US assistance to Colombia
- PERU: PAP stalwart picks up interior portfolio
- BOLIVIA: US relations receive a knock
- ECUADOR: Correa uses US as scapegoat
- TRACKING TRENDS
- BRAZIL: Opposition files suit against Lula and Rousseff
- ARGENTINA: Ruling party bleeding support
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Intimidation and assassination stalk Chihuahua
- TRACKING TRENDS
- REGION: Stanford fraud overshadows Antiguan elections
- NICARAGUA: Ortega under pressure
- GUATEMALA: New suspect in Salvadorean murder case
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Old guard still ruling the roost in Cuba
- Quotes of the Week