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Weekly Report - 10 October 2019 (WR-19-40)
Leader
Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno is fighting for his political future amid escalating protests, triggered by his decision to end fuel subsidies.... Read More
Andean
Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra appointed a new cabinet this week amid a sense of collective shock in the wake of his momentous decision to dissolve congress.... Read More
Álvaro Uribe Vélez has become the first former president of Colombia (2002-2010) to appear on trial before the supreme court (CSJ).... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
Argentina’s large and influential trade union movement has been beset by divisions and infighting for decades, but with just weeks to go before he expects to win a decisive victory for the radical Peronist Frente de Todos coalition in the country’s presidential elections, Alberto Fernández celebrated the unthinkable: the fusion of the warring factions into one overarching movement.... Read More
It took just over a month in office for members of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government to be touched by suspicions of graft relating to the 2018 election in Brazil [WR-19-06].... Read More
Since early September, a mysterious oil spill has been spoiling a growing number of the famously beautiful beaches along the coast of Brazil’s Northeast region.... Read More
Mexico
The unexpected resignation of a Mexico supreme court (SCJN) justice has raised concerns that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), not content with controlling the executive and the legislature, are seeking to secure control over the country’s top court.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
President Danilo Medina gained a measure of revenge over his arch rival within the ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), former president Leonel Fernández (1996-2000; 2004-2012), this week.... Read More
“The country is on the brink of an unprecedented human catastrophe”.... Read More
“100% false, absurd, ridiculous, Alice in Wonderland crazy”.... Read More
COSTA RICA | New maritime route to China.... Read More
Postscript
Guido Manini Ríos, the former army commander and presidential candidate of Uruguay’s right-wing Cabildo Abierto (CA), has successfully fought off an attempt to bring him before a court before the first round of general elections on 27 October.... Read More
“I have the gift of ubiquity.... Read More
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- Besieged Moreno clings to power amid massive protests
- PERU: Vizcarra reshapes cabinet in post-trauma lull
- COLOMBIA: Uribe dragged into court, stoking political tensions
- ARGENTINA: Can Fernández pull off union miracle?
- BRAZIL: Shadow of corruption looms over government
- BRAZIL: Mysterious oil spill puzzles authorities
- MEXICO: Judicial autonomy under threat?
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Medina’s dauphin prevails in party primaries
- HAITI: Pressure builds on Moïse
- HONDURAS: More damning allegations for Hernández
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Manini Ríos wins legal battle ahead of Uruguay’s elections
- Quotes of the week