LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 20 September 2019

On 19 September the president of Venezuela’s Catholic episcopal conference (CEV), Monsignor José Luis Azuaje, said he did not believe the new dialogue the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro has established with a small section of the political opposition will help to resolve the country’s crisis.... Read More

* Venezuela’s chemical and petrochemical industry association (Asoquim) has reported that 30% of the coutnry's chemical industry did not operate in the first half of 2019 due to a fall in consumption, increase in the informal markets, and scarcity of primary materials.... Read More

Venezuela’s de facto government is ratcheting up the pressure on the widely recognised interim president Juan Guaidó with a legal fusillade.... Read More

The murder of three candidates competing in Colombia’s upcoming regional and municipal elections since the start of September has revived old fears about the nefarious influence of the country’s internal conflict on its democratic processes.... Read More

The approval rating of Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra suffered a second straight monthly decline in September, according to a poll conducted by the pollster Ipsos for the national daily El Comercio.... Read More

With just over a month until the 20 October general elections, violence erupted last week in Santa Cruz, the capital of the eponymous province, amid clashes between supporters of President Evo Morales’ Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) and opposition groups, which left eight injured.... Read More