LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 05 March 2020

On 4 March, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst told the UN Human Rights Council that the Colombian government is still not doing enough to protect social leaders from violence.... Read More

* Venezuelan opposition legislator, Angel Alvarado, has reported that the Caracas-based regional development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)- Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina has given the Venezuelan government six months to sell 20% of its shares in the bank, worth US$170m, in order to cancel the country’s outstanding debts to the CAF.... Read More