Weekly Report - 27 September 2018 (WR-18-38)

The Venezuelan government explicitly accused Chile, Colombia, and Mexico on 23 September of complicity in an alleged assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro last month.... Read More

The Venezuelan government’s claim that Chile, Colombia, and Mexico conspired in an assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro attracted all of the attention this week.... Read More

The campaign for Peru’s municipal and regional elections on 7 October is heating up after weeks of public indifference.... Read More

BOLIVIA | New airport.... Read More

Argentina’s government has got what it wants: a bigger, more flexible, deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).... Read More

Last week, The Economist put Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate in Brazil’s 7 October presidential election, on its front cover and warned against the threat that he represents for the country’s democracy.... Read More

Not since Uruguay’s ruling left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition came to power in 2005 have relations with the military been so strained.... Read More

BRAZIL | Consumer confidence down.... Read More

The Pacific beach resort of Acapulco, Guerrero state, was once the jewel in Mexico’s tourism crown.... Read More

MEXICO | Inflation rises in first half of September.... Read More

President Daniel Ortega last week called on Nicaragua’s private sector not to toy with “economic terrorism” but rather urged them to contribute to the country’s economic recovery.... Read More

Two months after Haiti’s Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned over the government’s mishandling of a rise in petrol prices [WR-18-28], his replacement has finally been installed.... Read More

The Dominican Republic has formally established diplomatic relations with mainland China following its decision in May to break off its longstanding relations with Taiwan.... Read More

Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno officially disbanded the national intelligence agency (Senain) this week.... Read More

“The end of the [Venezuelan] dictatorship is a global challenge.”... Read More