Weekly Report - 12 July 2012 (WR-12-27)

President Evo Morales’ right-hand man, the minister for the presidency, Juan Ramón Quintana, is facing some uncomfortable questions. This week he announced plans to sue the Brazilian conservative weekly, Veja, over allegations that he has ties to a convicted Brazilian drug-trafficker Maximiliano Dorado Munhoz Jr. While Morales rejects the claims by Veja, an outspoken critic of Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva (2003-2010) as well as Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez and his regional allies, the case has revived concerns regarding links between drug-traffickers and government officials.

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