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Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2005 (ISSN 1741-4431)
OAS election highlights regional tensions
As this issue went to press, the 34 member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) were trying once more to elect a secretary general. On 11 April the election ended in a tie after five rounds of voting, with the two candidates, Chile's interior minister, José Miguel Insulza and Mexico's foreign minister, Luis Ernesto Derbez, receiving 17 votes each.
- Rio, the case study for Brazilian success
- Tension within the ruling PT
- Cavalcanti appointment stirs debate on nepotism
- Pressure mounts on central bank over interest rate policy
- Kirchner raises stakes ahead of legislative elections
- Kirchner braced for clash with unions
- Governor accuses deputy of conspiring to kill him
- Chastened Vázquez starts to deliver
- Police chief quits after six months
- OAS election highlights regional tensions
- Tepid start to Alvear-Bachelet contest
- Chile apologises for LAN Perú video