19 November 2004
16/11- REGION:
Defence spending dwindles as threats change
17/11- REGION:
Banner year for developing countries
Andean
16/11- BOLIVIA:
Congress switches from hydrocarbons
15/11- COLOMBIA:
Winter crisis worsens
17/11- COLOMBIA:
ELN kills nine policemen
18/11- COLOMBIA:
Farc deserter meets Uribe
17/11- ECUADOR:
Rumsfeld calls
17/11- ECUADOR:
Scuffle in congress
18/11- ECUADOR:
Welfare minister under pressure
19/11- ECUADOR:
Government proposes reform of Feirep
16/11- VENEZUELA:
Opposition deputies go to court
18/11- VENEZUELA:
Government accuses NED
19/11- VENEZUELA:
Bomb kills deputy attorney general
Brazil & Southern Cone
15/11- ARGENTINA:
Kirchner to bring back Santa Cruz funds
15/11- ARGENTINA:
GCAB attempts to block debt deal
16/11- ARGENTINA:
South Korea's Roh extends credit1
17/11- ARGENTINA:
China promises major investment
18/11- ARGENTINA:
Bomb attacks on banks
15/11- BRAZIL:
Congress starts moving again
15/11- BRAZIL:
Petrobrás rules out fuel price increase
16/11- BRAZIL:
Brazil and China seal partnership
17/11- BRAZIL:
Casseb goes
18/11- BRAZIL:
Interest rate increased by half a percentage point
18/11- BRAZIL:
Senate approves judicial reform
19/11- BRAZIL:
BNDES changes hands prompting reshuffle
19/11- BRAZIL:
PPP bill starts moving in the senate
15/11- CHILE:
Bachelet announces candidacy for presidency
18/11- CHILE:
Supreme court rejects amnesty law
19/11- CHILE:
US praises APEC dynamism
16/11- PARAGUAY:
Strike looms over government
17/11- PARAGUAY:
Low turnout for strike
19/11- PARAGUAY:
Police clamp down on strike
16/11- URUGUAY:
Cracks emerge in coalition-elect
Caribbean & Central America
18/11- CENTRAL
AMERICA: Rallying behind an OAS candidate
17/11- CUBA:
EU reviews dissident policy
19/11- CUBA:
Havana ponders new EU policy
15/11- EL
SALVADOR: Guardado seeks third way
15/11- GUATEMALA:
Government overhauls police force
16/11- HAITI:
Government goes after Aristide
17/11- HAITI:
Rebels threaten to turn on Latortue
19/11- HAITI:
Gloomy UN report underlines need for donor action
16/11- NICARAGUA:
Apre denounces electoral fraud
18/11- NICARAGUA:
US warns right
Mexico & Nafta
15/11- MEXICO:
PRI retains three states and wins Tlaxcala
15/11- MEXICO:
PRI suggests state deals
16/11- MEXICO:
Budget fails to meet deadline
17/11- MEXICO:
Creel claims 14 terror alerts since 2001
18/11- MEXICO:
President threatens to veto budget
19/11- MEXICO:
Fox havers over veto
Regional statistics
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Afternoon features
Regional focus - Caribbean
& Central America
People Profile - Bantz
J. Craddock
Washington Watch - 17
November 2004
Security update - 'Latin
America is most violent region in the world'
The Week Ahead - 20-26 November 2004
Saturday and Sunday
CHILE: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting in Santiago.
Sunday and Monday
BRAZIL: Russian President Vladimir Putin visits; signs accord for joint development of a new generation of rockets.
ECUADOR: Mexican President Vicente Fox visits his Ecuadorean counterpart Lucio Gutiérrez.
Monday
COLOMBIA: US President George Bush to pay a short visit to Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe in
Cartagena.
MEXICO: Philippines President Gloria Arroyo visits..
PERU: Legislative sub-committee decides whether to lift parliamentary immunity of legislators, Alfredo Gonzales and Jorge Mufarech,
for respectively, alleged assault on police officers and aiding and abetting smugglers.
Monday and Tuesday
BRAZIL: Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin visits.
CUBA: Chinese President Hu Jintao visits.
Wednesday
ARGENTINA: Senate expected to pass budget.
Wednesday to Friday
CUBA: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visits.
Thursday
ARGENTINA: The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, visits.
BRAZIL: Demonstrations by the landless movement, MST, in state capitals and Brasília.
PERU: The principal trade union, the Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú (CGTP) plans to stage a national strike to protest against rising fuel prices.