16 September 2005
Andean
13/09- BOLIVIA:
Quiroga proposes second round
14/09- BOLIVIA:
Compromise offered to ease blockades
15/09- BOLIVIA:
More concessions to end crisis
16/09- BOLIVIA:
Government buys off Santa Cruz
12/09- COLOMBIA:
Farc takes advantage of paramilitary law
13/09- COLOMBIA:
Hijack swiftly resolved
14/09- COLOMBIA:
Constitutional court berates Uribe over displaced
16/09- COLOMBIA:
Farc rejects offer of talks
16/09- COLOMBIA:
Uribe in US again
14/09- ECUADOR:
ID to join government
15/09- ECUADOR:
PSC distances itself from government
16/09- ECUADOR:
Teachers threaten mass strike
12/09- PERU: Reátegui
elected secretary general of PP
14/09- PERU:
Fujimori picks up passport in Tokyo
16/09- PERU:
Toledo under fire for mishandling Fujimori extradition
12/09- VENEZUELA:
Government to take over unproductive firms
15/09- VENEZUELA:
Government to investigate unused frequencies
16/09- VENEZUELA:
Spin over US 'certification' process
Brazil & Southern Cone
12/09- ARGENTINA:
Utility company Suez leaves
15/09- ARGENTINA:
Falklands' veterans seize control of pension office
12/09- BRAZIL:
Maluf and son arrested
13/09- BRAZIL:
PL deputy quits
14/09- BRAZIL:
Opposition gangs up on Cavalcanti
14/09- BRAZIL:
Lula's support slumps
15/09- BRAZIL:
Copom cuts rate for first time in 17 months
15/09- BRAZIL:
Jefferson out, Cavalcanti on the slide
16/09- BRAZIL:
Markets celebrate, but Palocci threatens resignation
16/09- BRAZIL:
Major drugs bust in Rio
13/09- CHILE:
Coalition election lists finalised
14/09- CHILE:
Muñoz appointed to supreme court
15/09- CHILE:
Far-left presidential candidate arrested
13/09- URUGUAY:
Crisis in the defence ministry
Caribbean & Central America
13/09- DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC: Army deployed at petrol stations
16/09- GUYANA:
Elections on schedule, claims president
14/09- HAITI:
Lavalas threatens to pull out of elections
16/09- HAITI:
Baby Doc eyes comeback
13/09- JAMAICA:
Patterson announces retirement plan
12/09- NICARAGUA:
Bolaños meets Ortega to no result
13/09- NICARAGUA:
Ortega reduces tension, opts for talks
15/09- NICARAGUA:
Bolaños denounces “two-headed dictatorship"
12/09- PANAMA:
Hong Kong-based company steps up investment
12/09- TRINIDAD
& TOBAGO: Bomb explodes outside KFC
Mexico & Nafta
12/09- MEXICO:
Surprise result in first PAN primary
12/09- MEXICO: PRI
threatens Fox over Gordillo
13/09- MEXICO:
Gang killings top 1,000
13/09- MEXICO: IFE
warns López Obrador
14/09- MEXICO:
López Obrador cancels LA trip
15/09- MEXICO:
Gordillo loses a legal round
16/09- MEXICO:
Gordillo loses again
Regional statistics
12/09- Colombia;
Ecuador & Mexico
13/09- Colombia,
Mexico & Uruguay
14/09- Argentina;
Costa Rica; Ecuador; Mexico & Peru
15/09- Chile;
Mexico & Uruguay
16/09- Argentina;
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador & Peru
Afternoon features
12/09- Regional focus - Mexico
& Nafta
13/09- People profile - Oswaldo
Molestina Zavala
14/09- Washington watch - 14
September 2005
15/09 - Security update - Acapulco
becomes a battlefield in the drug wars
The Week Ahead - 17-23rd September 2005
Sunday
BRAZIL: The Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) holds party elections to renew leadership.
COLOMBIA: Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez begins three-day visit.
Monday
COLOMBIA: Further round of talks with US on free-trade agreement to be held in
Cartagena.
Wednesday
MEXICO: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, the founder of the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) says he will launch a new left-wing front to work on the development of a government platform for 2006.