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Weekly Report - 11 June 2015 (WR-15-23)
COLOMBIA: Re-election banned; Farc talks back on track
The peace process has returned to a comparatively even keel after entering tempestuous waters. Significant progress was made in Cuba over the last week, with agreement between the negotiating teams of the government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) to create a truth commission, as soon as a definitive peace accord is signed and the guerrillas have demobilised, grabbing headlines at home and abroad. But there were equally notable developments in Colombia, where congress approved a sweeping political and judicial reform, the standout feature of which is the outlawing of presidential re-election.
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- TRACKING TRENDS
- URUGUAY: Vázquez contends with challenges
- BRAZIL: Rousseff launches her growth strategy
- PARAGUAY: Recordings revive ‘narcopolitics’ issue
- ARGENTINA: Second strike of the year yields same result
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- GUATEMALA: Pérez Molina increasingly isolated
- NICARAGUA: Long awaited ‘Gran Canal’ study presented
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Hernández distances himself from Honduran corruption scandal
- Quotes of the week