Weekly Report - 28 February 2019 (WR-19-08)

The entry of humanitarian aid into Venezuela did not provide the tipping point the opposition had counted on to expedite a democratic transition process.... Read More

Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno announced last week the creation of an international anti-corruption commission to fulfil one of the electoral-campaign promises he made in 2017 to improve the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of corruption.... Read More

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has promulgated a law establishing a unified healthcare system (SUS).... Read More

The Colombian government led by President Iván Duque has presented its proposed national development plan (PND) 2018-2022 to congress for debate.... Read More

Former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) put up a fierce defence of her innocence in court this week.... Read More

While much of Brazil’s attention is focused this week on the street parties and samba shows of Carnival, on 27 February news site G1 released annual homicide statistics for 2018.... Read More

The murder of an indigenous man in central Asunción has sparked serious concerns.... Read More

BRAZIL | Senate approves Campos Neto for central bank.... Read More

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the cancellation this week of a public consultation process on his government’s proposed creation of a national guard, which had been scheduled for 21 March.... Read More

“We knew that the communities not directly affected would support it… we knew this would be a farce.” This was the reaction by civil society groups opposed to a new thermoelectric plant located in Mexico’s central state of Morelos to the result of the public consultation on the project staged by the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.... Read More

MEXICO | Steady but sure.... Read More

With less than three months until general elections on 5 May, the first of two presidential debates took place last week, organised by the electoral authorities (TE).... Read More

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez attended the inauguration ceremony for the new Brazilian directors of Itaipú Binacional, the Brazilian-Paraguayan entity that manages the Itaipú hydroelectric dam, on 26 February.... Read More

“For Venezuelans, and other South Americans, the worst dictatorship in the world is that of Maduro in Venezuela.... Read More