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Weekly Report - 13 July 2004
VENEZUELA: Opposition denounces 'fraud by naturalisation'
The opposition is accusing President Hugo Chávez of orchestrating 'evident fraud' in the forthcoming referendum - by pushing a programme to grant Venezuelan nationality to 1m more immigrants between now and the end of the year. The timing and scope of the Misión Identidad programme does indeed smack of the kind of clientelistic policies that Venezuela is accustomed to, only on a grander scale. What isn't clear is that it would make all that much difference as an electioneering ploy.
- An assertive Mercosur recruits Mexico and Venezuela, starts going institutional
- COLOMBIA: First agreements with AUC 'non-traffickers'
- VENEZUELA: Opposition denounces 'fraud by naturalisation'
- BOLIVIA: 'Yes' may win, but what does it entail?
- Tracking trends
- ARGENTINA: Kirchner embarrassed by piquetero clash
- BRAZIL: Uphill vista for PT as campaigning begins
- CHILE: Frei to join the race for 2006?
- Tracking trends
- MEXICO: Resignation heightens anti-Sahagún campaign
- MEXICO: Dissecting the reaction to kidnapping
- Tracking trends
- HAITI: Caricom holds back on reinstatement
- CARIBBEAN: Warning about terrorist recruitment
- PANAMA: Torrijos speeds up constitutional reforms
- Tracking trends
- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
- The stockmarket in figures
- Ecuador confirms one sinking by US navy
- Quotes of the week