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Weekly Report - 12 February 2015 (WR-15-06)

Quotes of the week

“Insults in politics are a tribute to those on the receiving end, and the recognition of a terrible failure because neurosis and desperation leads to them.”

Peru’s former president Alan García (1985-1990, 2006-2011).

“I want to do the same as [former president] Alberto Lleras [1945-1946; 1958-1962] riding my bike, writing, teaching and not annoying my successor.”


Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announces his retirement plans upon leaving office in 2018 in the form of a pot shot at his predecessor Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010).

“We are going to put it in a cage.”


Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes responds to public disquiet about his government’s proposed geological prospecting in the Cerro León in the Defensores del Chaco national park.

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