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Andean Group - May 2022
Introduction
It has been a turbulent few months for Bolivia’s counter-narcotics agency (FELCN).... Read More
Bolivia
It has been a turbulent few months for Bolivia’s counter-narcotics agency (FELCN).... Read More
Peru
Peruvians have tired of President Pedro Castillo.... Read More
Colombia
A military operation in Colombia’s southern department of Putumayo has drawn parallels with so-called ‘false positive’ cases of years gone by, in which slain civilians were passed off as felled guerrillas.... Read More
Venezuela
The killing of four members of the Yanomami indigenous group by Venezuelan soldiers in March shone a spotlight on the multitude of threats facing tribal peoples in Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Arc (OMA) – a 112,000km2 area designated a ‘strategic development zone’ in 2016.... Read More
The Venezuelan government led by President Nicolás Maduro introduced a ‘tax on large financial transactions’ (IGTF) on 28 March.... Read More
Ecuador
Unable to advance his investment and tax reforms in congress, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso is attempting to implement his liberalisation agenda from the executive branch.... Read More
Bolivia
Workers from Bolivia’s tourism industry took to the streets in Sucre (capital of Chuquisaca) and La Paz on 25 April to protest against government measures they claim are limiting the recovery of their sector.... Read More
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- Introduction
- Heads roll at counter-narcotics agency
- As Castillo flounders, Peru’s economy switches to autopilot
- Deadly army raid in Putumayo revives ‘false positives’ scandal
- Corruption and abuses in the Orinoco Mining Arc
- Attempting to rein in dollarisation
- Casting a wide net in search of trade agreements
- Tourism operators rail against Covid restrictions
- Economic Highlights