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Weekly Report - 09 December 2010 (WR-10-49)
REGION: Defence of democracy
Two important events took place either side of the Andes on 3
December. The main message to emerge from both was the need to defend democracy.
This is not as self-evident as it seems. Not so long ago the release in
Santiago, Chile, of the Latinobarómetro poll showed an alarming support for
authoritarian governments across the region but it now displays a steady
increase in support for democracy. Meanwhile, regional heads of state met in Mar
del Plata, Argentina, for the Ibero-American summit, in which education - the
supposed focus - took a back seat to the drafting of a declaration to defend
democracy. Both the Latinobarómetro poll and the summit declaration showed that
the main debate is no longer about democracy per se but rather the
interpretation of democracy in practice.
- Political agenda flooded in Venezuela
- COLOMBIA: Praising and condemning the judiciary
- PERU: Humala or Keiko set fair for second round
- TRACKING TRENDS
- REGION: Defence of democracy
- BRAZIL: Government could control media content
- BRAZIL: Suspected extremists monitored for Iran links
- URUGUAY: Strikers will soon be spreading beach towels
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Madero and PAN change strategy
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HAITI: Electoral process in disarray
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Military return to barracks in Ecuador
- Quotes of the week