LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 03 May 2018

Development: On 2 May Peru’s unicameral national congress gave its vote of confidence to the new ministerial cabinet appointed by President Martín Vizcarra and led by Prime Minister César Villanueva.... Read More

Venezuela: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a declaration censuring the Venezuelan government for failing to provide official macroeconomic data.... Read More

Peruvian forestry authorities have recently engaged in a series of high-profile seizures of illegally sourced timber, as part of efforts to combat illegal logging.... Read More

Peruvian forestry authorities have engaged in a series of high-profile seizures of illegally sourced timber, as part of ongoing efforts to combat illegal logging.... Read More

In his inaugural address, Peru’s now former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016- March 2018) pledged that by 2021 all Peruvians would have 24-hour access to clean water and be connected to the sewerage system.... Read More

Shortly after President Lenín Moreno took office in May 2017 he launched a ‘National Dialogue’ to build bridges with social and political actors who opposed his predecessor, Rafael Correa (2007-2017).... Read More

In refusing to accept the forthcoming presidential election as legitimate, the US and regional leaders gathered in Lima for the Summit of the Americas put heavy rhetorical pressure on Venezuela’s increasingly-autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro, but little else in terms of tangible action.... Read More

Desperate measures are apace to recover oil production.... Read More

COLOMBIA | Coffee exports down.... Read More