Andean Group - March 2022

Colombia’s eastern department of Arauca saw in the new year with its “most violent day in ten years,” in the words of departmental human rights ombudsman Juan Carlos Villate.... Read More

Colombia’s eastern department of Arauca saw in the new year with its “most violent day in ten years,” in the words of departmental human rights ombudsman Juan Carlos Villate.... Read More

Months after its “worst-ever” ecological catastrophe, as President Pedro Castillo called the 12,000-barrel oil spill at Respsol’s La Pampilla refinery, 30km north of Lima, Peru’s lax environmental regulation has also been exposed.... Read More

Doubling Ecuador’s oil production over his four-year term has been a core policy of President Guillermo Lasso, who views his 1m barrel per day (bpd) production target as key to the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

Ecuador’s fiscal deficit has fallen significantly from over US$7bn in 2020 (around 7% of GDP), to US$3.7bn in 2021 (around 3.5% of GDP) in 2021, thanks to a recovery in tax and oil revenue as well as adjustments in spending.... Read More

A 26 January report by Bolivia’s national statistics institute (INE) highlighted a notable improvement in poverty rates in Bolivia in 2021.... Read More

With the world’s attention fixed on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the bolstering of Moscow’s military cooperation with Venezuela in February has heaped further strain on that country’s already hostile relationship with Colombia.... Read More

COLOMBIA | Tariffs suspended in response to inflation.... Read More