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Student Edition: Weekly Report - 05 December 2019
LatinNews Analysis
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador marked his first year in office with a speech on 1 December.... Read More
Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó, widely recognised as the country’s interim president, said on 1 December that a group of deputies in the opposition-controlled national assembly (AN) were involved in an influence-peddling scandal and would need to be investigated.... Read More
Following the recent approval of the new electoral law in Bolivia [WR-19-47], various prospective candidates are throwing their hats into the ring ahead of what will be the first elections in 18 years in which former President Evo Morales (2006-2019) will not feature.... Read More
PERU | Private investment to boost GDP.... Read More
Former president (2007-2015) and soon-to-be Vice-President Cristina Fernández appeared in a Buenos Aires court on 2 December in one of the many corruption cases against her.... Read More
Some six weeks on, intense and often violent protests against the right-wing Chile Vamos government led by President Sebastián Piñera are continuing.... Read More
Of all the countries in Latin America, Argentina and Brazil seemed amongst the least likely to be at the receiving end of US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable condemnations and policy decisions.... Read More
A fortnight after official figures revealed that Amazon deforestation increased by as much as 30% this year [WR-19-46], Brazil is expected to come under pressure at the 25th Conference of the Parties international climate talks (COP25) which kicked off in the Spanish capital Madrid on 2 December.... Read More
PARAGUAY | Budget contested in congress.... Read More
Suriname’s President Dési Bouterse was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 29 November for the murder of 15 political opponents in 1982.... Read More
Overhauling Panama’s constitution was one of President Laurentino Cortizo’s chief campaign pledges, a move considered necessary in terms of addressing the country’s weak institutions which have been discredited in recent years by corruption scandals.... Read More
EL SALVADOR | Boost for Bukele in Asia.... Read More
A new national strike and protest day was held in Colombia on 4 December, passing off largely peacefully with stoppages and demonstrations in the country’s main cities.... Read More
“They tried to divide us…but we will not be divided again because it could result in another [Mauricio] Macri, and we will not let that happen again.”... Read More
- López Obrador puts a positive gloss on first year
- VENEZUELA: Opposition hurt by corruption claims
- BOLIVIA: Camacho ends speculation
- TRACKING TRENDS
- ARGENTINA: Fernández takes aim at judges
- CHILE: No let-up for Piñera
- BRAZIL-ARGENTINA: Trump tariff raises questions over future ties
- BRAZIL: In the environmental firing line
- TRACKING TRENDS
- SURINAME: Bouterse carries on as normal despite conviction
- PANAMA: Constitutional reform package proves contentious
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Duque edges towards talks in Colombia
- Quotes of the week