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Weekly Report - 26 September 2006
ECUADOR: Correa takes big leap ahead
The speed at which new trends have been developing in Ecuador's presidential campaign raises the possibility, albeit slim, that the contest might be settled in the first round - with the anti-neoliberal, anti-establishment candidate Rafael Correa as the likely winner. For Correa, a first-round victory would be crucial, as a runoff would very probably see the other forces ganging up to stop the man they are portraying as 'Chávez 's candidate'.
- Chávez may be proving his own worst enemy on the regional diplomatic scene
- ECUADOR: Correa takes big leap ahead
- VENEZUELA: Second poll shows Rosales narrowing the gap
- BOLIVIA: Government continues to back down from tough talk
- Tracking trends
- BRAZIL: More scandal, but Lula still leads
- Tracking trends
- MEXICO: Calderón talks policy, López Obrador lies low
- Tracking trends
- HONDURAS: Ex-president denied entry to US
- COSTA RICA: Arias not yet ready to ditch Taiwan
- NICARAGUA: Liberal International adopts Montealegre
- Tracking trends
- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
- Stockmarkets
- Argentine judge slams US-type anti-terrorist laws
- QUOTES OF THE WEEK