End of preview - This article contains approximately 891 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 20 August 2020 (WR-20-33)
BOLIVIA: Electoral accord struck but volatility persists
The majority of Bolivia’s 70-odd roadblocks were dismantled on 14 August, a day after the supreme electoral tribunal (TSE) ratified the revised date of the general election as 18 October. This revision was made possible when warring parties in the legislative assembly set aside their differences to approve a bill pushing the election back from 6 September and this was swiftly promulgated by interim president Jeanine Áñez. But any hope that this might restore peace and harmony to the country was shattered by subsequent developments.
- Argentina and Mexico team up to roll out coronavirus vaccine
- BOLIVIA: Electoral accord struck but volatility persists
- ECUADOR: Galápagos fishing dispute deepens
- COLOMBIA: Duque doubles down on security policy
- VENEZUELA: Guaidó seeks to consolidate support
- PARAGUAY: Abdo Benítez challenged on various fronts
- CHILE: Investment ‘mega plan’ announced
- BRAZIL: Behind Bolsonaro’s popularity boost
- MEXICO: A deceptive peace in Guanajuato?
- TRACKING TRENDS
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Abinader assumes power promising to clean up politics
- GUATEMALA: Giammattei back on the defensive
- CUBA: Feeling the pinch
- Elections coming thick and fast in Caribbean
- Quotes of the week