Weekly Report - 01 February 2018 (WR-18-04)

“We will create the conditions for a new Colombia,” ‘Timochenko’ (Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri), formerly the maximum leader of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc), announced during the official launch of his presidential candidacy on 27 January.... Read More

Venezuela’s opposition coalition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) held a fourth round of a national dialogue process with the government this week.... Read More

Peru’s political crisis took a twist on 31 January when Kenji Fujimori confirmed that he and nine other deputies would form a splinter group.... Read More

“God protects us so that we can protect the favela,” reads a slogan spray painted on the walls of the Cidade Jardim slum, located in Fortaleza, the capital of the north-eastern state of Ceará.... Read More

“Not only a step backwards but a form of provocation”.... Read More

President Mauricio Macri has made a symbolic gesture, ostensibly to cut the fiscal deficit but with the underlying motive of boosting his approval ratings.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Courting foreign investors.... Read More

José Antonio Meade, the presidential candidate of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), is trying to regain the initiative in the campaign ahead of elections on 1 July.... Read More

MEXICO | Progress in Nafta negotiations.... Read More

President Juan Orlando Hernández was sworn-in for a second term on 27 January.... Read More

A “religious shock”.... Read More

A year after a plane carrying supreme court (STF) judge Teori Zavascki crashed outside the beach town of Paraty in the state of Rio de Janeiro, killing him instantly along with five others, an investigation has ruled out sabotage.... Read More

“My patience and the patience of the Colombian people has a limit.”... Read More