LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 16 February 2018

Development: On 15 February, Venezuela’s former attorney general, Luisa Ortega, admitted that she was coerced into charging the political opposition figurehead Leopoldo López in relation to fatal anti-government protests in 2014.... Read More

Colombia: Colombia’s national statistics agency (Dane) has released new figures which show the Colombia's domestic economy grew by 1.8% in 2017, above the 1.6% forecast by local analysts but down from 2% in 2016.... Read More

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

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