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Weekly Report - 15 February 2024 (WR-24-06)
LEADER
Facing ongoing accusations of coup-mongering, Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) has called on his supporters to rally on Avenida Paulista in São Paulo on 25 February.... Read More
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
During the course of February Colombia will have had at least two, and possible three attorneys general.... Read More
The arrest of Venezuelan human rights activist Roció San Miguel has ratcheted up tension between the government and the opposition and further undermined attempts to build a consensus for free elections later this year.... Read More
Nearly six weeks after President Daniel Noboa declared that his government was “at war” with criminal gangs, questions are beginning to be raised about the authorities’ long-term strategy.... Read More
Peru’s President Dina Boluarte reshuffled her ministerial cabinet on 13 February, replacing four key ministers including economy & finance minister Álex Contreras.... Read More
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
After an official visit to Israel, Italy, and the Vatican, President Javier Milei returned to Argentina on 13 February.... Read More
On 9 February Chile held a state funeral for its former president Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014; 2018-2022), who died in a helicopter accident on 6 February [WR-24-05].... Read More
Paraguay’s interior minister, Enrique Riera, announced a series of measures on 8 February designed to enhance the traceability of firearms.... Read More
MEXICO
Mexico’s southwestern state of Guerrero continues to face growing violence from organised criminal groups.... Read More
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has granted yet more fiscal support to indebted state-owned oil company Pemex.... Read More
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Haiti’s caretaker prime minister, Ariel Henry, recently faced massive protests calling for his resignation by 7 February.... Read More
Guatemala’s new President Bernardo Arévalo and his interior minister, Francisco Jiménez, recently unveiled a new elite task force to combat extortion (Gece).... Read More
POSTSCRIPT
At 1.30 in the morning on 12 February a Venezuelan-owned 747-300M Dreamliner freight plane took off from Argentina’s Ezeiza international airport outside Buenos Aires and flew to the US where it was confiscated by the authorities.... Read More
“A peaceful act in defence of our democratic state of law”.... Read More
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- ECUADOR: Torture allegations heighten scrutiny on gang crackdown
- PERU: Boluarte shuffles the deck
- ARGENTINA: Question mark over reforms
- CHILE: Boric faces backlash over Piñera funeral speech
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- MEXICO: Guerrero’s insecurity crisis continues
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