LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 15 May 2020

Colombia’s President Iván Duque celebrated the capture of a member of the high command of the dissident Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) on 8 May.... Read More

Juan Guaidó has endured some uncomfortable weeks since he assumed the presidency of the opposition-controlled national assembly and decided to take on the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro over 16 months ago, but nothing compares with the last one.... Read More

When Peru first went into lockdown on 15 March, before a single coronavirus (Covid-19) death had been recorded in the country, President Martín Vizcarra was widely praised for his swift and decisive response.... Read More

Interior Minister Arturo Murillo condemned the “stupidity” of those protesting against Bolivia’s interim government in the midst of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, referring to the crowds that gathered in various parts of the country on 10 and 11 May.... Read More

COLOMBIA | Avianca files for bankruptcy.... Read More

On 14 May, representatives from the Fuerza Alternativa Revolucionaria del Común (Farc), the political successor to the demobilised Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia guerrilla group, announced the suspension of their participation in Colombia’s peace monitoring and verification commission (Csivi).... Read More

* Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno has asked the country’s congress to remove provisions regarding increased tax contributions from individuals and companies from his government’s ‘humanitarian support law’ bill. Tabled on 10 April as part of the government’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the bill has been bogged down in congress for over a month, with objections centred on the proposal to fund emergency spending primarily through increased tax contributions.... Read More