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Weekly Report - 2 November 2004
CHILE: Using a Pinochet law against the Mapuche
One relic of the Pinochet era - the antiterrorism law introduced in 1984 - continues to be used by the elected governments, but chiefly against Mapuche militants acting against logging firms and others encroaching on what they consider their ancestral land. The US-based Human Rights Watch has just issued a report on this relatively unknown feature of present-day Chilean legal practice.
- Elections in Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile and Brazil produce a clutch of unexpected outcomes
- CHILE: Using a Pinochet law against the Mapuche
- PARAGUAY: Borda scuttles early redistribution of land
- Tracking trends
- BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz and allies call halt to hydrocarbons bill
- ECUADOR: Impeachment ball starts rolling
- COLOMBIA: Uribe offers Farc talks in embassy venue
- Tracking trends
- MEXICO: PRD tries to play international card
- MEXICO: Double coup against Gulf cartel & Los Zetas
- MEXICO: Marcos resurfaces with barbs for all
- Tracking trends
- COSTA RICA: Third ex-President accused of shady dealings
- CUBA: UN victory, but clobbered on media freedom
- HONDURAS: Prosecutors fired, corruption cases dismissed
- HAITI: Gonaí¯ves rebels threaten to rise again
- ST KITTS & NEVIS: Douglas sails through into third term
- Tracking trends
- Inflation in the region
- The stockmarket in figures
- Exchange rates
- 'Spirit' addresses Brazilian congress
- Quotes of the week