Weekly Report - 09 May 2024 (WR-24-18)

José Raúl Mulino, who served as interior and security minister under Panama’s right-wing former president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) of Cambio Democrático (CD), won the presidential elections on 5 May.... Read More

A mushrooming corruption scandal is threatening to envelop Colombia’s government, the president of the senate, Iván Name, and the president of the lower chamber of congress, Andrés Calle.... Read More

Bolivia’s President Luis Arce and former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) are increasingly operating in parallel realities.... Read More

President Dina Boluarte’s government is facing yet another potential scandal in Peru after the inspector general’s office urged prosecutors to investigate her former prime minister, Alberto Otárola (2022-2024), for allegedly ordering illegal surveillance of the comptroller general, Nelson Shack.... Read More

On 9 May the fight over the sweeping pro-market reforms of Argentina’s President Javier Milei was being waged in two different locations: in the federal senate, and on the streets – the latter witnessing a 24-hour general strike.... Read More

Uruguay’s presidential election campaign was embroiled in scandal this week after a member of the ruling centre-right Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos), Romina Celeste Papasso, admitted to fabricating an incident to damage the reputation of Yamandú Orsi, the early frontrunner for the main left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, ahead of primary elections next month.... Read More

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hosted Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on 3 May, opening the event in Brasília with an affirmation of support for the people of Rio Grande do Sul.... Read More

BRAZIL | Rate cut cycle slows down.... Read More

The conventional view is that, barring any major upset in the next three weeks, Sheinbaum is on track to become Mexico’s next president for the ruling left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena).... Read More

BC State Attorney General Andrade said the main line of investigation was that the two Australian brothers and a US citizen had been shot after resisting the theft of their pick-up truck.... Read More

Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves presented his state-of-the-nation address on 2 May to mark the completion of his second year in office and the halfway point of his term.... Read More

The reaction of governments across Latin America to Israel’s military actions in the Palestinian enclave Gaza were placed in sharp juxtaposition this week.... Read More

“Less ‘blah blah blah’, more public works, progress, and money in your pocket.”... Read More