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Weekly Report - 5 October 2004
CHILE: Lagos replaces 'leading ladies' Bachelet and Alvear
On 29 September, sooner than expected, President Ricardo Lagos conducted the fifth cabinet reshuffle of his term. Though it involved four of his 16 ministers, public attention concentrated on two of them, Michelle Bachelet (defence) and Soledad Alvear (foreign relations) - the two who have long been leading the opinion polls as eventual presidential candidates. Replacing them was partly intended to improve the ruling Concertación's chances in the municipal elections scheduled for this month.
- Brazil's municipal polls end with two winners: the ruling PT and the opposition PSDB
- CHILE: Lagos replaces 'leading ladies' Bachelet and Alvear
- PARAGUAY: Tax on land, but not for land reform
- ARGENTINA: Brazil and Chile ruffle feathers in Buenos Aires
- ARGENTINA: Piqueteros try out new tactic
- Tracking trends
- PERU: Reátegui ropes in 'Sendero Luminoso infiltrators'
- ECUADOR: Gutiérrez bill to 'depoliticise' the supreme court
- Tracking trends
- MEXICO: Triumphant PRI may help López Obrador survive
- Tracking trends
- COSTA RICA: Both big parties caught in corruption scandals
- GUATEMALA: 'Hidden powers' see off UN with violence and threats
- NICARAGUA: Public wants Alemán and Ortega to retire
- HAITI: Aristide followers in deadly clashes with police
- Tracking trends
- The stockmarket in figures
- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
- More sightings and rumblings about el-Shukrijumah
- Quotes of the week