Weekly Summary

21 September 2007

30 October 2007 Hits: 141

EL SALVADOR: President of El Salvador Antonio Saca will continue his campaign to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans as part of an official visit to the US (until 27 September).

ECUADOR: Ecuadorean president, Rafael Correa will travel to New Cork to attend the United Nations General Assembly and the Climate Change Summit. This represents the final stop on a tour that included Argentina and Brazil.

BOLIVIA: The XV Congres of Bolivia's Permanent Assembly on Human Rights will be held in Oruro.

SATURDAY

CHILE: Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, will attend the United Nations General Assembly and the Climate Change Summit

SUNDAY

CHILE: A Social and Economic Cohesion Forum will be held from 23-25 September to promote dialogue and cooperation on equality, eradication of poverty and social inclusion between the European Union and Latin America, a preparatory event for the next EU-LAC Summit to be held in Lima, Peru, in May 2008.

HONDURAS: The II Latin American Congress on banking security will be held in the capital, Tegucigalpa.

MONDAY

COLOMBIA: President Alvaro Uribe will meet his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in New York.

28 September 2007

30 October 2007 Hits: 173

FRIDAY

HONDURAS: A joint IMF-World Bank mission will continue reviewing the country's progress in achieving financial stability and assist the authorities in developing options for reform to further improve the role of the financial system in promoting investment and growth. The mission arrived on 24 September and will stay until 9 October.

BOLIVIA: Bolivian foreign minister, David Choquehuanca, will meet his Spanish counterpart.

BRAZIL: President of Kazakhstan, Nursultán Nazarbáyev, will continue his four-day visit to Brazil (which began on 26 September). In what will be his first visit to Latin America, Nazarbáyev will meet Brazilian President Lula da Silva to discuss bilateral and international issues as well as meet representatives from the parliament and the supreme court.

SATURDAY

ARGENTINA/URUGUAY: A high level meeting will take place in New York between delegations from Argentina and Uruguay, mediated by Spanish officials, to continue the dialogue process in order to resolve the conflict over a paper mill.

SUNDAY

ECUADOR: Elections will take place for the national assembly, which will have the power to rewrite the country's constitution.

ARGENTINA: Latin American Indigenous People's Conference in Bariloche (until 6 October).

MONDAY

BRAZIL: South American Finance ministers to meet over to discuss the Banco del Sur in Rio de Janeiro.

WEDNESDAY

ARGENTINA: Argentine first lady and presidential candidate, Cristina Fernández, will meet Brazilian president, Lula de Silva in Brazil.

5 October 2007

30 October 2007 Hits: 203

FRIDAY

BOLIVIA: Protest march in La Paz to defend La Paz as the country's capital.

ARGENTINA: Presentation of Report on Index of Democratic Development in Latin America 2007.

SUNDAY

COSTA RICA: A referendum will be held over whether to ratify the free trade agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic and the US (Cafta-DR).

MEXICO: Municipal elections in Oaxaca and Chiapas. 40 deputies will also be elected.

PARAGUAY: President of Paraguay, Nicanor Duarte, will pay an official visit to Taiwan.

MONDAY

REGION: 40th anniversary of the death of Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

URUGUAY: US commerce secretary, Carlos Gutierrez, will visit Uruguay as part of a brief tour of the region. He will then go to Brazil (9-11 October).

BRAZIL: South American finance and economy ministers will meet to discuss the Bonos del Sur.

BOLIVIA: Constituent assembly to resume sessions.

TUESDAY

HONDURAS: Honduran President Manuel Zelaya will travel to Havana to sign a maritime agreement with the Cuban government, the first official visit by a Honduran president to Cuba in 46 years.

12 October 2007

30 October 2007 Hits: 159

FRIDAY

ARGENTINA/URUGUAY: The 5th meeting of the Union of Citizen Assemblies (including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) will be held where the conflict caused by the construction of the paper mill will be discussed.

BOLIVIA: President Evo Morales will head a meeting of indigenous people and poor farmers from various countries to celebrate the declaration of indigenous rights approved by the UN.

HONDURAS: Protests will take place in Tegucigalpa, organised by National Coordinating Committee. for Popular Resistance (CNRP) to demand changes to laws regarding mining, forests, agricultural modernisation and telecommunications among others.

SUNDAY

CHILE: Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will travel to Italy for a three-day official visit.

BRAZIL: Brazil president Lula da Silva, will begin a tour of Africa where he will Burkina Faso, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Angola.

