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Weekly Report - 03 September 2009 (WR-09-35)
BRAZIL: Supreme court dismisses case against Palocci
By a tight five votes to four, the supreme
court has decided that President Lula da Silva's former star finance minister,
Antonio Palocci, will not have to answer accusations that he used his
ministerial powers to breach the law on banking secrecy in an effort to
undermine a hostile witness in a corruption case. This paves the way for
Palocci's return to frontline politics, although other pending allegations of
sleaze may undermine public support for a potential candidacy for an elected
office. The decision has led to renewed criticism of the juridical privileges
enjoyed by Brazilian politicians.
- Unasur verdict and re-election referendum go Uribe's way
- REGION: Rethinking regional drugs policy
- BOLIVIA: Late addition to electoral race fuels controversy
- TRACKING TRENDS
- BRAZIL: Supreme court dismisses case against Palocci
- BRAZIL: Oil laws come under fire
- CHILE: Bachelet names new indigenous czar
- TRACKING TRENDS
- REGION: Freedom of expression or manipulative distortion?
- GUATEMALA: Court delivers "historic" civil war conviction
- REGION: China boosts trade ties in isthmus
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Calderón admits that more needs to be done
- MEXICO: Oil worries mount
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Struggle ensues over legitimacy of Honduran elections
- Quotes of the week