LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 07 December 2018

Development: On 6 December Bolivia’s interior minister Carlos Romero announced that a woman was killed during protests which took place in Riberalta municipality, Beni department.... Read More

* The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$300m guarantee for Ecuador to issue sovereign social impact bonds.... Read More

When Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno carried out a cabinet reshuffle this week he had not anticipated reassigning the functions of the vice presidency.... Read More

Peru’s former president Alan García (1985-1990; 2006-2011) was forced to vacate the Uruguayan embassy in Lima on 3 December after his asylum request was rejected.... Read More

“We will cover most of Venezuela’s needs…we have that capacity.” With these words Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged his country’s economic and political support for the government led by President Nicolás Maduro during an official visit to Venezuela this week.... Read More

Colombia’s President Iván Duque has presented the supreme court (CSJ) with a shortlist of candidates for the role of ad hoc prosecutor in the investigations into the government corruption scandal centred around the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.... Read More

COLOMBIA | Exports up.... Read More

Hours ahead of the deadline to register line-ups for Bolivia’s general election next October, Samuel Doria Medina, the leader of the main opposition Unidad Nacional (UN), announced he was breaking his alliance with Santa Cruz Governor Rubén Costas of the Partido Demócrata Social (PDS).... Read More