Weekly Report - 03 October 2019 (WR-19-39)

For many months Peru’s presidency and congress have fought a protracted fencing bout, parry after riposte, before President Martín Vizcarra finally exploited an opening and lunged.... Read More

No sooner does it appear that relations between Colombia and Venezuela have hit rock bottom than they take a new turn for the worse.... Read More

President Evo Morales’ chief rival ahead of presidential elections on 20 October, former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005), of the opposition alliance Comunidad Ciudadana (CC), has received a boost ahead of the vote after one of Bolivia’s main opposition leaders Samuel Doria Medina, of Unidad Nacional (UN), endorsed his candidacy.... Read More

BOLIVIA | Inking new deals with Brazil.... Read More

Thousands of supporters turned out in the district of Barrancas de Belgrano in the City of Buenos Aires for the start of President Mauricio Macri’s ‘30 cities in 30 days’ campaign on 28 September ahead of presidential elections on 27 October.... Read More

The death of Ágatha Félix, an eight-year old girl who was killed by a stray bullet during a military police (PM) operation in the Complexo do Alemão favela in metropolitan Rio de Janeiro on 20 September, has given centre-stage to discussions on public security policy and the role of the police, particularly in the state of Rio.... Read More

Tensions between the judiciary and the legislature or the executive are not infrequent in Brazil.... Read More

CHILE | Piñera unveils 2020 draft budget.... Read More

Mexico’s Finance Minister Arturo Herrera is eyeing up a future tax reform to spur economic growth.... Read More

To say that relations are strained between El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and the country’s legislative assembly would be an understatement.... Read More

At the recent United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), President Jimmy Morales devoted a significant part of his speech to attacking the now defunct International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig), whose mandate he ended after it called for him to be investigated for alleged illegal campaign finance.... Read More

The governments of El Salvador and Honduras both announced migration agreements last week with the US government.... Read More

President Jovenel Moïse is facing the biggest mass protests since taking office in February 2017.... Read More

Profound challenges facing Paraguay’s soybean industry contributed to a domestic economic contraction of 3% in the second quarter of 2019, year-on-year, according to figures released by the central bank (BCP) on 30 September.... Read More

“People of Peru we are making history, and this moment will be remembered for generations.”... Read More