by the El Reportero’s news services
Chile announced on July 30 that it was restoring full diplomatic relations with Honduras and Mexico followed suit on July 31. Their moves leave Brazil uncomfortably allied with the radical leftwing governments of the region as the only countries refusing to recognise the legitimacy of the new Honduran government headed by President Porfirio Lobo. The Chilean and Mexican moves prompted José Miguel Insulza, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) to forecast that within a few weeks the OAS would take a decision to readmit Honduras.
Mexico car bomb triggers debate on escalation & shift to terrorism
The news that, for the first time ever, a car bomb had exploded in Ciudad Juárez, prompted two intertwined debates. The first hinges on whether this event marks the beginning of a new the second, on whether it can be considered as the onset of a terrorist phase in the violence practiced by the drug gangs. The second debate is of particular importance because it has repercussions that go far beyond Mexico. There are signs that it may resurface again in Colombia with the accession to power of Juan Manuel Santos on 7 August.
