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Weekly Report - 11 August 2022 (WR-22-32)
LEADER
Gustavo Petro was sworn in on 7 August as Colombia’s 34th head of state.... Read More
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
Once again, the net appears to be closing in on Peru’s President Pedro Castillo.... Read More
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has set up a clash with the opposition, after announcing on 8 August that he would not accept a judicial ruling ordering the release of imprisoned former vice president Jorge Glas (2013-2017).... Read More
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
Argentina’s newly appointed ‘economy super minister’ Sergio Massa has brought the energy secretariat within his political orbit.... Read More
For better or for worse, Brazil’s business and financial elites have backed President Jair Bolsonaro for most of his mandate with all the provocative and divisive baggage the former army captain comes with.... Read More
The state of the economy going into an election often plays a significant role.... Read More
MEXICO
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has declared he will place the national guard (GN) under the control of the defence ministry (Sedena) before the end of his term, regardless of the result of a constitutional reform on the matter.... Read More
Migrants seeking asylum in the US will no longer be forced to wait across the border in Mexico while their claims are processed.... Read More
MEXICO | López Obrador goes after breweries.... Read More
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
A Guatemalan judge ruled on 9 August that prosecutors had sufficient evidence to prosecute a prominent critic of President Alejandro Giammattei, the respected and award-winning journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, the founder and owner of the national daily elPeriódico, for money laundering, blackmail, and influence peddling.... Read More
POSTSCRIPT
Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris promised to “create modern history in St Kitts and Nevis” after his Team Unity coalition won re-election on 8 June 2020.... Read More
“We are here against all odds…against those who did not want to let go of power.... Read More
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