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Weekly Report - 10 February 2011 (WR-11-06)
MEXICO: Shake-up in Nuevo León
Rodrigo Medina, the governor of the gang-ridden state of Nuevo León,
sacked his security minister and attorney general and shook up his finance team
on 3 February, making 11 cabinet changes in all. Nuevo León has seen an
explosion in gang-related criminal violence and homicides over the past year. In
2010, 610 people were killed by gangs, according to the tally kept by the daily
Reforma's Ejecutómetro, up from 99 in 2009. To date (to 9 February) at
least 152 people have been killed in the state, according to Reforma's
sister paper, El Norte, published in the state capital Monterrey.
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- COLOMBIA: Santos embarks on bold new course
- VENEZUELA: Opposition seeks to make presence felt
- TRACKING TRENDS
- CHILE: Piñera moves to end copper-funding for military
- BRAZIL: Mantega sharpens his axe
- PARAGUAY: Happy to live with Hugo if he pays rent?
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HAITI: At last a resolution, albeit imperfect
- COSTA RICA: Fiscal reform founders on Arias case
- GUATEMALA: Cracking down on electoral violence
- TRACKING TRENDS
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Shake-up in Nuevo León
- Easter Island provides Piñera with latest indigenous headache
- Quotes of the week