Weekly Report - 05 July 2018 (WR-18-26)

Andrés Manuel López Obrador has done it at the third time of asking – and in some style.... Read More

Seven weeks after the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro in polls widely seen as fraudulent, the country’s political and economic crisis shows no signs of subsiding.... Read More

Representatives of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group and the Colombian government began a new round of peace talks in Cuba on 2 July.... Read More

Attempts to repeat last year’s long teachers’ strike in Peru appear to have failed.... Read More

The latest opinion poll published on 28 June by Ibope puts the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro ahead in the running for October’s presidential elections, with 17% support, followed by environmentalist Marina Silva with 13%.... Read More

Brazilian analysts are debating the potential electoral appeal of Marina Silva.... Read More

President Sebastián Piñera reacted angrily on 1 July to accusations that his government has been slow to pass new laws.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Drought causes economic losses in agriculture.... Read More

The Nicaraguan military is facing mounting calls to clarify its stance in relation to the crisis which began mid-April sparked by the brutal state crackdown on anti-government protesters (which is ongoing) and has so far left 309 people dead on the latest (3 July) figures from a local NGO Asociación Nicaragüense Pro Derechos Humanos (ANPDH).... Read More

Endemic corruption and institutional weaknesses have long been identified by human rights groups as an obstacle in efforts to reduce violence and insecurity in the Northern Triangle countries.... Read More

US Vice President Mike Pence last week paid a visit to Guatemala.... Read More

HONDURAS | IMF visit.... Read More

Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes presented his final state-of-the-nation address to the national congress on 1 July.... Read More

“We want a profound change, a radical change.... Read More