No. 2007, January - January 2007
Index
- ARGENTINA AND CHILE DISPUTE EXPANDED BRITISH OIL CLAIMS AROUND FALKLANDS.
- ARGENTINA: COURT ANNULS AMNESTY FOR EX-DICTATORS JORGE RAFAEL VIDELA AND EMILIO MASSERA.
- ARGENTINA: CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY.
- ARGENTINA: CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER WINS PRESIDENCY IN FIRST ROUND OF ELECTION.
- ARGENTINA: ECONOMY MINISTER FELISA MICELI RESIGNS AFTER SUITCASE FULL OF CASH FOUND IN OFFICE BATHROOM.
- ARGENTINA: FORMER POLICE CHAPLAIN CHRISTIAN VON WERNICH GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE FOR DIRTY WAR CRIMES.
- ARGENTINA: FORMER PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM TROUNCED IN GOVERNOR'S RACE IN LA RIOJA PROVINCE.
- ARGENTINA: MORE INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR 1994 JEWISH CENTER BOMBING.
- ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT NESTOR KIRCHNER ORDERS RESTAFFING AT TOP INFLATION-INDEX AGENCY.
- ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT DECIDES BANKS MUST REPAY SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FROM 2001 FREEZE.
- BANCO DEL SUR SET TO BEGIN OPERATIONS IN 2007, SAY VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS.
- BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA MOVE FORWARD WITH NATIONALIZATION OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES.
- BOLIVIA: ASSEMBLY APPROVES DRAFT FOR NEW CONSTITUTION AS OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS, DRAFT HEADS TO VOTERS.
- BOLIVIA: CONFLICTS ALONG NATURAL-GAS PIPELINE NEAR ARGENTINE BORDER THREATEN EXPORTS, KILL ONE.
- BOLIVIA: CORRUPTION AND ERRORS IN PETROLEUM CONTRACTS HINDERS NATIONALIZATION OF NATURAL GAS.
- BOLIVIA: FORMER PRESIDENT GONZALO SANCHEZ DE LOZADA FORMALLY CHARGED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES, REMAINS IN U.S. EXILE.
- BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND PRO-AUTONOMY GROUPS BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF BOLIVIA'S MAIN AIRPORT IN SANTA CRUZ.
- BOLIVIA: MASSIVE FLOODING DEVASTATES NATION'S AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND HARMS MORE THAN A HALF MILLION PEOPLE.
- BOLIVIA: PRESIDENT EVO MORALES BEGINS AMBITIOUS LAND-REFORM PROJECT.
- BOLIVIA: THE BIOPIRACY THREAT--VALUABLE RESOURCES LACK PROTECTION.
- BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT PRO-AUTONOMY STRIKES.
- BRAZIL ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF MASSIVE OIL RESERVES.
- BRAZIL BREAKS HIV-DRUG PATENT AFTER FAILED NEGOTIATIONS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT MERCK.
- BRAZIL: GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES OFFICIAL BOOK OF ATROCITIES COMMITTED DURING MILITARY DICTATORSHIP.
- BRAZIL: GOVERNMENT PUSHES UNSUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
- BRAZIL: MASSIVE FOREST RESERVE CREATED IN PARA.
- BRAZIL: MINES AND ENERGY MINISTER SILAS RONDEAU RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTING RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM.
- BRAZIL: POPE BENEDICT XVI'S PRO-COLONIZATION COMMENT STIRS HEAVY CRITICISM FROM INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.
- BRAZIL: RANCHER SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR MURDER OF U.S. NUN DOROTHY STANG.
- BRAZIL: SENATE PRESIDENT RENAN CALHEIROS TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION CHARGES.
- BRAZIL: SUPREME COURT SENDS FORMER PRESIDENTIAL OFFICIAL JOSE DIRCEU TO TRIAL FOR MONTHLY-BRIBES-FOR-VOTES SCANDAL.
