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Weekly Report - 08 October 2009 (WR-09-40)
GUATEMALA: Make or break for judiciary
The election of 13 supreme court (CSJ) magistrates by
congress has subjected Guatemala's notoriously corrupt institutions to
considerable scrutiny. Under pressure from the UN-backed International
Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig), and civil society groups,
which raised serious objections to no less than six of the appointees, the
constitutional court (CC) has suspended proceedings until the complaints have
been examined. The outcome will prove critical in terms of determining whether
the impunity afflicting the country, with 98% of crimes going unsolved, will
continue.
- Indigenous groups across the region flex their muscles
- COLOMBIA: Uribe's re-election looks secure
- BOLIVIA: Government downplays coca clash
- PERU: García moves to "professionalise" army
- TRACKING TRENDS
- URUGUAY: Traditional parties slip as campaign turns dirty
- BRAZIL: Rio to receive investments to host 2016 Olympics
- BRAZIL: Indigenous tribes unify for elections
- CHILE: New budget aims to bolster Frei's appeal
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Calderón squares up to another union
- MEXICO: PRI criticises but does not propose
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HONDURAS: OAS searches for formula to break deadlock
- GUATEMALA: Make or break for judiciary
- COSTA RICA: Court delivers historic verdict against ex president
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Funes spells out security priorities in El Salvador
- Quotes of the Week