End of preview - This article contains approximately 739 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 13 August 2020 (WR-20-32)
EL SALVADOR: Stalemate heightens criticism of pandemic response
President Nayib Bukele recently announced that the first phase of reopening El Salvador’s economy, shuttered to halt the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), would extend until 23 August. His announcement was in line with a 7 August ruling by the supreme court’s constitutional chamber (SC) against an executive decree which set out rules for reopening the economy. The SC argued the decree required approval by the legislature, with which Bukele has been locked in a new power struggle since it refused to ratify his request for an extension to the state of emergency back in May, citing transparency concerns [WR-20-20]. The ongoing uncertainty over the legality of the government’s pandemic response, both regarding measures to stop the virus’s spread and the opening up of the economy, is attracting mounting criticism from the private sector amid forecasts that El Salvador is set to suffer the biggest contraction in the whole of Central America.
- Bolivia approaches tipping point
- COLOMBIA: Duque divides energies at crucial juncture
- VENEZUELA: Opposition faces political wilderness
- PERU: Martos succeeds where Cateriano failed
- ARGENTINA: Political chasm returns
- BRAZIL: Still in denial on deforestation
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro washes his hands of Covid-19
- URUGUAY: Manini Ríos pushes to open can of worms
- CHILE: Mapuche conflict causes waves
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Eyes turn to Peña Nieto as Lozoya starts to ‘sing’
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HONDURAS: Impunity concerns deepen
- COSTA RICA: Alvarado launches dialogue process
- EL SALVADOR: Stalemate heightens criticism of pandemic response
- Rowley retains power for PNM in Trinidad & Tobago
- Quotes of the week