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Weekly Report - 15 October 2009 (WR-09-41)
BOLIVIA: Former Pando prefect charged
This week the public prosecutor's office formally charged Leopoldo
Fernández, the former prefect of Pando, with six different crimes, including
murder and terrorism, in relation to the September 2008 Pando massacre in which
at least 16 government supporters were killed. This is unlikely to result in
immediate action, given the parlous state of the Bolivian judiciary, but the
uncertainty over Fernández's future has an electoral benefit for the government
of President Evo Morales: Fernández is running as vice-presidential candidate in
December's elections on the ticket of the main opposition candidate, Manfred
Reyes Villa, of the Plan Progreso para Bolivia-Autonomía para Bolivia
(PPB-APB).
- 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