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Weekly Report - 08 August 2019 (WR-19-31)
Leader
Venezuela will plumb new depths of political and economic uncertainty in the coming weeks and months.... Read More
Andean
Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra authorised military intervention on 4 August at the Matarani port terminal, one of the country’s primary mining ports, located in the province of Islay in the southern region of Arequipa.... Read More
COLOMBIA | Duque signs accord to boost economy.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
The threat of impeachment hanging over Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez appears to have receded after his administration succeeded in securing the support of the dissident faction of the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC).... Read More
“Your declaration is decisive.... Read More
The international furore around President Jair Bolsonaro’s environmentally destructive policies and rhetoric, particularly towards the Brazilian Amazon, is growing.... Read More
In an interview broadcast on 5 August, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro once again defended the view encapsulated in the familiar Brazilian saying, “a good criminal is a dead criminal,” by advocating for legislation that would allow security forces to kill suspected criminals without the risk of facing judicial proceedings.... Read More
ARGENTINA | Argentina launches tender for gas pipeline.... Read More
Mexico
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador boldly forecast last week that there was “no risk of recession” in Mexico.... Read More
MEXICO | Remittances reach record high.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Dominican Economy Minister Isidoro Santana was summarily dismissed on 31 July.... Read More
The dialogue process between the government led by President Daniel Ortega and the political opposition is over.... Read More
COSTA RICA | Health-sector union strikes.... Read More
Postscript
Chile’s senate approved a bill to amend the anti-terrorism law after a long debate on 7 August.... Read More
“North American imperialism has gone crazy and stuck a knife in the soul of Venezuela and they [the opposition] decided to go out and party.”... Read More
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- Maduro suspends talks as US ramps up sanctions
- PERU: Mining tensions mount
- TRACKING TRENDS
- PARAGUAY: Impeachment threat recedes
- ARGENTINA: Macri camp confident ahead of primaries
- BRAZIL: Environmental fears fall on deaf ears
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro stands fast on hard-line security policy
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Stimulus plan to dynamise faltering economy
- TRACKING TRENDS
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Economy minister fired over re-election
- NICARAGUA: Ortega terminates talks; plans own reforms
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Chile’s anti-terrorism law amended
- Quotes of the week