Andean Group - June 2019

Construction on the Ituango dam on the Cauca river in Colombia’s Antioquia department began in 2011, almost 30 years after the initial feasibility study was completed in 1983.... Read More

Construction on the Ituango dam on the Cauca river in Antioquia department began in 2011, almost 30 years after the initial feasibility study was completed in 1983.... Read More

In March, Colombia’s main teachers’ union Federación Colombiana de Trabajadores de la Educación (Fecode) launched its second national strike since the beginning of 2019.... Read More

With President Evo Morales and his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) having marked their 13th year in office at the start of the year, we consider how far his anti-imperialism rhetoric has translated into action and whether it has resulted in Bolivia’s economic sovereignty, new dependent relations with rising actors, or something in between.... Read More

Earlier this month Venezuela’s national assembly’s finance commission reported that inflation in May was an estimated 31.3% month on month and 815.2% year on year.... Read More

PERU | Mining investment up. On 6 June Peru’s energy & mining ministry (MEM) released figures which show mining investments for the first four months of 2019 reached US$1.6bn, up 31.2% year-on-year.... Read More