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Weekly Report - 16 August 2018 (WR-18-32)

Leader
Brazil’s left-wing opposition Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) registered its imprisoned leader, former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011), as the party’s presidential candidate just before the deadline closed on 15 August.... Read More
Andean
President Iván Duque paid his first visit upon taking office to the archipelago of San Andrés y Providencia in the Caribbean Sea.... Read More
Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolás Maduro has promised to reduce petrol subsidies and launch a new currency – all in a matter of days.... Read More
Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra visited congress on 9 August bearing three constitutional reform projects he sees as pivotal to address the country’s current political and judicial crisis.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
The bribes-for-public works contracts corruption case that hit the news headlines in Argentina at the beginning of August has continued to grow and is now the dominant political story in the country.... Read More
Five months since taking office for a second term in March, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has carried out his first cabinet reshuffle, which saw changes in the education, environment, and culture portfolios.... Read More
Mexico & Nafta
“We will have enough money because there will be no corruption, there will be no waste, and I think that there is the difference”.... Read More
For years, the authorities in Mexico City (CDMX) have insisted that the capital was free from the presence of major drug trafficking organisations (DTOs) that have wrought havoc throughout the rest of the country.... Read More
MEXICO | Moody’s remains positive on Mexico.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Former president Tony Saca (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista [Arena], 2004-2009) has become El Salvador’s first former head of state to face imprisonment for corruption: last week he pleaded guilty to money laundering and embezzlement charges to the tune of some US$301m.... Read More
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega this week revealed that he had sent the 92-member legislature a proposal to cut the 2018 state budget.... Read More
Postscript
Authorities in Ecuador declared a state of emergency in three provinces this week because of the surge of Venezuelan migrants entering the country since the beginning of August.... Read More

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