2005 has been a year of political convulsions in Latin America. The last two weeks alone have seen high-level disagreement and tumultuous protest at the Summit of the Americas in
Bolivia’s constitutional tribunal has lobbed an unexpected bombshell into the preparations for the 4 December 2005 general elections. On 24 September, it announced that the distribution of seats in
The next presidential elections in Peru are not due until April 2006, but campaigning is already underway among those hopeful to replace Alejandro Toledo. Although the candidates have promised to
The Bolivian congress on 9 June decided to accept the resignation of Carlos Mesa, and to appoint the president of the supreme court, as an interim president, pending fresh presidential
