Topics of Particular Importance

Andean
15/05- BOLIVIA: Repsol-YPF refuses to panic
17/05- BOLIVIA: Morales rants against US in Paris
18/05- BOLIVIA: Yungas accepts voluntary coca eradication
19/05- BOLIVIA: Government “threatens" energy companies
15/05- COLOMBIA: Leyva pulls out of presidential race
16/05- COLOMBIA: Uribe ready to talk to Farc
17/05- COLOMBIA: Labour relations sour
19/05- COLOMBIA: Constitutional court approves peace & justice law
19/05- COLOMBIA: Uribe to win in first round
15/05- ECUADOR: PRE in disarray as candidate quits
16/05- ECUADOR: Government terminates Oxy contract
18/05- ECUADOR: FTA not dead yet
19/05- ECUADOR: Oxy seeks US$1bn in compensation
15/05- PERU: Montesinos gets 10-year sentence
16/05- PERU: Date set for presidential debate
18/05- PERU: Humala meets US ambassador
19/05- PERU: Fujimori released on bail
15/05- REGION: EU summit highlights Latin American divisions
17/05- REGION: Oxy termination blow to US Andean policy
15/05- VENEZUELA: Chávez snubs Blair on visit to London
16/05- VENEZUELA: Arms embargo made official
17/05- VENEZUELA: National assembly approves new oil tax
17/05- VENEZUELA: Chávez adviser considers selling F-16s to Iran
19/05- VENEZUELA: Táchira governor denies links with guerrillas

Brazil & Southern Cone
17/05- ARGENTINA: Kirchner defiant over mass political rally
15/05- BRAZIL: PMDB out of presidential vote
15/05- BRAZIL: Gang strikes in São Paulo
16/05- BRAZIL: Population panics, but police confident
17/05- BRAZIL: Politicians blamed after violence
17/05- BRAZIL: No evidence to investigate Lula
18/05- BRAZIL: Embarrassed congress approves tough measures
18/05- BRAZIL: Politicians blame each other for violence
19/05- BRAZIL: José Jorge picked for Alckmin's ticket
18/05- CHILE: Aricans vote against giving Bolivia a route to the sea
16/05- PARAGUAY: Duarte seeking FTAs outside Mercosur
18/05- REGION: What the market falls mean for Latin America
19/05- URUGUAY: Vázquez ends dialogue with Argentina over paper mills