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Weekly Report - 5 August 2003
BRAZIL: Resistance forces Lula to delay vote on reforms
For all the personal weight he put behind them, President Lula da Silva's pensions and tax reform bills are proving harder than imagined to push through congress. It now seems unlikely that they will be promulgated before November.
- Rios Montt case only superficially resembles 'autogolpe' episode of 1993
- BRAZIL: Resistance forces Lula to delay vote on reforms
- ARGENTINA: 'Indispensible' IMF prescriptions will be adopted
- CHILE: Government's ratings upturn is not what it seems
- PARAGUAY: 'Roofless' militants face trial as terrorists
- MERCOSUR: August ambush for Mercosur's big two
- VENEZUELA: US suggests Chavez is blocking referendum
- COLOMBIA: Network of paid informants delivers the goods
- COLOMBIA: Growth is overtaking government expectations
- VENEZUELA: Chavez tars Dominican leader with plot accusation
- ECUADOR: Minister quits over pressure from president's party
- PERU: Sendero revival 'not directed from inside prisons'
- BOLIVIA: Biggest-ever cocaine seizure raises questions
- Fox makes small but crucial changes to his team
- Parties condemn Zapatistas for defying the law
- Reminders
- GUATEMALA: Rios Montt wins a round, faces new hurdles
- EL SALVADOR: Flores gambles on using army against gangs
- JAMAICA: Aspiring leaders line up in both parties
- ARGENTINA: Kirchner would prefer trials in Argentina
- ECUADOR: Noboa seeks asylum in Santo Domingo
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Judge orders media empire returned
- CHILE: Eviction process under way at Ralco dam
- The region's stockmarkets
- Inflation in the region