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Weekly Report - 15 January 2009 (ISSN 1741-7422)
GUATEMALA: Interior minister fired
The interior minister, Francisco Jiménez, was dismissed last
week as President Alvaro Colom continued the high-level changes on the security
front instigated at the end of last year. His departure follows that of the army
top brass, including defence minister Marco Tulio García Franco. Jiménez's
successor, Salvador Gándara, a former deputy interior minister and three-time
mayor of one of the most violent municipalities in the country, has been
welcomed by the right-wing opposition Partido Patriota (PP) for his hard-line
stance on crime. Human rights organisations were less enthusiastic.
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- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Congress debates sweeping constitutional reform
- TRACKING TRENDS
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- BOLIVIA: Brazil threatens to cut gas imports
- VENEZUELA: Assembly approves referendum on re-election
- TRACKING TRENDS
- CHILE: Zaldívar candidacy will benefit opposition
- BRAZIL: PT and PMDB split in congress
- BRAZIL: Lula promises economic stimulus
- PARAGUAY: Lugo initiates land reform
- TRACKING TRENDS
- TRACKING TRENDS
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