Weekly Report - 22 August 2019 (WR-19-33)

Uruguay’s general elections on 27 October promise to be the most closely contested in a generation as the ruling left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition’s stranglehold on power since 2005 loosens.... Read More

True to his right-wing populist roots Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro enjoys fighting ideological battles.... Read More

Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez withstood an impeachment motion presented in the lower chamber of congress by the main opposition Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA) on 20 August.... Read More

Ecuador’s top court, the Corte Nacional de Justicia (CNJ), has ordered the preventive detention of former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017) in connection with a corruption case.... Read More

Entering his second year in office, Colombia’s President Iván Duque is looking for something to give him a lift in the opinion polls.... Read More

Colombian agribusiness firm Uniban is holding negotiations with Chinese firm Goodfarmer Foods Holding to start exporting bananas to China.... Read More

The confrontation between Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra and the country’s single-chamber legislature appears to be deepening, as political parties fragment further.... Read More

It is the judicial case that has Mexico’s entire political class intrigued.... Read More

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has submitted a new constitutional reform proposal to the national congress.... Read More

MEXICO | Increase in unemployment rate.... Read More

President Daniel Ortega is facing mounting international pressure following his decision to end dialogue with the opposition movement Alianza Cívica por la Justicia y la Democracia (ACJD) [WR-19-31], aimed at finding a solution to the political crisis dating back to April 2018.... Read More

Two recent rulings by top courts have incensed civil society groups such as the pro-transparency Movimiento Independiente (Movin) and Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Libertad Ciudadana (FDLC), the local branch of international NGO Transparency International (TI).... Read More

Speculation that Venezuelan government strongman Diosdado Cabello held secret talks with someone close to the US administration led by President Donald Trump seized the headlines this week.... Read More

“I would say that there is only one incontrovertible reality and that is that Argentina in these conditions is not able to repay the debts it took on.”... Read More