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Weekly Report - 15 October 2009 (WR-09-41)
ARGENTINA: Senate approves media reform bill
The government of President Cristina Fernández pushed its media reform bill
through the senate on 10 October after 20 hours of debate. It won resounding
support: 44 senators backed the bill; 24 opposed it. The government also
succeeded in avoiding any amendment to the bill, which would have meant it
needed to return to the lower chamber for approval. The central province of San
Luis and Argentina's principal media groups are preparing to challenge the new
law in the supreme court, while the political opposition is promising to reform
it as soon as the government loses its congressional majority when victorious
candidates from June's mid-term elections take their seats in December.
- Colombia and Ecuador move swiftly towards restoring diplomatic ties
- COLOMBIA: Indigenous stage fresh protests
- BOLIVIA: Former Pando prefect charged
- PERU-CHILE: War games stoke tension
- TRACKING TRENDS
- ARGENTINA: Senate approves media reform bill
- BRAZIL: MST puts agrarian minister under spotlight
- PARAGUAY: Government to denounce arms race before OAS
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Calderón decides to wind up LyFC
- TRACKING TRENDS
- EL SALVADOR: Arena schism provides boost for Funes
- HONDURAS: Accord or no accord?
- PANAMA: PRD leadership resigns en masse
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Panama's Martinelli faces indigenous discontent
- Quotes of the week