Weekly Report - 08 February 2024 (WR-24-05)

El Salvador will enter uncharted waters on 1 June when Nayib Bukele begins a second term in office after his emphatic victory in presidential elections on 4 February.... Read More

Once again, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has crossed swords with the attorney general, Francisco Barbosa – this time accusing Barbosa of mounting an institutional “coup” against the government with his office’s investigation into the financing of Petro’s 2022 election campaign.... Read More

There are mounting signs that President Nicolás Maduro’s government may be planning to call an early election in Venezuela, having previously said that this would not take place until the second half of the year.... Read More

President Luis Arce promulgated a law on 6 February establishing a timeframe for the holding of overdue judicial elections, drawing a close to 16 days of protests.... Read More

Argentina’s President Javier Milei lashed out at congressional deputies and provincial governors for “betraying voters” this week after his omnibus bill of reforms was roundly rejected.... Read More

Uruguay’s government expressed its deep satisfaction this week at the decisive support of Argentina’s President Javier Milei for its long-running ambition to dredge and widen the access channel to the port of Montevideo.... Read More

When Marta Suplicy served as mayor of São Paulo from 2001-2005, she was considered an influential figure in the left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT).... Read More

Supreme court (STF) justice José Antonio Dias Toffoli suspended a fine on Brazilian construction giant Novonor on 1 February.... Read More

With just four months until Mexico’s presidential elections, it would be reasonable to assume that all eyes would be on those competing for the presidency.... Read More

The frontrunner ahead of Panama’s presidential elections in May 2024, former president Ricardo Martinelli (Cambio Democrático, 2009-2014), has dramatically bowed out of the race.... Read More

Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves claimed last week that there were six fewer homicides in January 2024 than the same month a year earlier, signifying a 7.8% decline.... Read More

Cuba’s council of state, which is headed up by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, named Joaquín Alonso Vázquez, the president of the central bank (BCC), as the country’s new economy minister on 2 February.... Read More

Chile’s former president Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter accident on 6 February.... Read More

“I ask these organisations, foreign governments and journalists, why do you want them to kill us? Why do you want to see the blood of the Salvadorean people spilt? Why are you not happy that blood is no longer running in our country?”... Read More