PARAGUAY: Extraordinary convention of the Partido Unión Nacional de Ciudadanos Éticos (UNACE) to elect members of the electoral and conduct tribunals.

19 October 2007

30 October 2007 Hits: 194

FRIDAY

BRAZIL: Brazilian President Lula de Silva will visit Angola as part of a tour of Africa.

ECUADOR: The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, will visit the municipality of Lorca, in Murcia, Spain, to celebrate the inauguration of "Plaza República de Ecuador".

PANAMA/GUATEMALA: The 8th round of negotiations regarding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Panama and Guatemala will take place in Panama City.

SATURDAY

MEXICO: Second hearing of "Juicio Popular Nacional" against 19 human rights violators in San Salvador Atenco (México).

SUNDAY

CUBA: Municipal Assembly elections will take place throughout the country. These elections take place every two and a half years.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The verdict on the Baninter (Intercontinental) fraud case will be announced. The accused were charged with US$2 billion fraud, following the 2003 Baninter collapse, which sparked one of the worst financial crises in the history of the Dominican Republic.

ECUADOR: The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, will visit Naples, Italy to attend the annual Inter-Religious Meeting for Peace.

MONDAY

COSTA RICA: President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, will pay a state visit to China to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. His visit will end on 28 October.

26 October 2007

30 October 2007 Hits: 195

FRIDAY

ECUADOR: Fifth Solidarity Conference with the Cuban regime.

HONDURAS: Third Conference of the First Ladies & Women Leaders of Latin America Coalition, regarding women and Aids.

SATURDAY

CHILE: European Science and Investigation Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, will begin a 3-day official visit to Chile, where he will meet with economy and education ministers.

VENEZUELA: Venezuelan President, Hugo Chávez , will inaugurate an ammunition and AK-103 rifle manufacturing company, with help from Russia.

SUNDAY

ARGENTINA: Presidential, gubernatorial and legislative elections will take place.

COLOMBIA: Municipal and departmental elections will take place.

CUBA: Second round of national elections for municipal assemblies.

2 November 2007

05 November 2007 Hits: 176

FRIDAY

COLOMBIA: The Deputy US Trade Representative, Ambassador Susan Schwab, will meet with Colombian government officials and business leaders, along with nine other US congressmen

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Tourism Ministers from Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic will attend a conference until 4 November.

CHILE: End of 4th round of negotiations over a trade agreement between Chile and China.

VENEZUELA- Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, started by President Hugo Chávez , will have its first congressional meeting.

SUNDAY

GUATEMALA: Presidential run-off will take place between Alvaro Colom of the Unidad de la Esperanza Nacional and Otto Pérez Molina of the Partido Patriota.

BRAZIL -3rd Regional Conference on climate change in Latin America will begin, ending on 8 November.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC- Tobacco producers from 21 countries will meet to analyse problems within the sector and to seek viable alternatives to new markets.

MONDAY

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: General elections will take place to elect a new government.

TUESDAY

MEXICO: Mexico's President Felipe Calderón will begin a five-day tour beginning in Panama before travelling to Colombia, Peru and Chile, where he will attend the Latin American Summit of Heads of State.

9 November 2007

19 November 2007 Hits: 138

FRIDAY

Brazil: The IMF will present the economic perspectives for Latin America

Paraguay: IV International Tourism Fair Paraguay-Fitpar 2007-11-06

Venezuela: International Book Fair will start, ending on 18 November

SATURDAY

Argentina: Head of the Spanish government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will visit Argentina to meet with president Néstor Kirchner.

Chile: Iberoamerican Summit ends

SUNDAY

Bolivia: Members of the Bolivian International Politics Commission will visit Chile to consolidate "parliamentary diplomacy" between the two countries.

Mexico: Elections will take place in the states of Michoacán, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala and Puebla.

Uruguay: Head of the Spanish government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will visit Uruguay.

Uruguay: Justice Ministers Conference (Ministros de Justicia Iberoamericanos)

16 November 2007

19 November 2007 Hits: 135

FRIDAY

PANAMA: Annual assembly of the Federation of Latin American Banks (Felaban)

SATURDAY

ARGENTINA: Latin American International Tourism Fair (FIT)

SUNDAY

MEXICO: Ex-presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador will celebrate the III National Democratic Assembly.

BRAZIL: German Economy Minister Michael Glos will begin a tour of Brazil, Chile and Argentina, which will continue until the 22 November.

