Weekly Report - 07 May 2026 (WR-26-18)

The governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state, Rubén Rocha Moya, has temporarily stepped down from his role, following a bombshell US indictment that accused him and nine other current and former officials of ties with the Cártel de Sinaloa.... Read More

MEXICO | Sheinbaum seeks to boost investment.... Read More

Iván Cepeda sought to distance himself completely from the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) this week, condemning any pressure the guerrilla group has brought to bear on voters in his favour or through veiled or explicit threats against his rivals.... Read More

Keiko Fujimori is campaigning in earnest ahead of the second round of Peru’s presidential election on 7 June.... Read More

Despite growing optimism about Venezuela’s economic fortunes following the US seizure of former president Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026) and his replacement with the more business-friendly Delcy Rodríguez, the country faces a major obstacle on its road to recovery – a sprawling and opaque national debt, which without a restructuring will limit the government’s ability to tap international finance and leave it vulnerable to litigation from creditors who were burned by earlier nationalisations.... Read More

There were warnings in the aftermath of the March capture of Bolivia-based Uruguayan drug kingpin Sebastián Marset that his organisation, the Primer Cartel Uruguayo (PCU), would carry out reprisals [WR-26-11].... Read More

Brazil’s congress has dealt back-to-back blows to the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... Read More

Tens of thousands of Chileans marched in Santiago on 1 May to mark International Workers’ Day.... Read More

BRAZIL | Petrobras posts higher production.... Read More

“An end to one of the darkest cycles for Guatemalan justice”.... Read More

With the February 2027 general elections less than a year away, El Salvador’s 60-member unicameral legislature has approved two constitutional amendments proposed by President Nayib Bukele.... Read More

In what appears to be a significant ramping up of Washington’s pressure campaign on Cuba, as part of efforts to push for the island’s economic opening, US President Donald Trump has announced new economic sanctions and revived the threat of a military takeover.... Read More

Prime Minister Gaston Browne and the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) will serve a fourth straight term in power after an emphatic victory in a snap general election on 30 April.... Read More

“To our neighbours, to the US, we say…we are clear and resolute.... Read More