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Weekly Report - 08 October 2009 (WR-09-40)
BOLIVIA: Government downplays coca clash
A violent encounter between the indigenous Yuracarés and coca
producers (cocaleros) in the indigenous territory and national park,
Isiboro Sécure (Tipnis), has exposed the problem of illegal coca cultivation in
protected territory, a concern raised in a recent report by the UN Office on
Drugs and Crime (Unodc) [WR-09-26]. With campaigning officially underway ahead
of December's elections, the opposition media pounced on the conflict as
evidence of divisions within President Evo Morales' traditional support
base.
- 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