MONDAY

ECUADOR: the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, will begin a six day official visit to China where he will discuss bilateral agreements and other "issues of common interest" with his counterpart Hu Jintao.

THURSDAY

BRAZIL: Brazilian President Lula da Silva will pay a two day visit to Cuba

23 November 2007

26 November 2007 Hits: 207

FRIDAY

COSTA RICA: 20 Spanish companies will meet in San José to discuss commercial relations with Costa Rica.

ECUADOR: European officials will hold a press conference to comment on the newly established Constituent Assembly.

PERU: Congreso Americano Upstream, a Peruvian initiative to deal with the oil, energy and food problems, will meet.

SUNDAY

COLOMBIA: International Labour Organization will visit Bogotá to investigate complaints over union rights restrictions.

ECUADOR: The first meeting of the newly established Constituent Assembly will take place.

30 November 2007

03 December 2007 Hits: 50

FRIDAY

NICARAGUA: President Daniel Ortega will inaugurate the Citizen Power Councils.

SATURDAY

BOLIVIA: Starting today, all US tourists must have a visa to enter Bolivia.

GUATEMALA: President Alvaro Colom will return to Guatemala, after meeting the King of Spain.

SUNDAY

COLOMBIA: John Negroponte, US Deputy Secretary of State, and Tom Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, will begin a ten day visit to Colombia.

VENEZUELA: A referendum will take place over the constitution.

7 December 2007

07 December 2007 Hits: 153

FRIDAY

BOLIVIA: Meeting between the Argentinean planning minister Julio de Vido and the Bolivian hinister of hydrocarbons Carlos Villegas to analyse a fall in Bolivia's gas exports to Argentina.

BRAZIL: Official visit by Spain's minister for work and social affairs, Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán, to Río de Janeiro.

SATURDAY

MEXICO: Conclusion of the Monterrey Cultural Forum 2007 with a dialogue on "Cultural Politics".

SUNDAY

ARGENTINA: An act will be signed in Buenos Aires to create the regional development bank Banco del Sur by the leaders of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.

PARAGUAY: Internal elections within the PLRA (Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico), Paraguay's second-largest political force, to choose the party's candidates for the legislative elections on 20 April 2008.

GUATEMALA: 5th Inter-American Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility.

14 December 2007

14 December 2007 Hits: 179

ECUADOR: Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa meets Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate for Economics, in Quito.

COLOMBIA: Melting down of weapons belonging to former members of the AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia) paramilitary group, attended by Colombian president Álvaro Uribe and José Miguel Insulza, secretary general of the OAS (Organisation of American States).

ARGENTINA: Reading of the verdict of the trial of ex-naval commander Héctor Febres for crimes against humanity committed in ESMA, Argentina's political prison during the 1976-1983 Dirty War.

SUNDAY

BOLIVIA: President of Bolivia Evo Morales, president of Chile Michelle Bachelet, and president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, announce a timetable for creating a bioceanic corridor that will join the three countries.

PARAGUAY: Elections within the governing Partido Colorado to choose candidates for presidency, vice presidency, and Congress for the elections on 20 April 2008.

11 January 2008

17 January 2008 Hits: 166

SUNDAY

PARAGUAY: The Partido Unión Nacional de Ciudadanos Éticos (UNACE) will hold a convention to finalise details regarding the presidential candidature of former General Lino Oviedo for the April 2008 general elections.

MONDAY

BOLIVIA: President Evo Morales will resume talks with the nine prefects aimed at ending the political crisis afflicting the country.

GUATEMALA: Alvaro Colom will be sworn in as the new president of Guatemala.

BRAZIL-CUBA: Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will travel to Cuba to meet Fidel Castro and other Cuban officials.

TUESDAY

COSTA RICA: Costa Rica will present further documentation before the International Justice Court regarding the dispute with Nicaragua over navigation rights to the San Juan river.

25 January 2008

25 January 2008 Hits: 157

The Week Ahead

FRIDAY

Venezuela: The summit of the Alternativa Bolivariana para las Americas (ALBA) will take place in Caracas. Dominica Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, is expected to formalise Dominica's entry into the ALBA.

Bolivia: Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, will meet deputy Foreign Minister Hugo Fernández as part of a two-day trip to the country.

Argentina: Bolivian President Evo Morales will make an official visit to Argentina and meet President Cristina Fernández.

Panama. The final day of the 13th Ordinary Meeting hosted by the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) will take place in Panama City.

SUNDAY

Cuba: The traditional Antorchas march celebration will take place to commemorate Cuba's national hero José Martí.

