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Weekly Report - 19 April 2005
REGION: IMF expects 'strong' 4%-plus growth this year
The IMF expects Latin America to grow this year by little more than 4% (the World Bank ventures 4.3%), a rate it describes as 'strong', even though in many countries it translates into fairly low per capita growth (probably none in Paraguay), and it falls well short of the 6% Eclac has estimated as necessary to start rolling back poverty in earnest.
- Ecuador is left without a supreme court and with a president a majority wants out
- REGION: IMF expects 'strong' 4%-plus growth this year
- COLOMBIA: On all fronts, prospects for peace wobble
- VENEZUELA: Mixed debut for new supreme court
- BOLIVIA: Morales in drive to expand his regional base
- Tracking trends
- BRAZIL: Watchdog reveals roster of congressional malfeasance
- CHILE: Bachelet consolidates lead as Lavín slips
- Tracking trends
- MEXICO: PRD's Cárdenas woos the business community
- MEXICO-US: Bush orders review of Mexican passport requirement
- MEXICO-US: Row revives over US agents at airports
- Tracking trends
- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
- The stockmarket in figures
- Bolaños (and others) see their paypackets slashed
- Quotes of the week
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Mejía interrogation in Paulino case is 'postponed'
- GUYANA: Angry US reaction at reinstatement of Gajraj
- SURINAME: Defiant Bouterse will run for president
- HAITI: As violence continues, UN ponders reinforcements
- HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: US, France & Venezuela to help on border control
- Tracking trends