LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 21 September 2018

Development: On 20 September Bolivia’s electoral authorities (TSE) announced that opposition organisation Soberanía y Libertad (Sol.bo) would not receive its credentials in order to run as a party in the October 2019 general election.... Read More

* Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has announced the launch of a new ‘bio-pay’ payment system that will be implemented for the sale of petrol fuels at service stations across the country.... Read More

Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra scored a notable victory over congress this week, which should lead to the imminent approval of four significant judicial and political reforms and their subsequent presentation to the public in a referendum before the year is out.... Read More

The Venezuelan government reacted to comments by Secretary General Luis Almagro of the Organization of American States (OAS) this week by claiming that the US was planning a military intervention in Venezuela under the cover of the OAS.... Read More

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales inaugurated a state-of-the-art new headquarters for the parliament of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) on the outskirts of the central city of Cochabamba on 12 September.... Read More

A new scandal involving the illegal wiretapping of mobile phones (locally known as ‘chuzadas’) of high-profile government officials has broken out in Colombia.... Read More

COLOMBIA | Cutting red tape to boost jobs market.... Read More