Morning briefs

* Peruvian coca farmers are ready to protest against President Alan Garcia’s administration in response to plans for stricter counternarcotics measures.

* Study shows that the average price of gasoline in the Dominican Republic is more than that in the U.S.

* The German version of the Financial Times describes Daniel Ortega’s run for the presidency in Nicaragua and highlights the Bush administration’s desire for Ortega to lose.

* 47 people died in a bus crash in Ecuador.

Links- Reuters Alertnet, The Latin Americanist (blog), Dominican Today, Financial Times (Germany), RTE (Ireland)

Image- Bolivian Geographic

Tags- Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, drugs, election, international politics