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Weekly Report - 02 April 2020 (WR-20-13)
ECUADOR: Indigenous clash with Moreno over coronavirus
Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno is striving to contend with one of the most serious outbreaks of coronavirus (Covid-19) in the region, while sustaining an indebted economy battered by virus-induced paralysis and the lowest oil prices in a generation. Moreno’s commitment to meeting debt obligations and reducing the fiscal deficit is being questioned by the political opposition and censured by the indigenous organisations that led last October’s protests against the removal of fuel subsidies.
- US goes all out to topple Maduro
- COLOMBIA: Slow progress towards ceasefire
- PERU: Tough tactics paying dividends
- ECUADOR: Indigenous clash with Moreno over coronavirus
- BRAZIL: Protecting the vulnerable?
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro’s pandemic politics
- ARGENTINA: Adjusting plans due to ‘Coronacrisis’
- URUGUAY: Fate deals Lacalle Pou tough hand
- CHILE: Copper industry in poor health
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: López Obrador calls for cessation of hostilities
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HONDURAS: Hernández challenged as protesters defy curfew
- COSTA RICA-REGION: Tourism sector declares state of emergency
- Bolivian opposition wary as Áñez tightens restrictions
- Quotes of the week