Weekly Report - 18 October 2018 (WR-18-41)

Peru is locked in a titanic struggle pitting President Martín Vizcarra against the main opposition Fuerza Popular (FP), the right-wing party led by Keiko Fujimori.... Read More

Former Venezuelan student leader Lorent Saleh was freed on 12 October after spending four years locked up without trial, mainly in the national intelligence agency (Sebin) building in Caracas.... Read More

Former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005) has ended speculation.... Read More

Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate for the Partido Social Liberal (PSL), is the firm favourite to win the second-round run-off on 28 October.... Read More

After the deep 2015-2016 recession which saw Brazil’s economy contract by 7%, and nearly two years of sluggish growth since, things are finally beginning to look up for the country.... Read More

The government led by President Mauricio Macri came under heavy fire this week on two fronts.... Read More

There is mounting concern within the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) that the left-wing coalition’s grip on power in Uruguay, stretching back to 2005, might not last beyond presidential elections in October next year.... Read More

President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his government transition team are determined to hold a public consultation on where to build a new airport to service Mexico City.... Read More

MEXICO | Inflation.... Read More

Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was assassinated in 1980 for daring to condemn state-sponsored violence in El Salvador, and order soldiers not to kill innocent civilians, was canonised on 14 October.... Read More

“A monologue not a dialogue.” This was one of the reasons given by the traditional opposition Partido Liberal (PL) for its decision to suspend participation in the talks brokered by the United Nations (UN), which began at the end of August, aimed at addressing the post-electoral crisis in Honduras.... Read More

Last week José Domingo Arias, who served as housing minister under President Ricardo Martinelli (Cambio Democrático, 2009-2014), became the latest presidential contender to be confirmed ahead of next May’s general election.... Read More

The Colombian police have killed a key member of the Clan del Golfo criminal organisation.... Read More

“It is an abuse and arrogance of an inexplicable level.... Read More