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Weekly Report - 20 May 2021 (WR-21-20)
LEADER
Chile’s traditional political class was dealt a hammer blow in elections held on 15 and 16 May.... Read More
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
Guillermo Lasso has taken a significant political gamble that could define his presidency.... Read More
Colombia’s protests are showing no signs of abating.... Read More
Pedro Castillo, the far-left candidate standing for Perú Libre in Peru’s second-round presidential election on 6 June, has seen his once-striking lead over Keiko Fujimori of the right-wing Fuerza Popular (FP) evaporate over the last two weeks.... Read More
The killing of ‘Jesús Santrich’ (Seuxis Paucias Hernández), a dissident commander of the disbanded Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc), has shattered the notion that his Segunda Marquetalia unit was effectively untouchable in Venezuela.... Read More
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
A senate-led congressional commission of inquiry (CPI) investigating the Brazilian executive’s handling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is, as expected, causing some discomfort for the government led by President Jair Bolsonaro.... Read More
The new executive board of Brazil’s state-owned oil firm Petrobras made its first public appearance on 14 May, in a press conference discussing the company’s first quarter results.... Read More
ARGENTINA | Debt deal.... Read More
MEXICO
Insecurity and violence have been major problems in Mexico for well over a decade.... Read More
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
The Cuban government continues to highlight the damaging impact of the decades-old US embargo and tighter sanctions adopted under the previous US administration led by Donald Trump (2017-2021) as key causes of the economic strife afflicting the island which has also been badly affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
Less than a month after taking up its seats, Guatemala’s new constitutional court (CC) has already sparked controversy.... Read More
POSTSCRIPT
Inflation is once again a major source of concern in Argentina.... Read More
“We are being questioned by new [social] expressions and leaderships.... Read More
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- Chile’s elections produce seismic political change
- ECUADOR: Lasso changes course and strikes Pachakutik pact
- COLOMBIA: Protests take their toll
- PERU: Castillo’s lead narrows further
- VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA: Killing of Farc commander spells uncertainty
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro government on edge
- BRAZIL: New Petrobras leadership pledges continuity
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Insecurity re-emerges as electoral issue
- CUBA: Economic prospects darken
- GUATEMALA: New CC greenlights contentious law
- Argentina reverts to unorthodox economic policies
- Quotes of the week