- BRAZIL: SURVEY SHOWS BLACK BRAZILIANS EARNING HALF THE SALARY OF WHITE BRAZILIANS, SEVERE EDUCATIONAL DIVIDE.
- BRAZIL: WORST AIR CRASH IN BRAZILIAN HISTORY SEVERELY AGGRAVATES AVIATION CRISIS, FORCES DEFENSE MINISTER TO STEP DOWN.
- CHILE'S SUPREME COURT EXTRADITES PERU'S EX-PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI TO FACE CHARGES IN PERU.
- CHILE: CONTRACT WORKERS FOR STATE-OWNED COPPER COMPANY STRIKE.
- CHILE: FAMILY OF EX-PRESIDENT EDUARDO FREI MONTALVA FILES HOMICIDE COMPLAINT 25 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.
- CHILE: FORMER DICTATOR AUGUSTO PINOCHET DIES AT 91.
- CHILE: UNION PROTESTS CALLING FOR GREATER SOCIAL SPENDING RESULT IN VIOLENCE.
- CHIQUITA BANANA CORPORATION FORCED TO PAY US$25 MILLION FINE FOR SUPPORTING PARAMILITARY GROUP.
- COLOMBIA AND U.S. FOCUS MILITARY SPENDING ON PLAN COLOMBIA.
- COLOMBIA INTRODUCES CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO CLIMBS IN VALUE.
- COLOMBIA: COLOMBIAN LEFT MAKES MODEST GAINS AGAINST PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE IN REGIONAL ELECTIONS.
- COLOMBIA: DEATH OF 11 LEGISLATORS HELD BY FARC LEAVES POSSIBILITIES OF PRISONER EXCHANGE FURTHER OUT OF REACH.
- COLOMBIA: EJERCITO DE LIBERACION NACIONAL AGREES TO PROVISIONAL CEASE-FIRE WITH GOVERNMENT.
- COLOMBIA: FARC LEADER RELEASED AS PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE MAKES GESTURE FOR HUMANITARIAN SWAP OF HOSTAGES.
- COLOMBIA: FINANCE MINISTER, MORE CONGRESSMEMBERS IMPLICATED IN "PARAPOLITICS" SCANDAL, U.S. MONEY FROZEN AFTER CIA REPORTS LEAKS.
- COLOMBIA: GAY-RIGHTS LAW PASSES BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATORS BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION.
- COLOMBIA: ORGANIZATIONS PROPOSE TRYING THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT FOR ITS ROLE IN FORCED DISPLACEMENT.
- COLOMBIA: TIES TO PARAMILITARY GROUPS LEAD TO ARREST OF MORE CONGRESSMEMBERS, FOREIGN RELATIONS MINISTER RESIGNS.
- COLOMBIA: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ SEEKS ROLE AS MEDIATOR BETWEEN COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT AND FARC.
- ECUADOR SEEKS TO INVEST IN CRISIS-RIDDEN NORTHERN BORDER WITH COLOMBIA.
- ECUADOR SETS UP TRUTH COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES FROM PRESIDENCY OF LEON FEBRES CORDERO.
- ECUADOR TO FILE COMPLAINT AGAINST COLOMBIA AT INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FOR FUMIGATIONS ALONG BORDER REGION.
- ECUADOR: CONGRESS APPROVES REFERENDUM FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY TO REWRITE CONSTITUTION.
- ECUADOR: CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AS CONGRESS AND TOP ELECTORAL COURT TRY TO REMOVE EACH OTHER'S MEMBERS.
- ECUADOR: GOVERNMENT HIKES ROYALTIES ON PETROLEUM COMPANIES, PRESSURES BANKS FOR LOWER INTEREST RATES.
- ECUADOR: PRESIDENT RAFAEL CORREA NAMES CABINET, LOSES DEFENSE MINISTER AFTER FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH.
- ECUADOR: RAFAEL CORREA SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT.
