LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 12 March 2018

Development: The preliminary results from Colombia’s national legislative elections held on 11 March show that the right-wing opposition Centro Democrático (CD) party looks set to become the largest single party in the new national congress.... Read More

Ecuador: Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno has overseen the signing of a new agreement between Ecuador’s state-owned mining firm Empresa Nacional Minera (Enami) and Chile’s state-owned copper mining firm Codelco to develop the Llurimagua mining project.... Read More

Many thought the ambitious 12-country Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal was dead, after President Donald Trump, citing his ‘America First’ policies, pulled the United States out of the group in January 2017.... Read More

A lot of comment in recent years has focused on the emergence of China as a major trade and investment player in Latin America, perhaps rivalling the traditional role played by the United States and Europe.... Read More

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Anti-corruption lobby group Transparency International (TI) published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on 21 February.... Read More

Four hopefuls are leading the race to become the next president of Colombia.... Read More

If President Nicolás Maduro is to be believed, his embattled government has just pulled off a master-stroke by launching the Petro, a crypto currency, which in a couple of days attracted over US$1bn worth of investments and placed the country in the technological vanguard of the 21st century.... Read More

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry held its Global Business Forum on Latin America in late February – a two-day annual conference first staged in 2016 that is designed to deepen commercial and investment ties between Dubai and Latin America.... Read More