Andean Group - January 2022

Nearing the end of a 20-year natural gas boom that generated considerable export revenues and fuelled generous social spending programmes by the ruling left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Bolivia is seeking new possibilities in renewable energy.... Read More

Nearing the end of a 20-year natural gas boom that generated considerable export revenues and fueled generous social spending programmes by the ruling left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Bolivia is looking to boost its renewable energy capacity and become a regional electricity exporter, according to Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina.... Read More

In belated recognition of Colombia’s historic 2016 peace agreement and the subsequent disbanding of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc), on 30 November the US State Department removed the country’s most infamous guerrilla group from its list of terrorist organisations.... Read More

The 16 October extradition from Cape Verde to the US of the Colombian financier Alex Saab, an alleged fixer and money launderer for President Nicolás Maduro’s government in Venezuela, is still sending political shockwaves through Latin America.... Read More

In a landmark decision celebrated by environmental campaigners but that has generated widespread uncertainty in the mining sector, on 1 December Ecuador’s constitutional court (CC) ruled in favour of the rights of nature in a case against the state-owned mining company Enami and its mineral exploration projects in the north-eastern Los Cedros national park.... Read More

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso promulgated the “Law for Economic Development and Fiscal Sustainability” on 29 November, with the law being approved by default following failed efforts to either pass or shelve it in the national assembly.... Read More

Peru’s congress approved the national budget for 2022 on 25 November, following three days of debate.... Read More

PERU | Las Bambas back in action.... Read More