LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 08 June 2018

Development: On 7 June, the Consejo Gremial Nacional (CGN), Colombia’s largest economy-wide business association, declared its support for the presidential candidacy of Iván Duque of the right-wing Centro Democrático (CD) party.... Read More

Peru: Peru's President Martín Vizcarra has sworn-in Carlos Oliva as his new economy & finance minister, replacing David Tuesta, who stepped down earlier this week after just two months in the post amid the growing rejection of the government’s decision to increase the consumption tax (ISC) rate on some products to help shore up the public finances.... Read More

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