Andean Group - December 2025

Colombia’s government had initially appeared to get away with just a slap on the wrist following the 15 September announcement that the US was decertifying the country as a counter-narcotics ally.... Read More

Following the 15 September announcement that the US government was decertifying Colombia as a counter-narcotics ally, it initially seemed that Colombia might get away with just a slap on the wrist [SSR-25-11].... Read More

For a deeply divided country that has seen a resurgence of political violence and has been rocked by one government scandal after another, Colombia’s economy is chugging along quite nicely.... Read More

Peru’s president Dina Boluarte (2022-2025) was impeached for ‘permanent moral incapacity’ on 9 October, becoming the latest leader to be felled by this nebulous charge that also toppled Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020) and Pedro Castillo (2021-2022).... Read More

“We know what they do, we know where they are, and now the counterattack is coming,” Peru’s new President José Jerí said on 3 November after promulgating a new law aimed at tackling extortion gangs.... Read More

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa had seemed to be making piecemeal progress in pulling the troubled Andean nation back from the brink of an all-out collapse.... Read More

Reforming Ecuador’s violent and overcrowded prison system, which serves as a headquarters for some of the country’s main gangs, is an urgent priority in President Daniel Noboa’s efforts to confront organised crime.... Read More

Since launching its first strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean in mid-September, the US military has, as of 18 November, carried out 21 strikes with a reported death toll of 83 people.... Read More

BOLIVIA | Attempting to calm the parallel currency market.... Read More