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Weekly Report - 26 June 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)
PERU: Uneasy truce after Moquegua mining protest
Ten days of violent demonstrations in the
southern department of Moquegua came to an end on 20 June after the government
managed to reach an agreement with regional authorities who had demanded a
bigger share of mining royalties. It is not the first time that a peaceful
protest begun by regional presidents and mayors has turned violent as their
cause becomes hijacked by more radical protesters.
- Region unites to condemn polemical EU directive on immigration
- BOLIVIA: Tarija votes for autonomy
- PERU: Uneasy truce after Moquegua mining protest
- ECUADOR: Constituent assembly at crisis point
- COLOMBIA: New interior minister faces big challenges
- TRACKING TRENDS
- BRAZIL: Congressmen seek to scrap privileges
- BRAZIL: Stepping up food production to curb inflation
- CHILE: Bachelet forced to lean on opposition
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Finger-pointing starts after disco deaths
- MEXICO: Central bank ignores Calderón
- TRACKING TRENDS
- CUBA: EU overtures rebuffed… for now
- GUATEMALA: New political movements emerge
- HONDURAS: Congress approves polemical police law
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Ecuador pushes for regional monetary integration
- Quote of the week