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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 16 March 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 15 March, Peru’s unicameral national congress approved a motion to subject President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to a new impeachment trial by the legislature over his moral incapacity to govern as a result of his links to Brazilian engineering firm, Odebrecht.... Read More
Colombia: Representatives from the Colombian government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrillas have announced that they have formally opened a new peace dialogue round.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
The majority of Colombia’s political parties could claim a victory of some sort in the congressional elections on 11 March but the biggest winner was Germán Vargas Lleras, whose right-of-centre party, Cambio Radical (CR), excelled.... Read More
Retired Major General Miguel Rodríguez Torres was arrested on 13 March accused of conspiring against the government led by President Nicolás Maduro and seeking to destabilise the Bolivarian armed forces (FANB).... Read More
After a rollercoaster week, Ecuador’s national assembly has a new president and the attorney general appears to be on borrowed time.... Read More
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