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Weekly Report - 01 October 2020 (WR-20-39)
VENEZUELA: Street protests coming back?
For most of this year an unrelenting combination of heavy-handed political and popular repression, a catastrophic economy, and fear of the coronavirus (Covid-19) infection has damped down street protests in Venezuela. This may be changing: the last week has seen over 100 angry protests, including clashes with the security forces in 19 of the country’s 23 states.
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- BOLIVIA: Uncertainty prevails as election draws close
- COLOMBIA: Trujillo stirs the pot on social media
- CHILE: Plebiscite campaign stokes polarisation
- ARGENTINA: Top court defies government with ‘per saltum’ ruling
- BRAZIL: Elections with new rules, old problems
- BRAZIL: Sending mixed messages
- URUGUAY: Blancos back up electoral triumph
- REGION: Paraguay leaps to defence of Mercosur-EU deal
- EL SALVADOR: Rule of law concerns intensify
- HAITI: New CEP stokes controversy
- Venezuela tables debt-renegotiation offer
- Quotes of the week