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Weekly Report - 22 November 2005
HONDURAS: Lobo surges ahead in last stretch
Porfirio Lobo Sosa, presidential candidate of the ruling Partido Nacional (PN), has been inching forward in the opinion polls over the past month, achieving an eight-point lead over his only real rival, Manuel Zelaya of the Liberal party (PL). Only last week did the two main contenders bother to present outlines of their government plans to the electorate.
- The US claims that its War on Drugs is beginning to show measurable success
- COLOMBIA: Uribe seeks accommodation on several fronts
- PERU: Ollanta Humala starts producing surprises
- BOLIVIA: Hydrocarbons law returns to the forefront
- Tracking Trends
- BRAZIL: Lula says he'll run - then quickly recants
- CHILE: Second poll shows Bachelet weakening
- Tracking Trends
- MEXICO: It is now a tight three-sided contest
- MEXICO: Madrazo moves to purge PRI of dissenters
- MEXICO-US: Bill proposes fence along the whole border
- Tracking Trends
- GUATEMALA: Anti-drugs chief lured to arrest in the US
- HAITI: Latortue sets date, CEP contradicts him
- HONDURAS: Lobo surges ahead in last stretch
- CUBA: Castro launches 'cultural revolution'
- Tracking Trends
- The latest data
- REGION: South America leads the world in deforestation
- Quotes of the week