End of preview - This article contains approximately 1077 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Andean Group - April 2007 (ISSN 1741 4466)
Institutional meltdown as referendum approaches
Ecuador's chronically weak state institutions buckled in March, as a debate over constitutional authority spilled over into the streets. It has yet to be satisfactorily resolved; as this edition went to press 57 deputies fired by the supreme electoral court (TSE) were still determined to return to congress, despite their alternates having now taken their place in the legislature. Meanwhile, the referendum on a constituent assembly, the trigger for the latest bout between the government and the opposition, is due to take place on 15 April, and President Rafael Correa has started to fret that blank or void votes could thwart his plans.
- Institutional meltdown as referendum approaches
- Another row with Colombia
- Economic Overview
- Chávez losing Andean allies to biofuels
- Dissenters cast out
- Five governors face recall referenda
- Ex-governor's escape highlights prison failures
- Economic Overview
- Call for early elections causes stir
- Inexperience halts Morales's nationalisation project
- Frenzy to catch final visa-free flights to Spain
- Economic Overview
- Who will judge the parapoliticians?
- Farc starts comeback
- Economic Overview
- Government gently restarts eradication
- Economic Overview
- Peru frets as Mexican gangs move in