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Weekly Report - 09 May 2013 (WR-13-18)
VENEZUELA-REGION: Maduro seeks to shore up support
Just after US President Barack Obama concluded his short trip to the region, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro began a mini-tour of his own. If Obama’s trip to Mexico and Costa Rica was primarily concerned with trade matters, with security concerns pushed into the background (or at least behind closed doors), Maduro’s trip to Uruguay, Argentina and, as we go to press, Brazil, was ostensibly arranged to strengthen Venezuela’s relations within the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), with post-electoral concerns, which this week triggered a diplomatic spat between Venezuela and Peru, kept off the agenda.
- Obama visit shifts focus from security to trade
- VENEZUELA-REGION: Maduro seeks to shore up support
- BOLIVIA: Constitutional court ends speculation
- ECUADOR: Correa reshuffles cabinet and congressional leadership
- TRACKING TRENDS
- ARGENTINA: ‘Messi’ dollar finally arrives
- BRAZIL: Azevêdo wins WTO post
- BRAZIL-CUBA: Quietly, Cuba solidifies ties with Brazil
- TRACKING TRENDS
- COSTA RICA: Chinchilla claims two victories
- GUATEMALA: Balancing justice
- TRACKING TRENDS
- US ambassador in Quito gets into hot water with Correa
- Quotes of the week