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Weekly Report - 05 February 2026 (WR-26-05)
LEADER
Laura Fernández won Costa Rica’s presidential elections at a canter on 1 February.... Read More
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
At first blush Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and his US peer Donald Trump would seem like two of the least likely candidates to get along well.... Read More
The campaign chief of the left-wing opposition Revolución Ciudadana (RC) in 2023 said on 30 January that he had transferred money from Venezuela to fund the presidential campaign of Luisa González at the request of RC’s founder, former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017).... Read More
The steady release of political prisoners in Venezuela since 8 January could soon become a flood, after President Delcy Rodríguez announced plans for a general amnesty bill.... Read More
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
Federal lawmakers returned from their recess in Brazil on 2 February, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began the new legislative year with increased efforts to shore up support in congress.... Read More
Marco Lavagna resigned on 2 February from his position as head of Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec).... Read More
BRAZIL | Public sector deficit widens in 2025.... Read More
MEXICO
Mexico’s federal defence ministry announced the deployment of 2,790 troops to the state of Sinaloa between 29 January and 1 February.... Read More
Adán Augusto López, the senate coordinator for the ruling left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) and a long-time party heavyweight, has stepped down.... Read More
MEXICO | Remittances fall in 2025.... Read More
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Panama’s supreme court (CSJ) has struck down a concession for two ports on the Panama Canal owned by Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-headquartered CK Hutchison Holdings.... Read More
The US government led by President Donald Trump has dealt a further blow to Cuba’s moribund economy with the announcement that countries who supply oil to Cuba will face tariffs.... Read More
GUATEMALA | Budget increase approved.... Read More
POSTSCRIPT
If there were any doubt about the policy priorities of Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast he has put them to rest with his opening flurry of foreign visits.... Read More
“The people spoke, democracy decided.... Read More
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- Fernández cruises to victory in Costa Rica
- COLOMBIA: Petro strikes rapport with Trump
- ECUADOR: Correísmo hit with campaign finance investigation
- VENEZUELA: Rodríguez meets key opposition demand with amnesty bill
- BRAZIL: Lula seeks reset as congress returns from recess
- ARGENTINA: Political battle over inflation stats
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Violence surges in Sinaloa
- MEXICO: Shake-up for Morena in the senate
- TRACKING TRENDS
- PANAMA: China blasts court ruling striking down key ports concession
- CUBA: Washington tightens the screws
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Kast foreign visits focused on migration and security
- Quotes of the week