Weekly Report -18 January 2005
Quotes of the week
“Temporality is until our death. We are here legally, elected by congress."
Guillermo Castro Dáger, second president of Ecuador's supreme court since December, when congress replaced the old court in a controversial procedure many consider unconstitutional.
“Haiti has been suffering a tsunami for 200 years."
Celso Amorim, Brazil's foreign minister, urging donors not to be sidetracked from their commitment to aid Haiti.
“I would like to be remembered as the president who resolved the problems of conflicts over land, the problems of violence that can even cause many deaths and grievances."
Vicente Fox, president of Mexico, while admitting that in Chiapas alone, where he was speaking, there are 13 areas officially designated as at high risk of violent land disputes.
Guillermo Castro Dáger, second president of Ecuador's supreme court since December, when congress replaced the old court in a controversial procedure many consider unconstitutional.
“Haiti has been suffering a tsunami for 200 years."
Celso Amorim, Brazil's foreign minister, urging donors not to be sidetracked from their commitment to aid Haiti.
“I would like to be remembered as the president who resolved the problems of conflicts over land, the problems of violence that can even cause many deaths and grievances."
Vicente Fox, president of Mexico, while admitting that in Chiapas alone, where he was speaking, there are 13 areas officially designated as at high risk of violent land disputes.
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