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Weekly Report - 9 November 2004

Quotes of the week

“I shall impeach a satrap of the worst kind [...] a petty dictator, a man who does not read the constitution - petulant, vain, ignorant, dishonest [...] but chosen by the people, who must now, in keeping with the constitution, face impeachment."

León Febres Cordero, former President of Ecuador and leader of the opposition PSC, on the impeachment proceedings initiated against President Lucio Gutiérrez.

“It is high time the representatives of such outmoded thinking left the stage."

José Viegas, explaining his resignation as Brazil's defence minister after the army issued a communiqué defending the 1964 coup and justifying the methods it used to repress opponents.

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