Weekly Report - 28 October 2003
Quotes of the week...
"President, don't let them sell you the tale that we are the bogeymen. Be sure that we will work together."
Lucho Garzón, Bogotá's first-ever leftwing mayor, just after his election, to President Alvaro Uribe.
"We are not in favour of not exporting [gas], but of selling when we have recovered legal ownership and we can process the gas."
Evo Morales, leader of Bolivia's coca growers, on the issue on which President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was forced out.
"A few received too much and the many, too little."
Ricardo Henriques, Brazilian social welfare official, on shortcomings that led to revamping Lula's `Zero Hunger' plan.
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We focus on the dispute rankling between Brazil and the US over the hemispheric trade agreement, the FTAA. Also on Brazil, the UN presents a damning report on human rights violations; the economy seems to be living up to the government's expectations, and Linux brings Brazil's government together with IBM. End of preview - This article contains approximately 400 words Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article Not a Subscriber? Enquire Now |