Weekly Report - 18 January 2018 (WR-18-02)

“Don’t twist the lion’s tail.” This warning was issued by one of Argentina’s most powerful trade union leaders, Luis Barrionuevo, this week.... Read More

Divisions within Venezuela’s political opposition are playing into the hands of President Nicolás Maduro.... Read More

The rupture within the ruling left-wing Alianza País (AP) was formalised this week when former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017) confirmed that he and 28 legislative deputies were abandoning the AP to set up a new party.... Read More

Recent setbacks to the Colombian peace process have produced deep concern in the international community.... Read More

COLOMBIA | New minimum salary.... Read More

With nine months to go, a question mark hangs over who will represent the political centre in Brazil’s presidential elections.... Read More

The suspected death of one of the Mennonites who had been taken hostage by the insurgent Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP) criminal organisation has led to the opening of a new chapter in the debate on national security in Paraguay.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Inflation defies official forecasts.... Read More

Never have political and ideological distinctions been so blurred in Mexico.... Read More

“A national emergency”.... Read More

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández appealed to the political opposition this week to engage in “a sincere and elevated dialogue”.... Read More

Costa Rica closed 2017 with a record 603 homicides (12 per 100,000 inhabitants), up from 579 in 2016, according to figures released by the judicial investigation police (OIJ).... Read More

“It is like boys, who have no notion of danger.”... Read More