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Weekly Report - 22 March 2018 (WR-18-11)

Leader
Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski tendered his resignation on 21 March, the day before he was scheduled to appear before congress and fight a second attempt to impeach him in the space of three months.... Read More
Andean
President Nicolás Maduro is tightening his grip over the ruling Bolivarian movement, eliminating internal rivals in the oil sector and the military, after forging his own party Movimiento Somos Venezuela.... Read More
At least nine former guerrillas who refused to demobilise after the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) signed a peace accord with the government were killed during a joint military and police operation in the southern department of Guaviare this week.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
Former President Lula da Silva (2003-2011), the main hope for the Left in this year’s Brazilian presidential elections, was on a rollercoaster political ride this week.... Read More
One of Brazil’s larger political parties, the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB), has formally proclaimed São Paulo state governor Gerardo Alckmin as its candidate for October’s presidential elections.... Read More
The Argentine government has called on Uruguay to cooperate with it to clamp down on the smuggling of illegal drugs across the shared border.... Read More
President Sebastián Piñera’s conciliatory rhetoric upon taking office for a second term earlier this month [WR-18-10] looks short-lived.... Read More
Mexico & Nafta
Mexico’s supreme court (SCJN) has approved the new police search powers included in the country’s 2014 national code of criminal procedures.... Read More
Mexico’s presidential candidates are vying with each other for the tag of most committed fighter of corruption.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
The main political parties in Honduras sat down at the negotiating table last week for the first time since November’s disputed presidential elections.... Read More
PANAMA | World Bank approves loan for indigenous sector.... Read More
Postscript
The Argentine government hosted a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the G-20 group of industrialised countries in the capital, Buenos Aires, on 20 and 21 March.... Read More
“I don’t want the country or my family to continue to suffer the uncertainty of recent times.”... Read More

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