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Weekly Report - 16 January 2020 (WR-20-02)

Leader
Colombians are no strangers to spying scandals.... Read More
Andean Countries
Venezuela’s foreign ministry has condemned the latest round of US sanctions as an effort to “undermine the proper functioning of Venezuela’s democratic institutions”, in order to “hide its own manifest failure to impose a change of government by force”.... Read More
Peru’s constitutional tribunal (TC) ruled this week that the decision by President Martín Vizcarra to dissolve congress in September last year was legitimate.... Read More
After facing widespread criticism for the use of military force against protesters in November 2019, Jeanine Áñez’s interim government has come to recognise judicial action as its most valuable weapon for dealing with its opponents, most notably the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) of former president Evo Morales (2006-2019), which still controls both houses of the legislative assembly and commands considerable popular support.... Read More
ECUADOR | Dollarisation.... Read More
Brazil & Southern Cone
The government led by President Alberto Fernández continues to take action designed to reactivate the economy and “haul Argentina back on its feet”, to cite the economy minister Martín Guzmán, while delaying a renegotiation of its large debt to creditors.... Read More
November’s municipal elections in Paraguay may still be months away but the crisis affecting the Asunción municipal government means that the battle for control of the capital has already started.... Read More
The nomination of the Brazilian production ‘The edge of democracy’ for best documentary feature at the Academy Awards, announced on 13 January, prompted reactions from politicians of all colours in Brazil.... Read More
BRAZIL | Meat prices drive higher-than-expected inflation.... Read More
Mexico
Strenuous complaints are being voiced over the newly launched Instituto de Salud para el Bienestar (Insabi) public health initiative.... Read More
MEXICO | Inflation down amid economic slump.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
“An historic opportunity”.... Read More
A gesture of “national reconciliation”.... Read More
EL SALVADOR | Cracking down on corruption.... Read More
Postscript
Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno celebrated the strengthening of bilateral economic ties and cooperation with the US on 13 January after meeting the head of the US National Security Council’s Western Hemisphere Affairs directorate, Mauricio Claver-Carone.... Read More
“What is all this about only learning about [the illegal spying] when they read Semana? If they are denying and concealing this what guarantee is there that they will dismantle these apparatuses?”... Read More

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