Weekly Report - 18 June 2020 (WR-20-24)

The old adage that a day in politics is a long time was borne out in Chile on 14 June.... Read More

There are various parallels between recent developments in Bolivia and Ecuador.... Read More

Venezuela’s supreme court (TSJ) took it upon itself to appoint new rectors to the national electoral council (CNE) on 12 June.... Read More

Brazil’s supreme court (STF) stands on the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília, opposite the Planalto palace, the seat of the federal government.... Read More

Several state governors in Brazil face suspicions of corruption in their response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

The Argentine government has extended, for the fourth time, the deadline for the holders of US$66bn of sovereign debt issued under international law to accept its debt restructuring offer.... Read More

BRAZIL | Pandemic reshapes labour market.... Read More

A Mexican court has agreed to hear the case brought by two private electricity generation firms against the exorbitant increases in the fees that the state-owned electricity company, Comisión Federal de la Electricidad (CFE), can charge private firms to use its transmission lines to access the national grid.... Read More

The insistence by the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is under control and that Mexico can start easing containment measures and reactivating its economy has met with another wave of public protests, with even some allies expressing doubts.... Read More

Guyana’s electoral dispute is finally coming to a head.... Read More

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele recently confirmed an end to the strictest lockdown in the region as part of efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19).... Read More

The Dominican Republic’s national legislature has approved an extension to the state of emergency to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), the fifth such extension since the measure was first implemented on 19 March.... Read More

President Juan Orlando Hernández revealed this week that he has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), along with his wife Ana García.... Read More

Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra announced a plan on 15 June to revive the economy and create in excess of 1m jobs between now and the end of 2020 as the country seeks to bounce back from the ravages of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

“In its toughest times Chile continues to give of its best [and] set aside legitimate differences for a greater good”.... Read More