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Weekly Report - 13 September 2018 (WR-18-36)
Leader
It has been a tumultuous week for Brazilian politics, even by the country’s current standards.... Read More
Andean
Pressure is mounting on Peru’s attorney general Pedro Chávarry to resign.... Read More
“This country is swimming in coca.” These words were uttered by Colombia’s defence minister Guillermo Botero last week.... Read More
“A perverse vision of a socialist paradise in Venezuela has transformed into a criminal narco-state that is robbing the Venezuelan people blind.” This unequivocal censure of the government led by President Nicolás Maduro came from the US ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Nikki Haley, during an informal meeting of the UN Security Council convened by the US government on 10 September to discuss the situation in Venezuela.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
‘Santa Rosa storm’ is the name given to a climatic phenomenon that regularly produces violent storms in the Southern Hemisphere either a few days before or a few days after the feast of Santa Rosa de Lima, celebrated on 30 August.... Read More
Mexico & Nafta
Mexican news headlines this week have been dominated by an escalating spat between prominent members of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s coalition Juntos Haremos Historia (JHH).... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
The US government has recalled for consultations its ambassadors to the Dominican Republic (Robin Bernstein) and El Salvador (Jean Manes), as well as its chargé d’affaires in Panama (Roxanne Cabral).... Read More
Last week the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held its first meeting on Nicaragua.... Read More
Postscript
An adverse ruling for Ecuador’s government in its long-running legal battle with the US oil giant Chevron has led to the latest instalment in a bitter domestic political struggle between President Lenín Moreno and his predecessor Rafael Correa (2007-2017).... Read More
“Brazil’s judiciary has taken away the right of the people to choose freely.... Read More
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- Uncertainty reigns in Brazil presidential election
- PERU: Chávarry ensnared in spreading scandal
- COLOMBIA: Stepping up the war on drugs
- VENEZUELA: Overt criticism, covert talks
- PARAGUAY: A ‘Santa Rosa’ political storm sweeps through
- ARGENTINA: Under pressure to find fiscal balance
- MEXICO: Power struggle begins
- REGION: Tensions with US over China
- NICARAGUA: UNSC holds meeting to address crisis
- Chevron ruling causes political recriminations in Ecuador
- Quotes of the week