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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 01 February 2018

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Development: On 31 January Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno condemned the aggression to which his predecessor, Rafael Correa (2007-2017), had been subjected while campaigning in favour of the ‘no’ vote in the national plebiscite on seven major political and economic reforms proposed by Moreno, scheduled to take place on 4 February.... Read More
Bolivia: Bolivia’s private sector lobby Instituto Boliviano de Comercio Exterior (IBCE) has released figures which show that Bolivia’s trade deficit was US$1.30bn in 2017, up 1.2% on the trade deficit registered in 2016.... Read More
From Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group
A campaign launched by Transparencia por Colombia, the local branch of international anti-corruption NGO Transparency International (TI), and the Misión de Observación Electoral (MOE), an association of civil society groups, is seeking to hold Colombian politicians to account over the financing of their registration campaigns for the 2018 presidential race.... Read More
Back in September 2016, at the 71st United Nations General Assembly Session, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos triumphantly announced the agreement to end the conflict with the guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc).... Read More
It is a problem that has long plagued policymakers in Ecuador: although it exercises no official influence over its neighbour’s peace deals, changes in Colombian attitudes and approaches to armed groups can have a dramatic impact on the border region between the two countries.... Read More
Venezuela, one of the founding members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in late January took over the rotating presidency for 2018 at a very inauspicious time, with oil production close to a three-decade low and the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) a shadow of its former self.... Read More
Having banned weapons sales to Venezuela in November 2017, the European Union (EU) on 22 January confirmed sanctions on seven senior officials in the administration led by President Nicolás Maduro.... Read More
PERU | Moving on reconstruction.... Read More

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