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Weekly Report - 2 June 2011 (WR-11-22)
NICARAGUA: Ortega's pledges bear fruit
President Daniel Ortega has received fulsome praise from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for his food security and poverty reduction efforts. While the isthmus continues to struggle amid soaring food prices, this endorsement is important for Ortega, who has made the issue a key priority of his Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government. Sceptics, however, raise familiar concerns regarding the lack of transparency surrounding these efforts and electoral motives ahead of November's general election, as well as pointing to his ultimate failure to tackle the structural causes of the problem.
- Lobo gains most as Zelaya returns and OAS readmits Honduras
- EL SALVADOR: Funes under pressure to deliver
- NICARAGUA: Ortega's pledges bear fruit
- VENEZUELA: Tweeting away on his last knee
- PERU: Humala appears to arrest Fujimori's momentum
- URUGUAY: Mujica moves to regain momentum
- BRAZIL: PMDB holds Rousseff hostage over Palocci
- TRACKING TRENDS
- ARGENTINA: While some wait, others decidedly move on
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Avila splits PRD, but at what cost?
- Puerto Rico to be graced by presidential visit
- Quotes of the week