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Weekly Report - 1 February 2005
BARBADOS: 'Republic status by the end of 2005'
Barbados could become a republic by the end of the year, according to Prime Minister Owen Arthur. A draft bill amending the constitution to this effect is due to be submitted in March by the attorney-general, Mia Mottley. The change was recommended by the constitutional commission headed by former attorney-general and foreign minister Henry
Forde.
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- ECUADOR: Nebot demands autonomy for Guayaquil - and others
- COLOMBIA: Warning from top paramilitary leader
- VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA: Bogotá promises not to do it again
- Tracking trends
- BRAZIL: Heckling, defections and rebellion sour Lula's week
- PARAGUAY: Judges & prosecutors accused of corruption
- ARGENTINA: Menem teams up with Rodríguez Saá
- Tracking trends
- MEXICO-US: Tiff with Washington as Fox's 'war' escalates
- MEXICO: Michoacán's legislator from the US
- Tracking trends
- NICARAGUA: Missile sale suspected of being a 'double sting'
- HAITI: As parties start merging, Buteur defies Minustah
- COSTA RICA: Vice-President Fishman abandons ship
- JAMAICA: Baugh to lead JLP until Golding is elected
- BARBADOS: 'Republic status by the end of 2005'
- Tracking trends
- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
- The stockmarket in figures
- Supreme court deadline for Chilean rights trials
- Quotes of the week