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Andean Group - June 2022

Introduction
Colombia took a symbolic step towards reconciliation on 26 April when, in a historic first, ten former soldiers admitted their role in the ‘false positive’ killings that took place during the country’s internal conflict.... Read More
Colombia
Colombia took a symbolic step towards reconciliation on 26 April when, in a historic first, ten former soldiers admitted their role in the ‘false positive’ killings during the country’s internal conflict.... Read More
Venezuela
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro announced in a televised address on 11 May that his government was looking to float shares worth between 5% and 10% of the value of various state-run companies.... Read More
Bolivia
Bolivia’s Energy and Hydrocarbons Minister, Franklin Molina, confirmed on 25 May that the government led by President Luis Arce is seeking to renegotiate a contract under which the state hydrocarbon company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), supplies Brazil with natural gas.... Read More
Peru
The seemingly intractable dispute over the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru’s Apurímac region has flared again, with the mine forced into a shutdown and President Pedro Castillo declaring a state of emergency in response to dogged anti-mining protests by local residents.... Read More
Ecuador
For the third time in his year-long presidency, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a 60-day state of exception on 29 April in response to a seemingly irrepressible crime wave.... Read More
The release of Ecuador’s fiscal statistics for the first quarter of 2022 evidenced two divergent trends.... Read More
Highlights
COLOMBIA | Unemployment approaches pre-pandemic levels. On 31 May Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) released the latest employment figures, which showed unemployment falling to levels not seen since the onset of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

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