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Weekly Report - 08 October 2009 (WR-09-40)
PERU: García moves to "professionalise" army
“A modern and professional army is born in Peru," President Alan
García announced while promulgating a law this week permitting conscripts to
remain in the army. The law comes a month after the defence minister, Rafael
Rey, called for a new strategy to combat Sendero Luminoso and drug-traffickers
in the Andean highlands after guerrillas brought down one of the army's M-17
helicopters, killing its two-man crew, in a remote area in the Apurímac and Ene
river valleys (Vrae) [WR-09-36].
- 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
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- 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