Weekly Report - 12 February 2026 (WR-26-06)

Cuba’s government was forced to issue a warning this week to international airlines that they would be unable to refuel on the island for at least a month due to fuel shortages.... Read More

A strategy can now be discerned in the Venezuelan authorities’ release of political prisoners, which began on 8 January and is set to gather pace significantly pending congressional approval of a general amnesty bill [WR-26-05].... Read More

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced on 11 February that due to severe flooding he has cancelled plans to deliver a message of peace at the 13-15 February Munich Security Conference.... Read More

Uruguay, which for years has prided itself on topping the region in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) table produced by the Berlin-based NGO Transparency International (TI), suffered the steepest decline of any country in the whole of Latin America and the Caribbean in its score in the 2025 edition.... Read More

Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast all but completed his government team this week, naming 39 of the 40 deputy ministers and 16 presidential delegates to the country’s regions after returning from a foreign trip to Europe where he met far-right allies.... Read More

After a 13-hour debate, and amid clouds of tear gas as protesters clashed outside with police, the Argentine senate voted 42-30 in the early hours of 12 February to approve the government’s labour reform bill.... Read More

Argentina has secured a reciprocal trade and investment agreement with the US.... Read More

The question of how much to pay public sector staff has emerged as another potential point of tension between Brazil’s political and judicial institutions.... Read More

The national statistics institute (Ibge) reported on 10 February that Brazil’s monthly inflation rate stood at 0.33% in January while annual inflation rose to 4.44%.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Inflation accelerates.... Read More

Mexico’s municipality of Tequila is primarily known for the agave-based spirit to which it gave its name.... Read More

A “catastrophic balance sheet”.... Read More

Honduran President Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura has met US President Donald Trump, whose backing ahead of the 30 November election was arguably pivotal to his victory.... Read More

Liberalising the rules around fuel imports and sales was hailed by Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz as one of his government’s key early achievements, which helped resolve fuel shortages that plagued the country under his predecessor Luis Arce (2020-2025).... Read More

“Cuba is ready for dialogue with the US on any issues it wants to debate or discuss.... Read More