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Weekly Report - 11 October 2018 (WR-18-40)

Leader
Jair Bolsonaro has emerged as the clear winner in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, which took place on 7 October, although he was a few percentage points shy of the absolute majority needed to avoid a run-off vote.... Read More
Andean
Regional and municipal elections on 7 October confirmed the atomisation of Peruvian politics, a trend in evidence since 2006.... Read More
The president of Venezuela’s national constituent assembly (ANC), Diosdado Cabello, organised a demonstration for peace in central Caracas on 5 October.... Read More
The fallout from a long-running investigation into a huge prostitution and human trafficking network based in Colombia’s tourist hotspot of Cartagena de Indias saw the resignation of a high-ranking local public official this week, and more scandal could follow.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
One of Paraguay’s most influential political families has become the latest target of local prosecutors.... Read More
Chile is facing one of its worst ever health crises, stemming from pollution, after reports of an industrial gas leak in Quintero and Puchuncaví communes, in Valparaíso Region, recently forced hundreds of people to seek medical treatment for vomiting and nausea.... Read More
ARGENTINA | Economic travails.... Read More
Mexico & Nafta
Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete inaugurated a new national search system for enforced disappearances on 9 October, which aims to coordinate action between federal and state governments, and relatives of victims.... Read More
MEXICO | USMCA ratification.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
“An important and urgent step.” This was how Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado responded to the approval last week by the 57-member legislative assembly of the fiscal reform initiative proposed by his centre-left Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) government aimed at addressing the country’s spiralling fiscal deficit.... Read More
Postscript
For the first time since the signing of the peace accords in 1992, neither party in El Salvador’s dominant political duopoly is leading the opinion polls, with under four months to go before presidential elections.... Read More
“On 28 October we will seal our victory in the second round, even with the whole system working against us.”... Read More

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