LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 24 January 2020

Juan Guaidó is intent on capitalising on the publicity afforded by the clumsy attempt to prevent him from assuming the presidency of the national assembly for a second straight year by going on a high-profile foreign tour in defiance of a legal bar on his leaving Venezuela.... Read More

The first major protests of 2020 could not quite match the huge numbers mobilised throughout November and December 2019, but the return of thousands of Colombians to the streets on 21 January nonetheless vanquished any hopes President Iván Duque might have harboured that protest fatigue would save him from a stalemate that has proven costly to his government, both economically and politically.... Read More

Inaugurated as a public holiday in 2009, Plurinational State Day was envisioned as a celebration of unity between Bolivia’s multiple cultures and communities.... Read More

Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno has delivered a stinging rebuke to the umbrella indigenous movement Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Conaie) over its intention to seek redress in international forums for what it considers “excessive use of force” by his government in last October’s protests.... Read More

PERU | Recovering fast growth rate.... Read More

Such is the prevailing uncertainty ahead of Peru’s congressional elections on 26 January that a leading local pollster was forced to declare this week that “it is not just about taking a photo of a tree but a film of a hurricane” to indicate the speed with which things will suddenly change.... Read More

On 23 January, Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra called for voters to back parties “who think like citizens”, to deliver congressional support for his attempts at structural reform of the country’s political and judicial systems.... Read More

* Peru’s national society of mining, oil & energy (SNMPE) has reported that Peru’s copper exports totalled US$12.26bn in the first 11 months of 2019, down 9.4% on the same period in 2018.... Read More