Weekly Report - 10 April 2025 (WR-25-14)

On 2 April, dubbed “Liberation Day” by US President Donald Trump, the Washington administration set out the biggest and most abrupt pivot away from free trade seen in the last century.... Read More

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro was once again rebuked by US President Donald Trump’s administration on 5 April, when US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem criticised his attitude during their 27 March meeting in Bogotá.... Read More

Campaigning is over ahead of the second round of Ecuador’s presidential elections on 13 April, with polls predicting a knife-edge result.... Read More

Facing ongoing trade sanctions, the withdrawal of foreign oil company production licences, and the application of new US tariffs, the Venezuelan economy is in for a rough ride this year.... Read More

Bus, taxi, and delivery drivers held a second one-day strike in Lima on 10 April, as this issue went to press, demanding that the government do more to protect them from extortion and criminal violence.  ... Read More

Argentina’s senate mustered quorum on 3 April to vote on President Javier Milei’s appointment of two supreme court judges by decree last month.... Read More

Former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) and his allies have held another rally on the Avenida Paulista, a major road in the city of São Paulo, and seven conservative governors attended the event.... Read More

The minister for justice and public security, Ricardo Lewandowski, and other government officials presented a constitutional amendment proposal (PEC) to congress on 8 April which proposes boosting integration between federal and state law enforcement institutions.... Read More

ARGENTINA | IMF approves loan deal.... Read More

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum was not lying in January when she announced that she would face the US administration of President Donald Trump with a “cool head”.... Read More

A tragic accident at a music festival in Mexico City (CDMX) on 5 April has led to much finger pointing as authorities at different levels of government scramble to absolve themselves of responsibility.... Read More

The threatened US annexation of the Panama Canal may not be happening just yet.... Read More

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Nightclub disaster.... Read More

Voters will go to the polls in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 April after Prime Minister Stuart Young called a snap general election.... Read More

“Today the imperialists have issued a resolution to tax everything between here and Mars, special tariffs on the entire world and beyond.... Read More