TUESDAY

Bolivia: The government and country's prefects will resume talks over the government proposal to use profits from the direct hydrocarbons tax (IDH) to provide a new pension plan for senior citizens.

18 January 2008

25 January 2008 Hits: 124

The Week Ahead

FRIDAY

Bolivia: President Evo Morales will continue talks with the country's nine prefects over a solution to the current political crisis.

SATURDAY

Ecuador: Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa will lead a rally in Guayaquil city to celebrate one year in government.

Peru: Peruvian President Alan García will begin a three day official visit to Spain to meet King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Rodríguez Zapatero.

SUNDAY

Cuba: Legislative "elections" will take place.

MONDAY

Paraguay: The Colorado Party will announce the results of its primary.

THURSDAY

Colombia: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the city of Medellín.

1 February 2008

01 February 2008 Hits: 374

FRIDAY

BOLIVIA: Bolivia's energy minister Carlos Villegas will travel to Brazil to meet his counterpart, Nelson Hubner.

GUATEMALA: Guatemala's vice president, Rafael Espada will continue his visit to Havana, Cuba (until 3 February). He will met his Cuban counterpart Carlos Lage Dávila, as well as Cuban health minister José Ramón Balaguer and other Cuban government officials.

PANAMA: Panama will assume presidency of the United Nations Security Council.

SUNDAY

MEXICO: Elections will take place in the states of Quintana Roo and Baja California to choose local deputies and council leaders.

BOLIVIA: A German delegation led by State Secretary of Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Erich Stather will visit Bolivia to meet Bolivian government officials.

MONDAY

COLOMBIA: A protest march against the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) is planned to take place throughout the country.

THURSDAY

BELIZE: Presidential and legislative elections will take place in Belize. Belizeans will also vote on whether there should be an elected Senate.

8 February 2008

08 February 2008 Hits: 361

The Week Ahead

FRIDAY

Brazil: Spain's labour minister Jesús Caldera will visit Sao Paulo.

Argentina: Preparatory meeting of the II Latin American Business summit, which will analyse the problems facing companies in Latin America.

Honduras: Honduran foreign minister Edmundo Orellana will travel to the Dominican Republic to meet his Dominican counterpart, Carlos Morales Troncoso.

SUNDAY

Mexico: European commissioner for science and investigation Janez Potocnik will meet his Central American counterparts.

Mexico: Mexico's president Felipe Calderón will make a five day visit to the US, travelling to New York, Boston Chicago, Sacramento and Los Angeles to meet the Mexican community and promote investment between both countries.

15 February 2008

15 February 2008 Hits: 334

FRIDAY

PERU: Peru's economy minister Luis Carranza will continue his visit to Spain before travelling to the UK on 17 and 18 February to take part in a seminar run by the Andean Development Corporation (CAF).

PARAGUAY: Foreign minister Rubén Ramírez will continue his visit to Spain (until 17 February).

PERU: International tourism fair (until 17 February).

SUNDAY

BRAZIL: President of the United Nations General Assembly, Srgjan Kerim, will pay an official visit to Brazil.

MEXICO: Municipal elections will take place in the state of Hidalgo.

MONDAY

BOLIVIA: Six members of the US congress will visit Bolivia to discuss the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (Atpdea).

The Week Ahead

22 February 2008 Hits: 117

Friday:

Guatemala: Guatemala's President Álvaro Colom will meet his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderón to discuss border security and immigration, among other issues.

Argentina: Palestinian foreign minister Riad El Malki will give a press conference in Buenos Aires.

Argentina: The government will publish official figures on industrial activity in Argentina in February, and employment in the second half of last year.

Peru: Peruvian foreign minister José Antonio García Belaúnde will pay an official visit to Paraguay to meet various government officials including Paraguay's President, Nicanor Duarte.

Saturday

Argentina: Argentine President Cristina Fernández will meet her Brazilian and Bolivian counterpart Lula da Silva and Evo Morales to discuss the energy situation in the region.

Bolivia: Bolivia's President Evo Morales will begin a 13 day tour where he will visit Argentina, US, Belgium, Norway, Holland and France.

Sunday

Cuba: The new members of the national assembly will meet to choose the council of state (executive) and the country's new president.

Monday

Nicaragua: An IMF delegation will visit Nicaragua to evaluate the country's IMF program.

Guatemala: Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom will visit Panama to meet President Martin Torrijos and sign a free trade agreement between both countries.

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