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Weekly Report - 08 December 2011 (WR-11-49)
Bolívar’s second coming and the end of the OAS, or a damp squib?
“Its power will amount to nothing more than a shadow and its decrees mere recommendations.” This was Simón Bolívar’s damning indictment of the efforts of the Panama Congress in 1826 to forge Pan-American unity and integration. Early signs suggest the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), which was officially launched by Bolívar’s most fervent disciple, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez, on 2 and 3 December in Caracas, will fare no better. Chávez maintains, however, that Celac’s founding summit was a resounding success and the most important political event in the last 200 years in Latin America.
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- TRACKING TRENDS
- CHILE: Piñera picks up but challenges remain
- ARGENTINA: Continuity defines Fernández's second term
- BRAZIL: Adieu, Lupi
- POLITICS: Peña Nieto comes unstuck
- POLITICS: Moreira quits
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HONDURAS: Military acquires police powers
- GUYANA: Ruling party squeaks home
- REGION: Firming up ties with Mexico
- TRACKING TRENDS
- An existential crisis in Brazil’s Pará
- Quotes of the week