- ECUADOR: SUPPLEMENTAL CONGRESSMEMBERS SWORN IN TO REPLACE MEMBERS REMOVED BY ELECTORAL COURT.
- GENERAL: BILATERAL DISAGREEMENT ON FUMIGATION CONTINUES AS ECUADOR PREPARES CASE AGAINST COLOMBIA FOR INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE.
- GENERAL: CHILEAN JUDGE REFUSES TO EXTRADITE FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI, CASE GOES TO SUPREME COURT.
- GENERAL: MAN CAUGHT IN ARGENTINA WITH US$800,000 CASH LINKED TO VENEZUELA'S STATE OIL COMPANY.
- GENERAL: PERU PUBLISHES OFFICIAL MAP ASSERTING RIGHTS TO DISPUTED AREA OF PACIFIC, ANGERING CHILEAN OFFICIALS.
- GENERAL: PERU WILL TAKE CHILE TO INTERNATIONAL COURT IN THE HAGUE IN DISPUTE OVER MARITIME BORDERS.
- GENERAL: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ SIGNS MULTIPLE REGIONAL AGREEMENTS.
- LANDMINE DANGER CONTINUES.
- PAPER MILL CONFLICT: INTERNATIONAL COURT REFUSES TO ORDER SHUTDOWN OF ARGENTINE PROTEST ROAD BLOCKADES INTO URUGUAY.
- PARAGUAY SEEKS GREATER FLEXIBILITY FROM BRAZIL ON ITAIPU DAM CONTRACT, BRAZIL REFUSES.
- PARAGUAY: EX-PRESIDENT LUIS GONZALEZ MACCHI JAILED, MOVED TO HOUSE ARREST.
- PARAGUAY: LENIENT VERDICT ON HISTORIC SUPERMARKET FIRE LEADS TO STREET RIOTS; JUDGES GO INTO HIDING.
- PARAGUAY: LINO OVIEDO CLEARED OF MUTINY CHARGES, OPENING WAY FOR PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
- PERU REESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH VENEZUELA.
- PERU: ACHUAR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY SUES OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM FOR DECADES OF CONTAMINATION.
- PERU: FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH U.S. PASSES KEY CONGRESSIONAL PANELS IN WASHINGTON D.C.
- PERU: INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT PURCHASING SCANDAL.
- PERU: PRESIDENT ALAN GARCIA FACES QUESTIONS FOR 1986 KILLINGS AT EL FRONTON PRISON.
- PERU: RECOVERY FUND SET UP AFTER 8.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE POUNDS REGION SOUTH OF CAPITAL, KILLS OVER 500.
- PERU: THREE DIE IN PROTESTS OVER EDUCATION LAW, ABSENCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
- PERUVIAN COURT SEEKS EXTRADITION OF COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR TO BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES.
- RELATIONS BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA FROZEN AFTER COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT CUTS OFF HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS.
- URUGUAY: FORMER DICTATOR JUAN MARIA BORDABERRY ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF POLITICIANS AND GUERRILLAS.
- VENEZUELA NEGOTIATES MAJORITY STAKE IN OIL DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS, TWO U.S. OIL COMPANIES BAIL OUT.
- VENEZUELA PUSHES FORWARD BID TO JOIN MERCOSUR, BLAMES U.S. FOR DELAYING ENTRY.
- VENEZUELA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM SEEKS TO REMOVE PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS.
- VENEZUELA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS APPROVED IN LEGISLATURE, HEADED FOR NATIONAL REFERENDUM AMID LARGE OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT PROTESTS.
- VENEZUELA: GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO RENEW BROADCAST LICENSE FOR RCTV, BRINGING ROUND OF PROTESTS AND COUNTERPROTESTS.
- VENEZUELA: PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ BEGINS NEW TERM WITH PROMISES OF NATIONALIZATIONS, DEEPENED SOCIALISM.
- VENEZUELA: VOTERS REJECT CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM.