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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 20 March 2020
From LatinNews Daily
On 19 March, Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó, recognised as interim president by more than 50 countries, appealed for financial support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help fight the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
* Peru’s central bank (BCRP) has reduced the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points, from 2.25% to 1.25%.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Increased efforts by Venezuela’s de facto president Nicolás Maduro in recent months towards international reconciliation [WR-20-05] have generally been received with little enthusiasm.... Read More
The spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) has provided an unwelcome disruption at a critical moment for Bolivian politics, as emergency protective measures have already greatly affected the campaign process ahead of May’s elections, and fears remain that the pandemic may yet be used to justify delaying the vote, further extending the contested mandate of Jeanine Áñez’s interim government.... Read More
The governments of both Ecuador and Peru ratcheted up their response to contain the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) this week by implementing some of the toughest measures in the region.... Read More
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