LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 24 October 2018

Development: On 23 October, during a debate in Brussels with Robert Maylle, the president of the International Crisis Group (ICG), Colombia’s President Iván Duque called on the European Union (EU) to further the diplomatic isolation of the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolás Maduro.... Read More

* Colombia’s comptroller general (CGR) has reported that mining company Cerro Matoso SA, a subsidiary of multinational mining giant BHP Billiton, owes more than Col$170bn (US$54m) to the Colombian government in unpaid royalties.... Read More

In this October edition of Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group we begin by looking at Bolivia where access to water has long been an explosive issue, particularly given the early 2000 conflict which arose in Cochabamba, Bolivia’s third-largest city, over the attempted privatisation of an ever-dwindling water supply.... Read More

Access to water has long been an explosive issue in Bolivia where in early 2000 conflict arose in Cochabamba, Bolivia’s third-largest city, over the privatisation of an ever-dwindling water supply, something permitted by legislation introduced the previous year.... Read More

Now that former president Juan Manuel Santos’ two-term government (2010-2018) in Colombia is over, attention can turn to analysing his achievements while in office.... Read More

Ensuring food security, defined by the World Food Programme as the provision of sufficient quantities of safe and nutritious food that is available and accessible to the entire population, is a challenge for many developing countries.... Read More

PERU | Non-traditional exports up.... Read More