LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 31 October 2019

On 30 October, the presidential candidate of Bolivia’s Comunidad Ciudadana (CC) opposition alliance, former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005), said that he will not accept the findings of the Organization of American States (OAS) audit into the results of the 20 October first-round presidential election and will push for the re-staging of the first round.... Read More

* Peru’s mining council, an autonomous organisation attached to Peru’s energy & mines ministry that acts as the mining sector’s administrative body, has confirmed the granting of a construction licence for the controversial US$1.4bn ‘Tía María’ copper mining project.... Read More