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Weekly Report - 24 October 2013 (WR-13-42)
Tensions heighten on Hispaniola
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Port-au-Prince over the last week to protest against the government of Haiti’s President Michel Martelly. The main gripe was the high cost of living but participating legislators also accused Martelly of authoritarianism. The head of the senate in the Dominican Republic (DR), Reinaldo Pared Pérez, responded by claiming that certain sectors in Haiti had whipped up international hysteria against a controversial ruling by the Dominican constitutional tribunal (TC), which leaves hundreds of thousands of residents of Haitian descent stateless, in a bid to divert attention away from pre-coup protests in Haiti. It could just as easily be claimed that his far-fetched scenario is an attempt to shift attention away from a ruling which has earned his country international condemnation and is also threatening its regional foreign policy.
- Tensions heighten on Hispaniola
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- ECUADOR: Gearing up for more elections
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- BRAZIL: No change at airports
- ARGENTINA: Government nationalises Sarmiento railway line
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