Weekly Report - 30 January 2020 (WR-20-04)

Peru’s congressional elections on 26 January produced a clear loser: the right-wing Fuerza Popular (FP, Fujimoristas) was eviscerated.... Read More

Bolivia’s presidential contest was turned on its head by interim president Jeanine Áñez’s bombshell announcement on 24 January that she would be standing as a candidate, despite her previous insistence that the mandate of the interim government was to administer the elections on 3 May independently.... Read More

As Juan Guaidó plans his return to Venezuela, and as preparations begin for renewed confrontations with Nicolás Maduro’s government, questions are beginning to be raised about what his international tour has achieved, and how it will affect the situation in Venezuela.... Read More

COLOMBIA | Responding to protests.... Read More

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández embarked on his first foreign trip this week in which he sought support for his government’s attempts to renegotiate the country’s debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).... Read More

A recent public opinion poll has revealed that, for many Brazilians, President Jair Bolsonaro and his government are not performing as poorly as recent mainstream news coverage would suggest.... Read More

With the first round due on 4 October, Brazil’s municipal elections are now just under nine months away.... Read More

International scrutiny of the government led by President Sebastián Piñera has intensified this week following the arrival of an observer mission from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).... Read More

“It is bipolar now: two leaders and two factions at war.... Read More

MEXICO | USMCA boost.... Read More

President Juan Orlando Hernández marked his second year in office by pledging to move forward this year with a “new electoral system”.... Read More

Costa Rica will hold municipal elections on 2 February.... Read More

“I think the public has punished confrontation.... Read More