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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 06 December 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 5 December Ecuador’s foreign minister José Valencia said the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was wrong to attribute violence during October’s widespread protests to state security forces, and invited the organisation to return for further investigation.... Read More
* Colombia’s national statistics institute (Dane) has released new figures which show monthly inflation in November 2019 was 0.10%, bringing the annual figure to 3.84%.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
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
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
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