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Weekly Report - 15 February 2018 (WR-18-06)

Leader
Mexico’s pre-campaign ahead of presidential and congressional elections on 1 July is over.... Read More
Andean
The risk of electoral fraud and influence of illegal armed groups on Colombia’s upcoming congressional and presidential elections in March and May respectively is down by more than a third on four years ago, according to a report just published by the local NGO Misión de Observación Electoral (MOE).... Read More
The government led by President Nicolás Maduro has shown scant regard for regional and international criticism over the years, but this has reached a new tenor over the last few days leaving it looking more isolated than ever.... Read More
Peru’s congress is refusing to accept a resolution issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Corte-IDH) over a legacy human rights case.... Read More
COLOMBIA | Flower exports.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
The government led by President Mauricio Macri is exploiting divisions within Argentina’s largest trade union movement, the Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT), in a bid to isolate the most powerful union boss of the last 30 years.... Read More
Brazil’s 2018 Carnival has been one of protests.... Read More
The so-called bullets, beef and bible caucus is growing in number and stature.... Read More
“This is weakening the state’s capacity to combat crime, drug trafficking, organised crime, and terrorism,” president-elect Sebastián Piñera said this week in reference to the current spat between Chile’s militarised police (Carabineros) and the attorney general’s office (Fiscalía) over the ‘Operación Huracán’ case.... Read More
BRAZIL | Blackouts.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Nicaragua’s national legislature last week approved a bill proposed by President Daniel Ortega’s Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) which significantly reduces the powers of the president of the electoral authority (CSE), Roberto Rivas.... Read More
Postscript
Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno was forced to wait a few days longer than anticipated to celebrate victory in the national referendum on 4 February after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued precautionary measures against one of the seven questions in the referendum.... Read More
“This is like a game of football: there are those who take to the pitch with a strategy and know how to play as a team; there are those who get hold of the ball and don’t pass it; and there are those who score own goals, don’t know how to lose, and rage against the referee.... Read More

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