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Weekly Report - 22 February 2018 (WR-18-07)

Leader
Guatemala’s former president Alvaro Colom (2008-2012) was arrested last week, becoming the country’s fourth leader to be accused of corruption by the United Nations-backed anti-impunity commission in Guatemala (Cicig) and the attorney general’s office (AG).... Read More
Andean
“Today, a cryptocurrency is being born that can take on Superman,” President Nicolás Maduro announced in an address on Venezuelan state television on 20 February.... Read More
This week it was revealed that the left-wing parties Frente Amplio (FA) and Nuevo Perú (NP) have been in discussions with the main right-wing opposition Fuerza Popular (FP, Fujimoristas) to launch a new attempt to impeach President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in March, when congress reconvenes.... Read More
Although Colombia has made progress towards implementing a peace settlement, this week there were worries over ongoing threats to the process, many of which appear to be situated in and around the country’s borders.... Read More
Former president Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) already faces a range of court investigations over alleged human rights violations and links to paramilitary groups.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
The 21 February march against President Mauricio Macri’s government, called by the veteran trade union leader Hugo Moyano, demonstrated two things.... Read More
As in many Latin American countries, in Argentina much of the political debate is about comparative corruption: crudely, the question asked by voters is whether the current people in power are more or less likely to misbehave than their predecessors.... Read More
Brazil’s congress has approved a decree by President Michel Temer authorising the military to take full control of security operations in the state of Rio de Janeiro.... Read More
ARGENTINA & BRAZIL | Soybeans.... Read More
Mexico & Nafta
The three main contenders in Mexico’s presidential elections on 1 July were all formally proclaimed as candidates by the three parties comprising each of their respective coalitions in a series of events between 18 and 20 February.... Read More
Violent crime has been on the rise in Mexico, and there are fears that the main drug-trafficking organisations (DTOs) could intensify their attacks on the security forces (and on each other) in the run-up to July’s elections.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
With less than two weeks until the 4 March legislative and municipal elections, pre-electoral surveys are pointing to a victory for the right-wing opposition Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena) at the expense of the left-wing Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) government led by President Salvador Sánchez Céren.... Read More
Postscript
Luislinda Valois stepped down as head of Brazil’s recently reinstated human rights ministry this week, one year after she assumed the post.... Read More
“What Mexico needs is not a Messiah with delusions of grandeur but the unequivocal application of the law.”... Read More

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