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

Leader
“The worst massacre in peace times”.... Read More
Andean
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro announced at the weekend that an unspecified number of prisoners would be released as his government seeks to lure the political opposition to the dialogue table with a view to regaining some kind of credibility at home and abroad in the wake of his controversial re-election on 20 May.... Read More
Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra accepted the resignation of his economy and finance minister David Tuesta on 4 June.... Read More
The peace agreement with the former guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) is coming under increasing scrutiny, not least because Iván Duque, the frontrunner in the second round presidential ballot due on 17 June, says that if elected he will review the terms of the deal.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
“Thank God the strike has ended,” President Michel Temer declared.... Read More
In the wake of the Facebook scandal, users are becoming increasingly wary about how their personal data is being used – and abused – online.... Read More
The government led by President Mauricio Macri has come under pressure from all sides as it continues to struggle to convince Argentines, financial markets, and the international community that its economic policies are sound and can fix the country’s current economic problems.... Read More
ARGENTINA | Stagnating growth.... Read More
Mexico & Nafta
To all intents and purposes, a trade war broke out between Mexico and the US last week.... Read More
After weeks of public confrontations with local business lobbies and with less than a month left before the 1 July general election, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the favourite to win the presidential race, is seeking to clear the air with Mexico’s leading businessmen.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
President Salvador Sánchez Cerén delivered his fourth and final state-of-the-nation address on 1 June to the legislative assembly.... Read More
President Carlos Alvarado has hit the ground running in an attempt to resolve the most pressing challenge in Costa Rican politics since the turn of the millennium which has eluded four successive governments: the ever-widening fiscal deficit.... Read More
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has paid his first official visit to Taiwan since taking office in February 2017.... Read More
Postscript
Cuba will soon have a new constitution to reflect “economic and social changes due to the passage of time”, President Miguel Díaz-Canel informed the national assembly in an extraordinary session on 2 June.... Read More
“I forgive them.... Read More

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