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Weekly Report - 24 October 2013 (WR-13-42)
EL SALVADOR: Ruling removes second top judge in two years
The constitutional panel of El Salvador’s supreme court has been accused of acting as an instrument of the political right after having ruled that the president of the supreme court, Salomón Padilla, had breached the constitutional provision of independence of the judiciary from party politics. The latest in a string of decisions reversing appointments on constitutional grounds, this ruling is being described as having caused an ‘institutional crisis’, even though the other branches of government have announced that they will abide by it.
- Tensions heighten on Hispaniola
- EL SALVADOR: Ruling removes second top judge in two years
- CUBA: Tackling the elephant in the room
- HONDURAS: Hondurans uninspired by the choice facing them
- HONDURAS: Poor results, so more troops and police
- BOLIVIA: Morales blames foreign criminals for “ambush”
- VENEZUELA: Maduro marks six months at the helm
- PERU: Institutional tension erupts over contentious rulings
- ECUADOR: Gearing up for more elections
- TRACKING TRENDS
- BRAZIL: Government hails Libra auction
- BRAZIL: No change at airports
- ARGENTINA: Government nationalises Sarmiento railway line
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Ecuador prepares to tap into cacao boom
- Quotes of the week