Andean Group - February 2022

Security records were broken over and over in Ecuador last year, which saw the country’s worst ever prison massacres, the highest quantity of seized drugs on record, and the worst homicide rate in a decade.... Read More

Security records were broken over and over in Ecuador last year, which saw the country’s worst ever prison massacres, the highest quantity of seized drugs on record, and the worst homicide rate in a decade.... Read More

The conduct of Colombia’s national police, which garnered global condemnation for its response to the social unrest that swept the country between April and June last year, was the subject of a police reform bill approved by congress on 13 December.... Read More

For the first time in 25 years and amid continued turmoil in the government led by President Pedro Castillo, Peru’s state oil company PetroPerú is set to drill again.... Read More

At the height of a vicious election campaign in which both candidates were seen as potential threats to the rule of law, Peru’s now President Pedro Castillo and his right-wing opponent, Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular), attended a joint event last May to pledge their commitment to transparency and democratic values.... Read More

The Andean region has not emerged unscathed from the global surge in inflation, with Colombia and Peru reporting seven- and thirteen-year highs, respectively, and Ecuador posting a rise in its consumer price index after a period of deflation.... Read More

President Guillermo Lasso’s government is planning to submit an investment reform bill to the national assembly in February, as the core plank of its plan to improve Ecuador’s business environment with the goal of attracting US$30bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) over its 4-year term.... Read More

ECUADOR | Drilling banned in Yasuní buffer zone.... Read More