Weekly Report - 15 December 2016 (WR-16-49)

President Nicolás Maduro has taken on a new role – Saint Nicholas – assuring Venezuelan children that he will personally ensure that their toys are delivered on time this year.... Read More

Colombia’s constitutional court (CC) has thrown a lifeline to President Juan Manuel Santos by voting by 8-1 that the ‘fast track’ mechanism his government had sought, in order to push through congress constitutional amendments and legislation to enact the peace accord with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) with fewer debates, is valid.... Read More

The Bolivian government led by President Evo Morales last week called on Brazil to expel a Bolivian national, who is under investigation over the 28 November plane crash in Colombia, involving a Bolivian plane, which killed 71 people (including most of the members of the Brazilian football club Associação Chapencose de Futebol).... Read More

This week may be decisive in defining the future of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s government, which has been in office for five months.... Read More

PERU | Job formalisation.... Read More

Relations between President Mauricio Macri and Sergio Massa, the leader of the Peronist grouping known as the Frente Renovador (FR), have taken a sharp turn for the worse.... Read More

Brazil’s central bank (BCB) released the latest instalment of its monthly survey of local economists on 12 December, in which they once again revised down their economic growth projections for this year.... Read More

This month sees the tenth anniversary of a momentous decision: the deployment of Mexico’s armed forces to combat the country’s drug cartels.... Read More

MEXICO | Record formal job creation.... Read More

Just over a week after announcing preliminary results from last month’s presidential vote [WR-16-47], the head of the provisional electoral council (CEP), Léopold Berlanger, revealed the winners of the partial legislative elections which also took place on 20 November.... Read More

President Salvador Sánchez Céren accused the four magistrates on the constitutional chamber of the supreme court of seeking to “destabilise” the army this week.... Read More

GUATEMALA | Job market prospects.... Read More

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has taken the bold decision to send a bill to the national assembly to increase taxes.... Read More

“I have decided to take out of circulation 100-bolívar notes in the next 72 hours.... Read More