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Weekly Report - 19 September 2006
BOLIVIA: Morales gets voluntary coca eradication pledge
On 13 September, President Evo Morales surprised many by suddenly cutting short a visit to Guatemala and rushing back home to what appeared to be a relatively minor meeting with coca producers in Cochabamba. Its importance was underestimated: Morales went to exact from it an all-region commitment to eradicate 5,000 hectares of coca plantations this year. This may have helped him get away with little more than a slap on the wrist in the annual US 'certification' round.
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- HAITI: Distinguishing criminals from the rest
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- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
- Stockmarkets in the region
- Brazil hosts a different kind of South-South summit
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