Weekly Report - 12 June 2025 (WR-25-23)

Just one week after announcing her intention to stand in the legislative elections in the province of Buenos Aires on 7 September, Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) lost her final appeal against a six-year prison sentence for corruption and a lifetime ban on holding public office.... Read More

Not even an assassination attempt on one of Colombia’s most prominent opposition politicians could deter President Gustavo Petro from signing a decree to convene a referendum on labour reform.... Read More

Political tensions in Bolivia were ratcheted up another notch on 11 June when three police officers and a demonstrator were killed during protests by followers of former president Evo Morales (2006-2019).... Read More

Despite opposition claims of systematic fraud, the Venezuelan government is pressing on with its electoral schedule.... Read More

Ecuador’s national assembly has approved the so-called ‘Law of National Solidarity’, a sweeping piece of legislation with which President Daniel Noboa’s government aims to strengthen the fight against organised crime.... Read More

PERU | Exports up.... Read More

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) testified before the supreme court (STF) on 10 June in a case involving an alleged military coup plot following his 2022 election defeat to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [WR-25-12].... Read More

Having hosted France’s President Emmanuel Macron in Brazil last year, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited France from 4-9 June.... Read More

BRAZIL | Inflation decelerates in May.... Read More

The US government led by President Donald Trump is maintaining its offensive against Mexico’s main drug cartels.... Read More

Election observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) have voiced serious concerns about the unprecedented and controversial judicial elections that took place in Mexico on 1 June.... Read More

MEXICO | Vehicle production, exports continue to decline.... Read More

The election campaign in Honduras is underway.... Read More

GUATEMALA | Shoring up ties with Taipei.... Read More

Peru’s former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018), who is awaiting trial for alleged corruption, attempted to travel to the US on 8 June but was refused exit by border agents.... Read More

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