Weekly Report - 11 November 2021 (WR-21-45)

“Long unpopular and now without a democratic mandate, the [Daniel] Ortega and [Rosario] Murillo family now rule Nicaragua as autocrats, no different from the Somoza family that [they] fought four decades ago.” This was US President Joe Biden’s response to the 7 November general elections.... Read More

Peru’s congress granted a confidence vote to President Pedro Castillo’s new cabinet on 4 November, but the bad blood between the head of state and the far-left Perú Libre (PL) that he rode to power was clear to see.... Read More

Talks between the government and opposition remain suspended – but still have life in them, according to the foreign minister, Félix Plasencia.... Read More

On Bolivian President Luis Arce’s first anniversary in office, the honeymoon was a distant memory and his celebrations drowned out by rowdy parties in congress and protests in the streets.... Read More

The first round of Colombia’s presidential election is due in a little over six months, on 29 May, after congressional polls on 13 March.... Read More

It has been widely expected that the government of President Fernández will suffer punishment at the hands of voters in the congressional polls.... Read More

Three key congressional votes were held this week with the government winning two of them – but it still looks like a pyrrhic victory.... Read More

A constitutional reform proposal (PEC) tabled by the Brazilian government is moving through congress.... Read More

One of the most prominent officials in the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Santiago Nieto, tendered his resignation on 8 November after a backlash over his wedding two days earlier.... Read More

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suffered a serious setback this week to his attempt to push through congress an initiative enshrining his contentious electricity reform in the constitution.... Read More

MEXICO | Tax the rich.... Read More

Dominican President Luis Abinader has called on the international community to “act with urgency” to address the security crisis in neighbouring Haiti.... Read More

“We are holding these elections…where the choice is between terrorism, confrontation and war, or peace.”... Read More